Frank Wong Yuen

Frank Wong Yuen

also known as Frank W. Yuen

4.8
Rating: 8.5

Licensed for 48 years

Estate planning Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Litigation, Probate

1 Post St Ste 800, San Francisco, CA

About Frank

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 40%

Mr. Yuen’s office specializes in complete wealth preservation plans including: • trust and probate estate administration; • sophisticated estate planning, which includes reduction or elimination of income tax, capital gains taxes, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes • asset protection planning and dynasty planning; • sophisticated use of life insurance in estate, income and entity tax planning; and • if necessary, trust and probate litigation.

49 years

40%
Trusts 30%

A trust is an arrangement whereby someone owns and manages money or property for another person's benefit. Like a guardianship, a trustee has decision-making authority over the trust property, but no court is involved in the trustee's action–the pers

30%
Litigation 15%

Estate, probate & trust litigation, contested conservatorship. Prior cases have included issues of elder abuse, second marriages, conservatorships, rights of heirs, property in the estate belonging to others, etc.

49 years

15%
Probate 15%

Trust, estate and probate administration with the goal of maximum tax savings regarding income, estate, gift, generation skipping protection taxes. Administration in a manner to prevent real property reassessment resulting in higher real property taxes

49 years

15%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 48 years

State: California

Acquired: 1977

Active

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Location

YUEN & YUEN, Prof. Law Corp.

1 Post St Ste 800, San Francisco, CA, 94104

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Frank Wong Yuen's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.8 /5.0

17 Client Reviews

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Showing 11 - 13 of 13 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by Jeffrey | March 29, 2011 | Business

Frank Yuen, business dealings

I have had the honor and privilege to be associated with Frank Yuen over several years. Mr. Yuen has been incredibly professional of the highest caliber. His work and advise has been extremely insightful and of great benefit. Frank has worked on asset and financial management issues, and is curren...tly working on business issues for a software venture. His guidance and advise is greatly valued and I will continue to use his services.

Posted by Joanne | March 29, 2011 | Estate Planning

Highly Competent and Knowledgeable Attorney

Frank Yuen has advised our family on matters ranging from estate planning and trusts, entity set-ups, tax, and real estate over the past 17 years and we have found him to be highly competent, knowledgeable, and responsive to all our concerns. Compared to our experience with other attorneys, his lega...l counsel is sharp and insightful especially given the constantly changing tax laws in our state and country. In addition, we have appreciated his expertise and experience in dealing with intergenerational family dynamics. We have highly recommended Frank to our family and friends who are in need of solid, competent, and very knowledgeable legal counsel. They have all been very satisfied with his professional services.

Posted by Johnny | March 29, 2011 | Estate Planning

Excellent attorney

Have used Mr. Yuen for more than 4 years, still currently my T&E attorney, handling my family's estate. He is thoughtful, attentive, knowlegeable and professional.

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Experience

Rating:  8.5 (Excellent)

Honors

2018

Certified Specialist - Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Law, State Bar of California

2018

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2015

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2014

Super Lawyer-, SuperLawyers

2012

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2011

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2008

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2007

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2006

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2005

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2004

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

Education

1981

Golden Gate University School of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

1977

Golden Gate University School of Law

JD/MBA - Juris Doctorate and MBA

1974

Occidental College

MA - Masters

1972

San Francisco State University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2010

Planning for Seniors

Estate Planning & Charitable Bequests

Languages

English

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