Paul Kevin Smith

Paul Kevin Smith

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Rating: 8.0

Licensed for 40 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Corporate & Incorporation

333 S Hope St Fl 35, Los Angeles, CA

About Paul

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 60%

I put the documents in place to protect your children and organize and protect your assets for your selected beneficiaries by preparing trusts, wills, health care directives, and powers of attorney. Estate planning is a process that requires regular review and revision to make sure you are organized as life changes through marraige, birth, inheritance, divorce, retirement and all the financial impacts of these life events. I regularly review your plan and update as necessary.

41 years | 100 cases

60%
Corporate and Incorporation 40%

I primarily work with family run small and mid-sized companies forming corporations, limited lIability companys (LLCs), and partnerships; creating shareholder's agreements, contracts, licensing agreements, purchase and sale transactions and trademarks much like an in-house general counsel would do at a larger corporation. Because of my estate planning background I also handle business succession issues, transferring a family run business from one generation to the next.

41 years | 100 cases

40%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 40 years

State: California

Acquired: 1985

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Minnesota for 33 years

State: Minnesota

Acquired: 1993

Administrative Suspension

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Paul Kevin Smith

333 S Hope St Fl 35, Los Angeles, CA, 90071-1406

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Experience

Rating:  8.0 (Excellent)

Honors

2010

Super Lawyer, Law & Politics Media

2010

AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

1996 - 2004

Partner, Smith & Kaufman, LLP

Associations

2008 - Present

Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Trusts & Estate Comittee

Member

1996 - Present

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section

Member

1985 - Present

State Bar of California

Member

Education

1985

USC Law School

law

1981

Loyola Marymount Univ

undergraduate

Languages

English

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