Charlene L. Usher

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Charlene L. Usher

4.4
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 28 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Ontario, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Wills & Living Wills

3200 E. Guasti Rd. Suite 100, Ontario, CA

Virtual Consultation Available

About Charlene

Biography

Estate Planning for you and the ones you love. Probate for your family left behind. Conservatorship

Estate Planning for the Ones You Love! Documenting YOUR wishes to make it EFFECTIVE!

Helping your family handle the legal side of the loss of a loved one.

Helping you to determine the RIGHT documents to empower your agent to assist you when needed!

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 50%

Designing Revocable Living Trusts, Wills, Special Needs Trusts and other documents that support the family or individual in the event of a disability or after death. Making provisions for guardianship of minors and designing strategic inheritance plans for children or grandchildren. Designing Special Needs Trusts for children or grandchildren receiving government benefits and services.

17 years

50%
Probate 30%

Conservatorship of the person or estate of someone who is incapacitated or elderly (dimentia diagnosis). Transfer of assets according to the court process following the death of a loved one.

30%
Wills and Living Wills 20%

20%

Fees and Rates

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Awards

Top Contributor
Top Contributor
2019 2018 2017

Licenses

Licensed in California for 28 years

State: California

Acquired: 1997

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Usher Law Group PC

3200 E. Guasti Rd. Suite 100, Ontario, CA, 91761

usherlawgroup.com/

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Charlene L. Usher's Reviews

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4.4 /5.0

26 Client Reviews

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Posted by Arah | February 28, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Probate

Probate Success!

Charlene was very helpful with her overall knowledge and expertise to assist my family with our probate case. Each step taken was carefully outlined for our understanding.

Posted by April | May 05, 2015 | Estate Planning

Excellent Customer Service

Attorney Usher and her team are very thorough and detail oriented. We appreciated their explanation of the various parts of our Estate Plan, the succinct recommendations and advice, and their thoughtfulness of ways to make our estate plan EFFECTIVE when needed. We also like the interaction with their... office and feeling of being in a long term relationship, not just a transaction. We would recommend USHER LAW GROUP to our family and friends!

Posted by Tami | December 23, 2014 | Estate Planning

She came to my office!

I attended one of Ms. Usher's presentations and I was struck by her honesty and her personal story. It was very infomative and left me with an overwhelming feeling that I needed to make sure my affairs were in order. I have cousins who should benefit, half siblings who should not and a church that I... want to continue to support. The Usher Law Group provided me with the service I needed. Charlene says that just because you "talk" about what's going to happen after you pass, doesn't mean you're going to pass any sooner. That took the fear out of it and allowed me to focus on the importance of avoiding unnecessary probate costs.

Posted by anonymous | November 30, 2022 | Estate Planning

Condescending and lacked professionalism

I was referred to this firm through my families life long CPA. We trust him and he has shown nothing less then professionalism in the 30 plus year of work with him, so we moved forward with his suggestion. The first interaction with the firm was ambiguous and unclear of the next steps to set up a con...sultation. Initially, I emailed them for them to reach out to me. I did not hear anything so I called them (i had to follow up with a phone call on all of my interactions with the firm) to indicate my interest in family assets protection. I was instructed that I should set up a consultation. I was apprehensive because I was not sure if I needed there services. I asked additional questions. I was told I could only ask the lawyer these questions and I would have to pay $350 (which I was told was discounted :/) to ask the questions. I would like to emphasize the secretary was always condescending and rude in all of our phone interactions. I paid the money and when the appointment which was via conference call (which I also feel is unprofessional, lacked personal connections). I join the call on time and the attorney was 8 minutes late and did not apologize for her tardiness (extremely unprofessional). After 5 minutes of me speaking to the attorney, I know the services they offered were not what I needed. However, I was made to feel like I did not know what I wanted. One incident when I was explaining what I wanted, I was told since I did not have assets amounting to Will Smith, I would not need those services. Additionally, I was told since I was not an attorney, I was not knowledgeable of what I needed. This was insulting and lacked customer service and professional. This was the worst experience I’ve had with an attorney. I wanted to support a black business instead of going through my employer which would likely not be a black business, but my experience was so horrible, I am just going to go through my employer. I would never never never recommend Usher Law Group to anyone. If I could give them less then 1 star I would. Horrible.

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Probate lawyer | Jan 16

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Noel Lawrence

Estate planning lawyer | Nov 25

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"Some attorneys understand the laws well. Some understand people well. Charlene Usher has a long history of understanding both."

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Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2012

Women Leaders In Law, The Recorder

2012

Diversity Award, State Bar of California

2005

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

2004

Rising Star, SuperLawyers

Work Experience

2001 - Present

Founder & Managing Attorney, Usher Law Group, P. C.

Associations

2007 - Present

Women Lawyers of Los Angeles

Life Member

2005 - Present

CABL

Life Member

2000 - Present

BWL Los Angeles

Life Member

2010 - 2011

R.T. Fields Bar Association

Founding President

2008 - 2009

John M. Langston Bar Association

Co-chair, Legislation Committee

2006 - 2008

National Bar Association (Region IX)

Commercial Law Section Board Member

2003 - 2004

BWL Los Angeles

Chair, Scholarship Selection Committee

2003 - 2004

CABL

Board Member

2001 - 2002

BWL Los Angeles

Chair, Community Action Committee

Education

1996

University of California, Hastings College of The Law

1991

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

B.S.

Speaking Engagements

2014

Parent Support Group Meeting

Special Needs Trusts: How to Protect & Provide for Our Special Needs Family Member

2013

Meeting

Special Needs Planning for Financial Advisors

Publications

Languages

English

Spanish

Activity

Top Contributor

Charlene earned significant contribution points in 2019.

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