Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott, LLP is an elite boutique law firm consisting of AV-rated attorneys, specializing in sophisticated estate planning and probate matters. The firm stands out for its ability to provide personalized legal representation to a wide range of individual and business clients throughout Southern California, blending deep expertise with a client-focused approach.
The firm encourages the creative use of revocable living trusts to help clients achieve family and personal objectives, such as avoiding probate, minimizing estate taxes, and preventing conservatorship proceedings. With extensive experience in estate, gift, and post-mortem tax planning, the attorneys are skilled in advanced strategies including marital deduction planning, generation-skipping transfers, and the use of family limited partnerships and other estate freeze techniques.
Services Offered
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Gift and Post-Mortem Tax Planning
- Marital Deduction Planning
- Generation-Skipping Planning
- Sophisticated Gift Planning
- Estate Freeze Techniques
- Family Limited Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies
- Grantor Retained Income Trusts (GRITs)
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Charitable Lead Trusts
- Irrevocable Gift Trusts
- Crummey Trusts
- Generation-Skipping Trusts
- Life Insurance Trusts
- Testamentary Trusts
- LPS Conservatorships
- Probate Conservatorships
- Revocable Living Trusts
- Trust Administration
- Z Pooled Trust Documents
The firm serves clients across the greater Southern California area and is recognized for its community service involvement and commitment to providing tailored, high-level legal solutions in estate and trust law.
