Top Estate Lawyers Near Me in Hermosa Beach Area

Kent Burton is an expert in real estate and business law who has practiced in the state of California for more than 35 years. Mr. Burton's extensive experience in real estate and business matters has given him the expertise to represent a wide variety of clients, from public corporations to small business owners and individual investors. He currently attempts to focus on a smaller group of clients with whom he can develop an in-depth knowledge of their businesses and valuable personal relationships. Kent graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California in 1972 after working his way through school playing poker. He then went on to attend the University of California at Los Angeles Law School, a school consistently ranked as one of the top ten law schools in the nation, and graduated in 1975. In 1976, he and Brad Baker organized Baker and Burton. After fifteen years of handling a wide variety of matters, including extensive litigation experience, Kent began to limit his practice to transactional work. For the last fifteen years, he has concentrated entirely on business and real estate matters. Kent's litigation background has given him a unique understanding of the needs of his business and real estate clients and he focuses extensively on limiting liability and avoiding litigation. Intent on precise drafting, Kent (a former English major) nonetheless believes that the legal process should be user-friendly. Mr. Burton believes that there is a real need for lawyers to not only deal with each other in a productive, good faith manner, but also to de-mystify the law for their clients. We should be solving problems not causing them. As a transactional attorney, Kent's principal job description is as follows: 1) Explain in understandable terms the principal legal issues involved in the transaction, allowing the client to make informed decisions; 2) Figure out what can go wrong and how to cover it with careful negotiation and precise drafting; 3) Avoid litigation; and, 4) Whenever it can be reasonably accomplished, close the deal. A long time Hermosa and Manhattan Beach resident, Kent continually searches for spare time to spend with family, friends and beach volleyball.

Christine is the newest member of Baker, Burton & Lundy’s estate planning and trust administration practice group. She advises individuals in the creation of estate plans and wills, and helps trustees administer the estates that have been entrusted to them.. She loves the challenge of creating individualized estate plans for her clients, and the personal relationship that she develops with each of them.. Born in Chile, Christine speaks fluent Spanish. She has kept close ties to her family in South America. While Christine is a newly minted attorney, she already has ample experience dealing with legal issues in both Spanish and English. Christine returned to Chile in the summer of 2013 to work as a paralegal and economic analyst for Philippi Law Firm, based in Santiago. There, she used her knowledge of U.S. law to help the firm’s international clients.. As a student mediator with Loyola’s Center for Conflict Resolution, Christine dealt exclusively with Spanish speaking clients. Her law review note, The Pacific Alliance and Its Effect on Latin America, was chosen for publication by Loyola’s International and Comparative Law Review.. In her third year of law school, Christine externed for Judge Stuart Rice in the Los Angeles Superior Court in Torrance, where she gained valuable insight into the behind the scenes workings of the court.  BB&L has hired very few attorneys over its almost 40 years of practice. The BB&L partners feel that Christine combines the qualities of intelligence, discipline and a caring heart that clients will appreciate and trust.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Hermosa Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Hermosa Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Hermosa Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Hermosa Beach and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Hermosa Beach and surrounding areas.