Top Estate Lawyers Near Me in Thousand Oaks Area

Since 1997, Attorney Robert F. Sommers has dedicated his legal career exclusively to representing individuals arrested for and charged with DUI. He has been recognized as a dedicated and skilled trial lawyer. With extensive experience as a Ventura County DUI lawyer, Attorney Sommers knows how to represent high-profile clients, actors and actresses, government officials, business executives, doctors, and other, local lawyers. He is aggressive when necessary and compassionate when it matters most. You can count on Attorney Sommers to help you move forward. Call him today to begin building a defense and work towards safeguarding your ability to continue driving.

Sean D. Allen is the principal and managing shareholder of Allen Law Corp, The HOA Firm. Licensed and practicing law since 2007, he is a skilled attorney with litigation, appellate, and transactional experience in areas such as residential and commercial real property, contracts, business and corporate litigation, business formation and transactions, corporate general counsel, interpretation and enforcement of community association governing documents, and bankruptcy matters.. Having exclusively represented homeowner associations and other common interest developments for many years, Mr. Allen has broad experience with issues and disputes that impact community associations, including the interpretation and enforcement of CC&Rs, corporate governance, compliance with the Davis-Stirling Act, assessment collections, foreclosures, and community association administration, as well as drafting, restating, interpreting, and enforcing association governing documents. Additionally, Mr. Allen is one of the few attorneys knowledgeable of the unique issues surrounding community associations as bankruptcy creditors.. Mr. Allen obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. He is licensed to practice in all courts in the State of California and in every United States District Court throughout the State. He has successfully argued matters before the several Superior Courts of Ventura County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County, as well as the California Court of Appeal, and each of the California District Bankruptcy Courts.. Mr. Allen is an active member of Community Associations Institute (CAI) in several Southern California chapters and has authored a number of articles pertaining to common interest development law and its application to community associations in California. Additionally, he has been a featured speaker at numerous CAI events, including multiple CAI National Law Seminars.. Mr. Allen serves on the Board of Directors and is the current President Elect for the Channel Islands Chapter of CAI. He is also a member of the California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC), for the Channel Islands and Los Angeles Chapters, serves on the Publications Committee for the Los Angeles Chapter, and co-chaired the Programs Committee for Channel Islands.

Married to my law school sweetheart, I live with my husband and our three delightful daughters in Ventura County.  When not consulting with clients or home schooling my daughters, you can find me doting on my two beautiful standard poodles or volunteering with my entire family at a Christian Legal Aid clinic.. I began my legal career as a business litigator, representing large corporate clients after graduating from the UCLA School of Law in 1999.  Motherhood, as well as my heart for families and our diverse community inspired me, however, to transition my practice to estate planning.  I now devote myself to providing clear and compassionate legal counsel, in both English and Spanish, to clients desiring to protect their legacies for the sake of their loved ones.. An estate plan not only provides for the disposition of one’s assets upon passing, but perhaps more importantly, also nominates guardians for one’s minor children in the event of an untimely death.  Advanced health care directives, powers of attorney, and revocable trusts also protect one and one’s family in the event of incapacity.. Do not allow a court to make deeply personal, life-altering decisions for your loved ones through blind enforcement of intestacy laws, unintended guardianship decrees, and costly probate proceedings.  Though you may have passed on, your spouse, children and heirs could be left behind with significant costs, burdens, and court orders that you never intended for them.. If you need to prepare your estate plan or to update your current estate plan, I encourage you to wait no longer.  Please call me.  I would love to help protect your legacy.

Clients  calling in with questions tell me that I am easy to understand. They say the way I explain the  law relating to their matter tends to  put them at ease because things start to make some sense. I do my best to help clients understand the process as we go through it. I am proud of this because I feel it is a big part of my job as a lawyer. I care about my clients and I get good results. Of course, you can determine this for yourself, just give me a call.