Top Wills Lawyers in Westlake Village | 4 available

2625 Townsgate Road Suite 330 , Westlake Village , California 91361

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Litigation, Trusts, Wills

Firm: Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP

4550 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. , Westlake Village , California 91362

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Probate

Your family, your business, your legacy matters. I am a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. I work with my clients to ensure their legacy provides, protects and prospers. I have extensive experience in. ·         Estate Planning. ·         Sophisticated Wealth Transfer. ·         Asset Protection. ·         Business Succession Planning. ·         Personal Privacy Planning. ·         Family and Charitable Gift Planning. ·         Marital and Domestic Partnership. ·         Probate and Trust Administration. Guardianship and Special Needs. ·         Estate and Gift Tax Representation. ·         Mediation and Nonjudicial Binding Agreements. Estate Planning I work with clients to create custom estate plans that are right for their needs across all aspects of planning including trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney, advance health care directives, government filings and related documents and trustee selection and management. I advise clients on options to avoid court-supervised probates or conservatorships and minimize estate taxes. I counsel parents on appointing guardians and trustees for minor children and the creation of trusts for adult children to provide asset protection in the event of divorce, bankruptcy or legal judgment. I continue to work beyond the plan on all the details that make the plan work, trustee management, beneficiary advising, financial and taxation issues.. Sophisticated Wealth Transfer, Asset Protection and Business Succession and IPO Planning I counsel high net worth individuals including, business and property owners, entrepreneurs, and investors on sophisticated planning strategies designed to minimize gift and estate taxes and preserve and protect business and personal assets now and for future generations.. Personal Privacy Planning I work with public figures and other clients requiring privacy to create and implement planning to limit risk or necessity of public disclosure including title holding and fictious name trust and qualified blind trusts for buying, selling and holding assets.. Family and Charitable Gift Planning I counsel clients on tax efficient methods of making lifetime gifts to children, grandchildren, charities, alma maters, etc., including preparation of qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), irrevocable Crummey trusts or 2503(c)(3) trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) and irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs).  I assist clients with making substantial gifts to charity, including establishment of private foundations and creation of charitable remainder trusts.. Probate and Trust Administration I represent clients in all aspects of probate and trust administration, including assisting executors, administrators and trustees in fulfilling their legal and administrative obligations. Counsel beneficiaries regarding their interests in trusts or estates. I prepare federal gift and estate tax returns and am authorized to practice before the IRS.

Firm: Tamara L. Harper, Esq.

141 Duesenberg Drive, Suite 7B , Westlake Village , California 91362

Practice Areas: Appellate , Business & Commercial, Copyrights, Corporate , Discrimination, Elder , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Intellectual Property , Labor , Probate , Trademarks, Trusts, Wills, Trusts

Tamara L. Harper. Navigating entrepreneurs, inventors and small to mid-size companies to safe harbors through the maze of employment regulations, corporate formation and compliance, real estate and civil litigation, trademark registration and defense, business sale or acquisition, and investor capitalization, asset protection, business legacy planning, probate matters, estate planning and trust administration.

Firm: Law Office of Vernon L. Ellicott

2625 Townsgate Road, Suite 330 , Westlake Village , California 91361

Practice Areas: Adoption, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Debtor/Creditor, Divorce, Estate Planning, Family , Probate , Trusts, Wills, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt

I am a life crisis specialist.  I help clients in times of personal legal crisis, such as when they cannot pay their bills or their relationships fall apart.  I have over 25 years of experience helping clients in bankruptcy and family law cases, making thousands of court appearances and helping thousands of clients.  I would like to help you!. I file bankruptcies for people and small businesses so they can be relieved of mountains of debt, stop wage garnishments, avoid taxes, and keep their homes, cars and businesses.. I represent people in family law cases including divorce, custody and support cases.  I am a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California.  I love being in court, but understand that most of my clients do not.  Therefore, I work to help reach reasonable solutions, which sometimes involve court and othertimes involve mediation and always involve negotiations.. I am licensed in both California and Texas.  I give a free, 30 minute consultation, so let's talk!