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Howard Bennett Hellen

4.0
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 36 years

Trusts Lawyer at San Diego, CA
Practice Areas: Trusts, Insurance, Estate Planning

16870 West Bernardo Drive Suite 400, San Diego, CA

About Howard

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Trusts 50%

Custom drafting of Living Trusts, with broad flexibility, from simple to complex, including tax-planning trusts, special needs trusts, and the like. A complete estate package includes powers of attorney for health care and finances, living wills (physician directives) and deeding of real properties into the Trust.

50%
Insurance 30%

Limited to speciality in disability and health insurance. Assist and represent clients in preparing claims and in contesting wrongfully-denied claims, both under ERISA (governing group employee claims for for-profit employees) and "private claims" where you purchased the policy yourself, or where the group claim is related to a government employer or non-profit employer.

30%
Estate Planning 20%

Includes advice and consultation concerning which type of estate would be best for each individual client, as well as ongoing maintenance of trusts and estates.

36 years | 2,000 cases

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 34 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1991

Administrative Suspension

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 36 years

State: California

Acquired: 1989

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Howard Bennett Hellen

16870 West Bernardo Drive Suite 400, San Diego, CA, 92127-1678

Law Offices of Howard Bennett Hellen

Melrose Law Center, 380 S. Melrose Drive, Ste. 333, Vista, CA, 92081-6641

Law Offices of Howard Bennett Hellen

380 S Melrose Dr Ste 333, Vista, CA, 92081-6641

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Howard Bennett Hellen's Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | January 15, 2014 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Would never use this lawyer!!

This lawyer was non-responsive, did not get the facts of my case even close to correct, and verged on improper conduct. He relies on his wife/secretary to do a lot of his legal analysis which I find unprofessional since she is not an attorney. He allows her to weigh in with legal opinions which is i...mproper since she is not a licensed attorney. After speaking to other attorneys, I learned that his (his wife's?) legal conclusions were completely wrong which would have severely prejudiced my rights. I WOULD NEVER USE THIS LAWYER AND DON'T THINK HOWARD HELLEN SHOULD BE PRACTICING GIVEN THE REPEATED MISTAKES I SAW HIM MAKE. IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD RUN!

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Work Experience

1996 - 2010

Member, United States District Courts, California; United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Associations

San Diego North County Bar Association

Member

San Diego County Bar Association

Member

Washington State Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

State Bar of California

Member

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Lang v. LTD Plan of Applied Remote Technology

Won

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Education

1989

Southwestern Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

Speaking Engagements

2005

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Legal Rights for Disability Claimants with MS

Languages

English

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