Randy Marvin Spiro
About Randy
Licenses
Licensed in California for 47 years
State: California
Acquired: 1978
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2023
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2022
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2021
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2020
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2019
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2018
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2017
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2016
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2015
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2013
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2012
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2011
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2010
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2008
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2006
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2005
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
2004
Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
1990
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
1990
Certified Specialist Probate, Estate Planning & Trust Law, California Bar Board of Legal Specialization
1987
Certified Specialist Taxation, California Bar Board of Legal Specialization
Work Experience
1987 - Present
Partner, Altshuler & Spiro
Associations
1987 - Present
Altshuler & SpiroPartner
1983 - 1987
Law Office of Randy SpiroSole Practitioner
1982 - 1983
Lazarow, Rettig, Sundel & JaffeAssociate Attorney
1980 - 1982
Irsfeld, Irsfeld & YoungerAssociate Attorney
1978 - 1980
Murchison & CummingAssociate Attorney
Sample of Legal Cases
Full amount of mortgage was allowed as discount on audit of estate tax return.
No income when ISO stock put into trust.
Non-profit status granted by IRS
Education
1980
Masters of Science in Taxation
1978
Juris Doctor
1975
Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2023
Communicating with your senior estate planning client
2020
Estate Planning for Older Adults through the Lens of COVID-19 Virus
2019
The Seemingly Happily Married Senior Couple: Consider Divorce as you prepare the Estate Plan
2018
Property Tax Reassessment Traps
2016
Common Trust Structures and when they're used
2016
When Your Elder Estate Planning Client Throws You a Curve
2015
Life Insurance and the Older Client
2014
Community Property Aspects of IRAs and Retirement Plans
2013
Effect of New Tax Law on Existing Estate Plans
2013
Financial and Health Care Powers of Attorney
2012
The Transition from Capacity to Incapacity
2011
New Requirements for Certificate of Independent Review
2009
2009
2008
Rousing Your Slumbering Estate Plan
2000
Case Study Program
1996
Tax Law Changes 1996
1989
Individual Income Taxation
1986
Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
1984
Estate Planning Update
Publications
2012
2009
1985
1982
1981
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Guides
Legal Answers
Can I revise a living trust without the use of an attorney?
09 Dec 2009
Real Estate sale by Irrevocable Trust (California)
09 Dec 2009
How long can an estate (simple trust) remain open?
05 Dec 2009
Legal Guides
Factors in determining whether or not the estate plan is likely to be attacked
09 Dec 2009
Factors that the surviving spouse should review in determining whether or not to disclaim
09 Dec 2009
Steps in excluding insurance from estate taxes when held in irrevocable trust.
09 Dec 2009