$ 375-450 per hour
Personally work with clients to effectively design their estate planning portfolio, including trusts, wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives, to provide for their descendants according to the client's wishes. Administer estates upon the death of a Trustor. Each plan is as unique as the person or family who creates it and thus carries the personal as well as financial values of one generation to the next.
If faced with conflict, mediation is an approach that focuses on navigating the families' concerns to avoid litigation and maintain the integrity of the estate. The future of the family depends on the success of the parties during this process. Why not start with mediation so you can be in control of the outcome from the beginning? Mediation avoids the win/lose feeling of a judicial decision.
Terry Anne Buchanan has been working in family law since 1994 as a judicial clerk, as an attorney with Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, as a sole practitioner and counsel with Cornerstone Law Center. Each client is treated with individualized attention and respect.
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$ 375-450 per hour
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Acquired: 1996
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100 E. Los Angeles Avenue, Suite 258, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360
6 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 3 of 3 reviews | Divorce & Separation
Posted by Donald | May 19, 2014 | Divorce & Separation
Exceptional Attorney/ Child Custody case
After being divorced for several years and having a 50/50 legal and physical custody, my ex-wife sought full custody and supervised visitations for me every other weekend. On short notice, I was told about the court hearing. I began frantically calling various attorneys and became frustrated and d...
Posted by Rippedoff | April 02, 2013 | Divorce & Separation
Beware: Very unprofessional. Do not pay in advance!
Clients beware. This lawyer will charge upwards of $180. just to read an email. I strongly recommend that you do not hire her, but especially DO NOT pay her in advance, demand incremental billing and that you get a quote in writing because she will definitely overcharge you. She went on sick leave f...
I have performed and will continue to perform all legal duties in a professional, ethical and responsible manner. For accuracy, this prior client failed to include critical facts in the above review: my "sick leave" resulted from a diagnosis of cancer which this client was immediately notified (I've been on leave for 1 year); this case was not "uncontested;" and no "quote" was ever provided but rather a retainer of $2500 was requested at time of retention (to which this client unilaterally elected to pay more). I performed all tasks required and requested by the client in a thorough and professional manner. Unfortunately, the progress and/or results of a case may not yield the results desired by a client as outside the realm of the law or an attorney's ability, and thus can lead to a bar review (for which I was successful) and such unfounded comments.
Posted by anonymous | July 05, 2012 | Divorce & Separation
Horrible Attorney
This was the worst attorney I have ever come in contact with. She takes things personally & treats the opposing party as if she is personally involved in their life. I DO NOT recommmend her! She is a bitter divorcee herself. She could not get anything we were asking for. The opposing party won full c...
As an attorney for 17 years, I have maintained a professional and cordial relationship with all persons involved in any client's case. I will not advocate for my client's rights through disrespect or lack of courtesy towards the opposing party or attorney. Unfortunately, the end result here was due to the client's conduct during the pendency of the case and the client's "history" (none of which are stated in the review) which significantly impacted the judicial determination as to custody in the best interests of this minor child. Those facts would be completely out of any attorney's hands to cure by that time.
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2017 - Present
Attorney, Cornerstone Law Center, LLC
2001 - 2017
Attorney, Buchanan Law & Mediation Center
1998 - 2001
Associate, Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton
2009 - Present
Loving Heart Hospice FoundationMember of the Board of Directors
2013 - 2016
American Red CrossBoard - Relay for Life
1996
Juris Doctorate
2013
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Legal Answers
After mediation agreement if you are have second thoughts about what was agreed can you go back and change the agreements
27 Jun 2015
I used $$ from a personal injury settlement to pay off a 2nd mortgage on our home. Do I have a right to that equity in divorce?
20 Oct 2013
My spouse took money from our joint account for illegal drug use, do I have any recourse in a divorce?
20 Oct 2013