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![Geraldine Wyle](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Wyle_Geraldine_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f8ed7cbc&itok=AekTBYAB)
Geraldine Wyle is the co-chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. She focuses her practice on complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution related to trusts and estates, conservatorships and guardianships, business succession, and partnership disputes (often involving fiduciary and high...
![Lisa LaFourcade](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/LaFourcade_Lisa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=JcfJhfYb)
Lisa LaFourcade is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law by the California State Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice focuses on advising high-net-worth individuals, privately held businesses, and charitable organizations. Her areas of practice include: Estate, gift...
![Dawn Eyerly LinkedIn Centered Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Eyerly_Dawn_LinkedIn.jpg?h=f57dba4b&itok=aJJNS1V6)
Dawn Eyerly is a trial attorney with substantial litigation experience, including jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations. She also has extensive appellate experience in both state and federal courts. Dawn represents individuals as well as entities, ranging from small, family-owned...
![Jeryll Cohen LinkedIn Centered Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Cohen_Jeryll_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e90e346b&itok=eUPOcEmD)
Jeryll Cohen is the co-chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. She advises clients on complex trust and estate administration and estate and business succession planning as well as multi-faceted litigation and alternative dispute resolution with regard to trusts and estates, family business...
![Jerad Beltz LinkedIn Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Beltz_Jerad_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=4pXL5Fp1)
Jerad Beltz focuses his practice for individual clients on estate planning, wealth preservation, business succession planning and trust administration. He also counsels nonprofit organizations and privately held businesses in formation, governance, compliance, contract negotiation and charitable...
![Matthew Baker LinkedIn Centered Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Baker_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=5nwdrlYi)
Matthew Baker handles trust and estate litigation, with a focus on advocating for the rights of beneficiaries and fiduciaries’ conduct in trust and estate matters. Whether it is contesting the validity of a trust or will or representing a fiduciary in a breach of trust claim, Matthew is equipped to...
![Thomas Aikin LinkedIn Centered Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Aikin_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=5RpZmi-H)
Thomas Aikin represents both fiduciaries and beneficiaries of trusts, estates and charitable trusts in contested matters, as well as administration. He places a particular emphasis on representing charities, universities, and other non-profit organizations. He has successfully represented clients...
![William Adams LinkedIn Centered Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Adams_William_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=RpqdiJVj)
Bill Adams draws on 30 years of legal experience in his work as a trial lawyer who represents businesses, lenders and municipalities in commercial and real estate disputes. He works with both plaintiffs and defendants through verdicts and appeals in jury trials and court trials in both state and...
Our Trust & Estate Administration team advises executors, trustees, and beneficiaries of trusts and estates on various aspects of estate and trust administration, including fiduciary duties and powers, tax planning, and required notices and court filings. When appropriate, we utilize special...
![Roshanne Katouzian](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Katouzian_Roshanne_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=UiuWuMTc)
Roshanne Katouzian represents fiduciaries, including administrators, executors, trustees, conservators, and guardians, as well as beneficiaries in contested trust, estate, and probate litigation matters.
![Austin Strine](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Strine_Austin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=bTCXb9qJ)
Austin Strine represents clients in complex civil litigation in state and federal courts. His experience includes matters ranging from data privacy and cybersecurity issues and commercial breach of contract claims to corporate and shareholder disputes and business defamation cases. He also...
![Jay P. Tarshis](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Tarshis_Jay_LinkedIn.jpg?h=5f4e38f5&itok=kCH-l1Pp)
Jay Tarshis's practice focuses on estate planning and administration, taxation, and general corporate law. His estate planning practice is concentrated on inter-generational wealth planning for family business owners and high net worth individuals. Jay frequently addresses business succession issues...
![John F. Meigs](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Meigs_John_LinkedIn_0.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=4NU7EfLU)
John Meigs concentrates his practice in planning and problem solving for wealthy individuals, their families and property interests, both in the United States and abroad. This includes a substantial amount of work on estate planning and estate and trust administration and on tax aspects of planning...
![Ronald R. Fieldstone](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Fieldstone_Ronald_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=aRkOpM3c)
Ronald "Ronnie" Fieldstone draws on more than 45 years of legal experience to advise clients on sophisticated commercial and real estate transactions. His focus includes matters involving corporate, real estate, securities and tax law. His advice is also shaped by insights arising from his...
![Nancy A. Slowe](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Slowe_Nancy_LinkedIn_0.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=wf625bRx)
Nancy Slowe concentrates her practice in estate planning and estate administration. She has significant experience in the design and implementation of estate planning instruments, family wealth transfer arrangements and in sophisticated estate and trust administration matters. Her practice also...
![Shane P. Simon](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Simon_Shane_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=FQCH-lfU)
Shane Simon is a litigator who represents clients from a variety of industries, including higher education, energy, public utilities, insurance, health care and corporations. His experience includes work on cases in both state and federal courts. In addition to assisting with the challenges posed by...
![Howard B. Miller](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Miller_Howard_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=eIrkKlDL)
Howard Miller is a seasoned business, estates and trusts lawyer who represents clients ranging from single-owner businesses to large family-owned and public companies. His experience spans from representing clients in deals to buy and sell businesses valued up to $150 million and serving as executor...
![Marc Citron](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-02/Citron_Marc_LinkedIn.jpg?h=16f15343&itok=zYBG8Pit)
Marc Citron counsels a broad range of commercial enterprises on real estate deals and other business transactions that are key to their growth and evolution. During his more than 45 years of legal practice, Marc has advised clients ranging from real estate developers, retailers and the hospitality...
![David Shear Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shear_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=e-ssvq5c)
David Shear's practice focuses on condominiums, commercial and residential real estate, community associations, construction, financing, and representing developers in project closings. David is an authorized agent of Old Republic Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company and First...
![Richard Hayden Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Hayden_Richard_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=18uQ_qEl)
Richard Hayden helps clients involved in major development projects navigate the complex legal landscape they face in securing government approvals. A sampling of the marquee projects he has worked on include repurposing a major urban retail mall stretching over four blocks, state and local...