Jeanne Marie Karaffa

Jeanne Marie Karaffa

4.6
Rating: 7.0

Licensed for 33 years

Trusts Lawyer at West Hollywood, CA
Practice Areas: Trusts, Wills & Living Wills, Litigation, Business

1411 N Hayworth Ave #7, West Hollywood, CA

About Jeanne

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Trusts 40%

At the moment, the bulk of my practice involves trusts (sometimes referred to as "living wills"), will and their accompanying documents. If you choose to have me prepare your documents, they will include a certification of trust, a health care directive, a durable power of attorney and quitclaim deeds. If you own real property, you should have a trust. Wills are acceptable if your estate is less than $100,000 and you own no real property.

34 years | 100 cases

40%
Business 15%

My business practice involves the formatting of corporations, LLCs, and other legal entities; I include in this area of practice preparing contracts and agreement of all sorts. I represent doctors and their practices, designers, landscape contractors, HOAs, and several other types of business in both the "Biz" and in other areas.

34 years | 25 cases

15%
Litigation 15%

I now limit my litigation practice to business litigation. Litigation is stressful, costly, and not fun. If at all possible, I work to resolve conflicts without resorting to a lawsuit. That way, everyone wins (sort of).

34 years | 30 cases

15%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 300-450 per hour

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 33 years

State: California

Acquired: 1992

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Location

Law Offices of Jeanne Marie Karaffa

1411 N Hayworth Ave #7, West Hollywood, CA, 90046

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Jeanne Marie Karaffa's Reviews

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4.6 /5.0

11 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | Professionalism

Posted by Jene | June 20, 2013

Professor

I met Jeanne through a friend several years ago and since then have been calling upon her for all manner of legal assistance. She is calm in times of crisis and has helped me navigate complicated and stressful legal problems with great care and the utmost in professionalism. She is knowledgeable acr...oss numerous domains of practice and maintains the highest degree of integrity -- a rare commodity these days. It is a comfort to know that she is there when I need her.

Posted by David | June 12, 2013 | Estate Planning

Plain talking, clearly knows her stuff!

After losing two good friends, one with a poorly executed online will, the other with an expertly crafted living trust and power of attorney written by Jeanne Karaffa, I realized as a man with assets, it was high time I put together my estate legally and clearly. Jeanne explained all of my options a...nd answered a lot of my naive questions with warmth and careful guidance. She gently coaxed me along and reminded that I could amend anything later on as my life evolves. She filed the paperwork for me to sign. The process with Jeanne was painless and gave me great relief, knowing that this burden had been lifted by a trusted lawyer that my friend had used to craft his final wishes. Jeanne was on top of it, attentive and graceful every step of the way. She comes with my highest regards and admiration.

Posted by Rose | June 12, 2013 | Guardianship

Conservatorship/Trust

Jeanne is a great attorney. She helped our family with changing my brothers conservatorship to a trust. She was helpful in getting this done in a timely manner and always took the time to explain anything that we did not quite understand. She is professional and personable. She worked well with o...ur accountant in preparing all the necessary forms and kept us well informed during the entire process.

Posted by anonymous | June 11, 2013

Jeanne Karaffa has been my attorney for almost 20 years. She's extremely knowledgeable and a consummate professional.

For almost 20 years, Jeanne Karaffa has served as my legal counsel for both my professional and personal affairs. She's extremely knowledgeable, a consummate professional and her approach is always strategic. She's always made herself available and has always told me what I need to hear rather than w...hat I want to hear. In all the years of representing me, Jeanne has always taken a step back and has done what's necessary to "respond" as opposed to "react." A legal ego has never been part of Jeanne's repertoire. Over the years I've recommended Jeanne to many family members, friends and business associates; all of whom have thanked me for the referral. I tell them if they want to personally work with an experienced and highly-skilled attorney, rather than a law firm who has junior attorneys handling most of the work, then definitely see if Jeanne Karaffa is available.

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Jonathan Franklin

Wills and living wills lawyer | Jun 08

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Ms. Karaffa is the "go to" person for wills, trusts and general business transactional matters. She is the first person that comes to mind when these types of services are needed! I highly recommend Ms. Karaffa!"

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Experience

Rating:  7.0 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2000 - Present

sole practitioner, LAW OFFICES OF JEANNE M. KARAFFA

Education

N/A

Loyola Law School

law

N/A

Univ of California at Los Angeles

undergraduate

Languages

English

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