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My wife (Leann) and I run Bier Law, an estate planning law firm in Los Angeles’ South Bay. Our goal is to educate and empower individuals to make informed decisions about their future, providing them with the peace of mind that comes with being prepared and free to live their lives without worry.

I have practiced law for 42 years and done a variety of practices with my wife including criminal defense, personal injury defense, unlawful detainers etc.  I have conducted over 500 trials including criminal, and civil maters and jury trials.  We have focused our practice on doing serious personal. injury cases including fractures, death, surgery etc.  We have the lowest fees in the industry starting at 25% contingency fees.  We also have a partnership with with one of the larges personal injury firms in the State of California where our daughter Aimee works tha enables us to handle the largest kind of cases in our practice areas.

I grew up in the South Bay and went to El Camino College.  This is my home, and these are my people.  When I was a young man, I spent two years as a missionary in South America where I became fluent in Spanish.  I also learned to focus on people and not results.  The justice system can be imposing and clients need a counsellor at law, not just someone who goes to court with them.  That's why my practice is focused on getting the best results for the indivdual and in helping people have reasonable expectations about potential outcomes.  I always had an interest in government and the law, and so I pursued a career in police work where I worked in patrol, traffic enforcement, and plain clothes/undercover narcotics and vice enforcement.  I know how police investigations are conducted, and know how cops think.  This gives me some distinct advantages that other lawyers simply don't have.  I finished my bachelor's degree while I was working as a police officer and headed off to law school.  For two years in law school, I was the teaching assistant for the crminal law and criminal procedure courses.  I know this stuff like the back of my hand.  Having now worked as a prosecutor trying criminal cases, and working exclusively on death penalty litigation for a decade at the federal court, my focus on what are the most important aspects of criminal defense work is finely tuned.  I know I can be of assistance to you.

Grace is a sole practitioner, which allows her to have direct and personal involvement with her clients. She started her career at the most prestigious “Big Firm” in the United States, gaining valuable and rewarding experience on one-of-a-kind transactions. But during her busy career, her grandmother passed away leaving her father, an only child, to handle the estate. It was a small estate; a house and a checking account–not that much different from most folks. For two years, Grace watched her dad spend his time traveling back and forth from the county courthouse, hiring experts, trying to transfer the title of his his mother’s house into his own name, as next of kin. Why was this so difficult? Grace’s grandparents had invested in a Living Trust, but the Trust was not recognized as valid by the State of California. Apparently, the assets in the estate were not “delivered” correctly to the Trust, and the Trust paperwork could not be located. Therefore, Grace’s father had to Probate this “small” estate, just as if his mother had left no plans in place at all, as if she had left only a Will. Two years later, and after $26,000 in expenses, the State transferred the house into Grace’s father’s name. In this instance, everyone was in agreement over what was legally appropriate, and the probate went through relatively smoothly. Imagine how much it would have cost and how long it might have taken, if some of the parties were not in agreement!. Grace wants to make a difference! She decided to specialize in Estate Planning in order to save others from her father’s predicament. Based on her skills and experience in real estate transactions and corporate matters, she is able to handle all areas of a client’s estate — especially those that involve real estate and businesses with partnership, LLC, corporate, and financial issues. She serves as a Comprehensive Wealth Manager to those clients who need more than just legal services.. Grace enjoys unraveling the complicated and confusing processes of Probate, Trusts, and Estate Planning for her clients. She works with each client until the desired result is reached, and makes the process easy to understand. Her clients appreciate her empathetic nature and her experience in handling sensitive family issues, which are often emotionally difficult.. ExperiencedGrace’s experience with finance and tax issues combined with her legal education, allows her to understand every facet of an estate plan.. She has practiced as an attorney in both large and small firms. This gives her a unique perspective that benefits a wide range of clients who have diverse backgrounds and needs.. Trained as an associate in the Bankruptcy and Real Estate Departments of O’Melveny & Myers in downtown Los Angeles, and as a tax paralegal before law school.Worked in the General Counsel’s office of a major pharmaceutical distribution company.Managed the Legal Department of a financial investment company.EducatedSouthwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles. Graduated in 1991 Cum Laude, 3rd highest in her class, and first among the female graduates.. An Inspiring SpeakerGrace has been a keynote speaker for dozens of groups on a variety of subjects, including personal finance, career planning and estate planning. Some of her recent speeches include:. “My Parents Are Getting Older, Now What Do I Do?”“Three Simple Steps To Protect Your Ass-ets!”“Is Your Parent’s Estate A Ticking Time-Bomb?”“How Do I Tell My My Kids To Pull-the-Plug If I Can’t Talk?”“Women & Purposeful Investing”“Creating Wealthy Teens And Protecting Them As They Head To College”“How Do I Get My Red Jacket? — Getting What You Want And Wearing It Well”ActiveGrace lives in the South Bay and enjoys acrylic painting, creating children’s murals, playing piano, golf, and tennis, and spending time with her family.

Experienced Los Angeles civil rights/police misconduct trial attorney and flim, tv, and music entertainment transactional & litigation attorney.. Antonio K. Kizzie, Esq. (“Kizzie”) is the founder of The Kizzie Firm, APC, and is an experienced state and federal litigation, trial and appellate attorney with hundreds of cases and over a dozen state and federal civil and criminal jury trials as first chair under his belt. As founder of The Kizzie Firm, APC, Kizzie proudly and fearlessly represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights/police misconduct/discrimination cases to obtain justice and compensation for their injustices. Kizzie also proudly represents creatives, artists, talent, writers, producers, influencers, and production companies in transactions and litigations in the music, film, fashion, and television industries.. In 2015 at the age of 28, the National Bar Association named Kizzie as one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40.” In 2022 at the age of 35, Kizzie was selected to join the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”), an invitation only national association of more than 7,300 experienced trial lawyers and judges and consists of 96 chapters spread across all 50 states and the District of Colombia with a mission to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to the end that individual litigants may receive more effective representation and the general public be benefited by more efficient administration of justice consistent with the traditional principles of litigation.. In 2008, Mr. Kizzie received his Bachelors of Arts in Legal Communications from Howard University (“HU”) in Washington, D.C. At HU, he became the first Richard D. Parsons Time Warner Cable Scholar, received a full HU Academic Legacy Scholarship, was a Rhodes Scholar nominee, and is featured on the John H. Johnson School of Communications Hall of Fame. Mr. Kizzie was also a participant in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute, Diversity Leadership Program, and the American Institute of Foreign Study in Granada, Spain, where he developed a conversational fluency in Spanish. While in undergrad, Mr. Kizzie interned at the United States Department of Justice, Office of Communications and the Executive Office of the D.C. Superior Courts.. Kizzie is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, D.C.; and has been admitted to all federal districts of California; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the U.S. District Court for Colorado and Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and was lead trial and appellate counsel in a matter that went before the United States Supreme Court.. In 2008, Kizzie received his B.A. in legal communication magna cum laude from Howard University. After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with his J.D. in 2011 at the age of twenty-four (24), Kizzie served as a Volunteer Deputy City Attorney prosecuting DUIs for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Metropolitan Branch.. During the beginning of his legal career, Kizzie primarily worked as a public entity defense attorney for the County of Los Angeles regarding civil rights claims, including excessive force and wrongful arrest, where he became a successful defense trial attorney with a near perfect record of victories on behalf of his clients. During this same time, Kizzie also took on personal injury and civil rights plaintiff cases involving excessive force and discrimination against other law enforcement agencies, at times even winning a plaintiff civil rights case via federal summary judgment/adjudication before trial, which was unheard of at that time. This combination of experiences provided Kizzie with the invaluable insight and rare skillset to be able to evaluate, strategize, and litigate a case from both a plaintiff’s and defendant’s perspective from pleading to trial and appeal. Accordingly, Kizzie brings over a decade of deep understanding of police training, policies, and tactics to the civil rights practice, which makes him a formidable ally and advocate for plaintiffs who are victims of police misconduct.. As a first-generation graduate student and attorney, Kizzie values youth mentorship and community service. Accordingly, Kizzie routinely speaks to high school students at Dorsey, Crenshaw, and other Los Angeles high schools regarding their duties, rights, and responsibilities “When You Turn 18.” Kizzie also enjoys coordinating and volunteering with free legal clinics through the County of Los Angeles to educate the community on their rights, provide expungements, provide referrals to non-profits and legal resources, and perform other pro-bono services. You may also find Kizzie volunteering to pack food at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, cooking breakfast for unhoused women at the Downtown Women’s Center, planting trees in urban areas with TreePeople, and providing legal services to creatives at California Lawyers for the Arts.