El Segundo, CA
Probate Lawyer at El Segundo, CA
Practice Areas: Probate, Trusts ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Verdict for defendant/cross-complainant
Represented defendant and cross-complainant in an action involving partition, quiet title and breach of fiduciary duties. Served as trial counsel on a five day bench trial and in July 2007 obtained a d ... amage award of $320,256.00 plus pre-judgment interest and ouster damages.
OUTCOME: Judgment restoring residence to conservatee
Co-counsel with Los Angeles Public Guardian in a successful effort to void estate planning documents and obtain a judgment restoring title of the real property, valued at approximately $550,000, to con ... servatee.
OUTCOME: Judgment for petitioner
Breach of trust and elder abuse action. Represented two of conservatee’s children in an action against the successor trustee/attorney-in-fact for claims including breach of trust and elder abuse. In ... February 2005, following an eight day trial, obtained a judgment for clients restoring all of conservatee’s assets valued at approximately $1,500,000.
OUTCOME: Judgment for petitioner
Respondent asserted that conservatee had waived her right to partition the real property in dispute. Petitioner won the right to partition and defeated many of respondent's claims. The matter was resol ... ved with Respondent purchasing conservatee's interest in the real property for a six figure amount.
OUTCOME: Stipulated judgment for Petitioner
Conservatee's daughter and granddaughters made arrangements to have conservatee transfer title to her residence into joint tenancy and a trust, respectively. Following a dispute between the family memb ... ers, independent conservators were appointed. The litigation resulted in the deed and estate plan being voided and the property returned to conservatee.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff verdict: $4,719,436.00 plus real estate
Represented an elderly plaintiff in an action against her former attorney and his spouse to recover plaintiff’s former Beverly Hills residence. In April 2006, following a three-week jury trial, obtai ... ned a verdict awarding plaintiff $4,719,436.00 in damages plus a decree quieting title to her former residence and a related property in her name with an estimated additional value of approximately $3,000,000.00.