Palos Verdes Tax Planning Attorneys
At Burkley & Brandlin LLP, we provide comprehensive estate planning advice and services to high net worth clients, business owners and others with complex asset holdings. Our firm has the experience, knowledge and resources needed to handle the most challenging estate law questions. We can apply these skills to developing an estate plan and legal vehicles that can protect your assets and reduce the effects of taxation.
For creative estate planning solutions, contact our firm for a free consultation.
Experienced Torrance Complex Estate Planning Attorneys
Our firm advises clients in Southern California who seek to avoid probate, reduce or avoid estate taxes and gift taxes, as well as the generation-skipping transfer tax. We are knowledgeable in California estate law and creative in our approach which, depending on the circumstances involved and the value of a client's estate, could possibly include employing a number of different estate planning techniques such as wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, family limited partnerships, creation of business entities, sales and gifts of assets to and among trusts, and the establishment of charitable trusts for our clients. Our attorneys can also work closely with your accountant or tax specialist, or other professionals to develop strategies that can achieve your goals.
Whatever your needs and goals, Burkley & Brandlin LLP can develop the solution that is right for you.
Attorney Brian Brandlin is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, by the California Board of Legal Specialization. As he has in prior years, Mr. Brandlin has been selected again for inclusion in 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers.
Trusts for Complex Estate Planning Needs
A trust can be an effective way of protecting assets and ensuring that the proceeds of the trust are distributed to the trust's beneficiaries. Our attorneys are conversant with the many different trust options available, and we can create the trust or trusts that can achieve your goals. We can also provide a full range of trust administration services.
Business Succession Planning
Burkley & Brandlin LLP has much experience planning for the transition of businesses to the next generation. In this work, we focus on achieving practical solutions that successfully address key questions concerning ownership of the enterprise, corporate governance, management, finance, real estate and others. For a comprehensive discussion and analysis of business succession planning, please see the article entitled Succession Planning For The California Family Business, which was co-authored by Brian R. Brandlin and published in 2009 by the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) in the California Business Law Practitioner.
Contact a Lawyer
To learn more about your options and how we can help you, contact Burkley & Brandlin LLP in Torrance, California.
