A Great Bookstore in Southern Oregon

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If you find yourself travelling on Highway 97 towards Bend or Crater Lake in Southern Oregon, be sure to stop by Chiloquin and check out what is probably the largest used bookstore in Southern Oregon. My wife, Chris, and I found ourselves at a used book sale in...

Victory for Our Client

Blog, Business Litigation

A Sacramento Jury returned a verdict less than our offer, and found plaintiff driver to be 20% at fault, even though our client rear-ended plaintiff’s vehicle. Our client was driving in evening stop-and-go rush hour traffic in Sacramento.  She acknowledged that she...

Victory for Our Client

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Grandson, successor trustee of grandmother’s trust and beneficiary of her entire estate, retained us to represent him against cousins who sued.  Cousins alleged (1) grandmother lacked capacity to change her trust, and grandson (2) exerted undue influence to get her to...

Victory for our Client

Blog, Civil Litigation

In November 2013, we convinced the First District Court of Appeal to overturn trial level judge’s ruling. We felt the trial judge had made an incorrect ruling. This appellate court ruling resulted in the case being dismissed. We had asked the trial court to dismiss a...

Seeking Early Counsel When Asked to be a Trustee or Executor

Blog, Civil Litigation

Estate Administrations doesn’t always go as smoothly as planned. Trustees and executors often have to contend with greedy grandchildren, squabbling siblings, snubbed spouses, and other untrustworthy trustees.  Societal trends such as blended families, adult...

Advance Health Care Directives Part Three

Blog, Estate Planning

  The third part of a typical Advance Health Care Directive is the election for organ and tissue donation. California and the other states are “opt in” states. That is to say, the potential donor, his or her health care agent and/or his or her family must...