Estate Planning Attorneys in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California

Helping Families Preserve Their Wealth During and After Their Lifetime

Thank you for visiting the Los Angeles office of the Grain Law Firm. We are estate planning, trust administration and probate attorneys serving Los Angeles and surrounding cities. Our mission is to provide our clients in Los Angeles with quality estate planning, trust administration and probate services. When you visit our Los Angeles office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such important and very personal issues with us. Our goal is to help you make informed decisions about how best to meet your estate planning needs. Having the right estate plan can be so critical to your future well-being and that of those people who matter most to you.

Estate Planning

Through the use of Living Trusts, Wills (simple & complex), Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Irrevocable Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, and Charitable Gifting Strategies, our firm helps clients preserve their wealth for future generations, minimize estate taxes, and avoid the expense and nightmare of probate.

Legacy Planning

Legacy Planning is a more holistic approach to estate planning. We help clients preserve their financial wealth and their legacy, including their life stories and family heirlooms, for future generations. Our non-traditional planning methods include special provisions and protections in Living Trusts, Wills (simple & complex), Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Irrevocable Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, and Charitable Gifting Strategies. This planning also includes minimizing estate taxes, avoiding the expense and nightmare of probate, protecting against remarriage after death of the 1st spouse, and protecting beneficiaries from a possible future divorce.

Family-Owned Businesses & Farms

Our law firm offers estate planning assistance for the unique needs of Family Businesses and Farms. We help clients preserve this important part of their legacy for future generations.

Estate Planning for the GLBT Community

Our gay-friendly law firm offers guidance and assistance to members of the GLBT Community on their unique estate planning and domestic partnership needs. Whether in a relationship or single, many gay people do not want their blood relatives to inherit their estate, but that is exactly what happens if you die without a will or living trust (intestacy). Estate planning also protects you should you become incapacitated and unable to make decisions regarding your healthcare and finances for yourself. Again, if you don’t have the necessary powers of attorney, your blood relatives take over, usually under court supervision (Living Probate or Conservatorship), which can be a nightmare.

Incapacity Planning

Our law firm helps clients create a plan to handle their affairs in the event of an incapacity before they pass away. This includes planning to avoid a Living Probate or Guardianship proceeding.

IRA & Retirement Planning

Our law firm has experience in the complex area of estate planning with IRAs and other retirement plans. We help ensure clients and their beneficiaries are protected by employing tax reduction techniques.

Elder Law & Medicaid Services

We help clients qualify for government medical benefits legally and ensure their estates are preserved for their loved ones, instead of their nest egg being wiped out by high nursing home expenses.

Asset Protection & Business Planning

We help clients who are small business owners and those who are most susceptible to being sued by assisting with Lawsuit and Asset Protection. We also assist with Business Succession Planning and Small Business Planning. Some of the tools and strategies used are Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Buy-Sell Agreements.

Special Needs Planning

We offer assistance to clients who have special needs family members by creating Special Needs Estate Plans. These tailored plans help them preserve government benefits while having their loved one cared for in all areas of their life: financial, educational and medical, and most importantly, their emotional and personal needs in the future.

Trust Administration & Probate

We help families who have experienced the loss of a loved one with the ensuing Probate or Trust Administration process.

Financial Planning

We help clients preserve their wealth and achieve their long-term financial goals. Our attorneys work closely with clients’ financial advisors to make sure their estate plan and their financial plan are coordinated and meet the clients goals.