$ 400-450 per hour
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Beti Bergman is an attorney and counselor at law dedicated to serving her clients with judgment, courtesy, and diligence. In 1997, she started her legal career as a business litigator and then joined the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office in 2003 where she was civil litigator handling nuisance abatement matters. When Beti became a mother, the importance of caring for a family and assuring the protection of family values and assets became of utmost importance in her life. Beti started her own private practice in probate, trusts, and estates. She began applying her legal skills to help families preserve their assets and values and make important legal decisions for themselves and those they love.
Her now thriving law practice focuses exclusively on probate, trust and estate administration, conservatorships, estate planning, and litigation, such as, elder abuse, fraud, will and trust contests, and beneficiary rights. Beti is extremely passionate in these areas of law. Estates can go awry due to poor planning or rogue family members or neighbors who take advantage of an elderly loved one, either by influencing them to bequest assets to them or by misappropriating property once they gain control over an estate. Beti has the keen analytical skills to untangle a complicated estate and has the enthusiasm to vigorously pursue correction of these wrongs. Because she administers and litigates trusts and estates, she knows how to devise an estate plan that will avoid common pitfalls and vulnerabilities at the back end. Because she prepares estate plans, Beti understands the direction that an estate plan was supposed to take when families approach her with a misdirected will or trust. And, the most important trait that Beti has in this field is that she knows how to talk to families as real people and not just in “legalese.”
Beti received her Juris Doctorate from UC Davis School of Law, where she was a member of law review. She also earned a Master of Science degree in applied mathematics from Long Beach State with distinction, and a Bachelor of Science degree in applied mathematics from UCLA.
Throughout her legal career, Beti has been active in the community. She actively serves on the board of the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers' Alliance and has served on the board of the Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance and the UCLA Asian Pacific Alumni Board of Directors. She is also a past president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers' Association, where she served on the Board of Governors for eight years and headed up the virtual reality trial skills workshop for four years.
Beti also serves on the Los Angeles Superior Court Probate Volunteer Panel of attorneys and the court’s Guardianship Volunteer Panel. She has also worked as a volunteer mediator in Torrance Court. Her speaking engagements include panels discussing women in the law, mothers balancing career and family, and preparing for advanced age healthcare and financial care.
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Practice Areas
$ 400-450 per hour
State: California
Acquired: 1997
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Posted by Norma | September 19, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Beti did a fantastic job. She is compassionate and honest, direct and patient with us when it was warranted. Very skilled in interpreting or reading the courtroom's temperature. She comes prepared and manages precarious courtroom situations with aplomb. Everything that needed to be done, she mana...
Posted by LL | August 27, 2018 | Hired Attorney
I hired Beti to represent me in a family dispute that had been brewing and knew would become extremely contentious. To save costs, Beti directed the associate lawyer who later left but then was replaced by another associate attorney, Lorne who was very detail oriented, responsive and capable. I was a...
Posted by Jennifer | August 14, 2018 | Hired Attorney
I met Beti almost two years ago after my husband helped me search and search and finally narrow down the right attorney to represent my case. Her area of expertise, in living trusts, probation and litigation, was exactly what I was looking for. However, her upmost qualities of being a mother and prot...
Posted by Sunil | February 6, 2017 | Hired Attorney
I had to go through a number of probate attorneys before I retained Beti Bergman as my counsel. Beti is the best attorney I have ever met. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable of the probate process, she is also very hard working and works on your case with a lot of heart. Also, Beti is excellent ...
Posted by Cindy | January 27, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Beti represented myself and other family members in a probate dispute. Beti was extremely knowledgeable about the probate process and provided excellent counsel at each stage of our case. She worked in a very professional and efficient manner and provided appropriate communication so that we were we...
"I endorse this lawyer. Beti is an excellent attorney. I have referred clients to her and they have always been happy with her work. I highly recommend Beti."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have known Beti for over 15 years and I know her to be bright, honest and reliable. I would not hesitate to go with her for legal advice regarding estate planning and asset protection matters, or probate matters. And, in fact, I have gone to her for advice in those areas."
"Beti has an excellent reputation and is highly regarded in the legal community. She is a past president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association."
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2015
Advocate Designation, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
2014
Certified Specialist - Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California
2006 - Present
Founder, Peninsula Law
2002 - 2005
Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
2017 - Present
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterProfessional Advisory Council
2017 - Present
NITA (National Institute of Trial Advocacy)Faculty Teacher
2017 - Present
LA County Bar Trust & Estates Executive CommitteeExecutive Committee Member
2016 - Present
South Bay Bar Association (LA)Probate Co-Chair
2016 - Present
South Bay Inn of CourtMember
2016 - Present
Los Angeles County Bar AssociationLRS Advisory Committee
2013 - Present
Long Beach Bar AssociationMember
2008 - Present
Los Angeles Superior CourtProbate Court Volunteer Panel (PVP Counsel)
2008 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaTrust & Estates Member
2000 - Present
Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers AssociationImmediate Past-President
1998 - Present
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates SectionMember
2001 - 2008
Southern California Chinese Lawyers AssociationPast President, Officer, & Board of Governors
2001 - 2003
UCLA Asian Pacific AlumniBoard of Directors
1997
JD - Juris Doctor
1993
MS - Master of Science
1988
BS - Bachelor of Science
2019
How to take the Probate Specialization Exam (seminar).
2019
Webcast about the basics of conservatorships.
2019
Trial Skills Workshop
2018
Mentoring
2018
Elder Abuse
2018
Meet & Greet - Gavin Newsom
2018
Seminar for PVP Attorneys - Limited Conservatorships
2018
Civic Education and Judicial Mentorship
2018
Seminar for Alzheimer’s support group - how get a conservatorship.
2017
Probate Litigation
2017
2017
2017
Drafting Revocable Trusts: Tricky Clauses
2016
Amending Revocable Living Trusts
2014
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2013
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2011
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