Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2024

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2023

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2022

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2021

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2020

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2019

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2018

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2016

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2015

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2014

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2013

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2012

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2011

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2010

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2009

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2008

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2007

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2006

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2005

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2004

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

N/A

Who's Who in L.A. Law, Los Angeles Business Journal

N/A

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

N/A

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

N/A

Top 50 Women, Southern California Super Lawyers

N/A

Super Lawyer, Southern California Super Lawyers

N/A

Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America

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Work Experience

1900 - Present

Partner, Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise LLP

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Associations

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Member

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Member

WYSE

Board of Directors

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Fellow

Pomona College

Board of Trustees

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section

Member and Past Chair

State Bar of California

Trusts and Estates Executive Committee Member, Past Chair

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Chair, Fiduciary Litigation Committee

Pomona College

Torchbearers Board

Los Angeles County Superior Court

Probate Volunteer Panel

City Club of Los Angeles

Board of Governors

Loyola Law School

Adjunct Professor

2016 - 2016

Pomona College

Chair - Presidential Search Committee

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Sample of Legal Cases

Successfully defended a trustee from claims of surcharge and improper investments.

Successfully represented a professional trustee in connection with a dispute over the distribution of a trust.

Successfully represented a beneficiary of a disputed family trust.

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Education

2002

Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University

LL.M - Master of Laws

1988

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles

Doctor of Law (JD)

1985

Pomona College (Claremont)

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Speaking Engagements

2014

Los Angeles County Bar Association - Trusts and Estates Symposium

Beneficiaries and Trustees Behaving Badly

2012

Adjunct Professor

Estate and Probate Litigation

N/A

Professional Fiduciary Association of California

Various Trust & Estate Issues

N/A

Practicing Law Institute

Various Trust & Estate Issues

N/A

Los Angeles County Bar Association - Trusts and Estates

Various Trusts & Estates Issues

N/A

Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Annual Conference

Various Trust & Estate Issues

N/A

California CEB

Ethics & Malpractice Issues: Protection Tips for Estate and Trusts Attorneys

N/A

Beverly Hills Bar Association - Trusts and Estates

Various Trusts & Estates Issues

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Publications

2016

Portfolio Media (Law360) Trial Pros

2014

Daily Journal Emotional Rollercoaster

2009

L.A. Times LA Superior Court appoints attorney to represent Jackson's children

2008

Newsweek Controlling Britney's Finances

2008

News Chase U.S. conservatorship system and its advantages

2008

BIG NEWS for Smaller Firms – State Bar of California Bringing the Past to Trial

2007

California Trusts & Estates Quarterly Crisis in Conservatorships

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