Esther Hopkins

Esther Hopkins

5.0
Rating: 7.8

Licensed for 32 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Westlake Village, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Business

2393 Townsgate Rd Ste 201, Westlake Village, CA

About Esther

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 75%

Create and implement plans to protect the client and the clients loved ones, assets and business. Includes trusts, wills, estate tax planning, durable powers of attorney, health care directives. Also includes probate and trust administration and litigation.

22 years

75%
Business 25%

Assist client with business law matters with emphasis on business succession planning

32 years

25%

Fees and Rates

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 32 years

State: California

Acquired: 1993

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Esther Hopkins, P.C.

2393 Townsgate Rd Ste 201, Westlake Village, CA, 91361-2517

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Esther Hopkins's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

5.0 /5.0

2 Client Reviews

5 star (2)
4 star (0)
3 star (0)
2 star (0)
1 star (0)

Posted by Kenneth | March 11, 2016 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Family Trust

A few months ago I had Ester Hopkins review my Trust. She immediately went through my trust and updated and added all documents that were needed. She is an excellent attorney, very friendly and knows how to treat people right. In a very short period of time she had the trust completed and beautif...ully bound. Recently my wife passed away, and the trust needed to be updated. within a week or so, the trust was completed updated and ready to go once again. I would certainly recommend this attorney (Esther Hopkins) to anyone that needed any kind of estate planning, she is very knowledgeable and does an excellent job.

Posted by Jen | March 4, 2016 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

The Best!!

Esther is an amazing attorney! She is smart, personable, helpful, responsive, and wonderful to work with. She knows the ins and outs of estate planning. We have a child with special needs and she has been invaluable with setting up our trust, educating us, and helping us with a special needs trus...t as well as our main trust. She worked with us and was sensitive to our thoughts and needs for the future. We feel so much better knowing we have a plan for our children when we are gone. Also, that we have our advanced directives spelled out (we are physicians and have strong feelings about end of life issues). She was wonderful to work with and I recommend her without reservation - just the best!

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Esther Hopkins's Lawyer Endorsements

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Maya Shulman

Wills and living wills lawyer | Jun 25

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Esther is caring and knowledgeable. Clients absolutely love her!"

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Douglas Ridley

Trusts lawyer | Apr 18

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Esther is a wonderful and patent advisor to her clients. She is active in the community and a great resource. She takes her time with clients and has a great reputation as a trusted counselor."

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Experience

Rating:  7.8 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2016 - Present

Attorney/Owner, Law Offices of Esther Hopkins, P.C.

2013 - Present

Partner, Hilliard Hopkins, LLP

2008 - 2013

Principal, Law Offices of Esther Hopkins, P.C.

2005 - 2008

Partner, Retz & Hopkins, LLP

2000 - 2005

Senior Associate, Selman Breitman, LLP

1993 - 2000

Associate, Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP

Associations

2008 - 2014

Southeast Ventura County YMCA

Board Member and Board Chair Person

Education

1993

Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University

JD

1990

University of California - Los Angeles

BS

Languages

English

Spanish

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