PAUL GORDON HOFFMAN. Position:
Member. Born Los Angeles, California,
October 29, 1950; admitted
to bar, 1976, California.
Education: University of California
at Berkeley (B.S., 1972; M.B.A.,
1973); University of California
at Los Angeles (J.D., 1976). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi.
Comment Editor, UCLA Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Limits on Retroactive
Decision Making by the Internal Revenue Service: Redefining Abuse of Discretion
Under Section 7805 (b)," 23 UCLA Law Review 529; "Should You Make
Gifts Before Year-End? The Effect of the Tax Reform Act of 1976," 52 Los
Angeles Bar Journal 226; "Salary -Continuation Plans Can Be Estate Tax
Free But May Run Into Gift Tax Problems," 9 Taxation For Lawyers 376.
Co-Author: "Planning An Estate in Light of Recent Changes in Tax and
Copyright Laws," 5 Estate Planning 90; "Estate Planning for
Individuals in the Entertainment Industry, " Southern California Tax
Institute 875, 1979; "Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts," CEB,
1980; "Estate Planning for Clients with Special Assets," Estate
Planning, 1980; "The Marital Deduction: Beyond the Basics," 35 Major
Tax Planning, 1983; "Estate Planning - A Client Based Approach," 39
Major Tax Planning, 1987; "Estate Planning for Qualified Plan Benefits
After 1986, " Estate Planning 1987; "Retirement Plans &
QTIPS," CEB, 1995; " New Developments: Grantor Trust," NYU,
1995; "Federal and California Individual Income Tax Developments,"
USC Law School Tax Institute, 1996 # 1300. Contributing
Author: "International Estate Planning," Matthew Bender, 1992.
Instructor: University of Southern California
Law Center
Advanced Professional Program, 1976-1979; UCLA
School of Law, 1981 -1991. Member:
Planning Committee, UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute, 1980 --; Board of
Directors, Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute, 1980 --
. Member, Planning Committee, USC Probate and Trust
Conference, 1984 --. Member: Beverly Hills
(Chairman, Tax Committee, 1980-1981), Los Angeles
County and American Bar
Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow, American College of
Trust and Estate Counsel. Co-designer of the best
selling software program, "Brentmark Pension
& Excise Tax Planner." Listed in "The Best Lawyers
in America"
1993-. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law.
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NINA MADDEN SABBAN.
Position: Member. Born London, Ontario,
Canada, February 11, 1944; admitted to bar,
1978, California. Education: University
of California at Los
Angeles (A.B., 1965) ; Loyola
Marymount University
(J.D., 1978). Lecturer: Probate Administration, Estate Taxation and Estate
Planning, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1981 -- ; Practical Law
Courses, 1980, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1981 -- ; UCLA/CEB Estate
Planning Institute, 1984; 1984 Retirement Planning Conference; USC Probate and
Trust Conference, 1985. Member, C.P.A., Foundation Planning Committee, 1984 -- . Consultant: California
Trust Administration, 1986; California
Will Drafting Practice, 1988, 1990; New York University Institute on Federal
Taxation, 1988. Member: Board of Governors, City of Hope,
1993 -- ; Chair, Planned Giving Committee, Western
Region and Member, Southern California Chapter and
National Boards of Directors of the American Technion
Society, 1993 -- . Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County (Member,
Executive Committee of Probate and Trust Section, 1982-1984; Chairman, Estate
Tax Subcommittee, 1987, 1988) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate
Planning Law; Probate Law; Trust Law.
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ALAN S. WATENMAKER. Position: Member. Born Los
Angeles, California, April 5, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, California.
Education: University of California
at Los Angeles (B.S., magna cum
laude, 1968; M.S., 1969); Boalt Hall School of Law, University
of California at Berkeley (J.D.,
1972). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma.
Author: "Supplement to California
Decedent Estate Practice 1 & 2," 1994. Co-Author: "Post- Mortem
Tax Planning Checklist," Twentieth Annual USC Probate and Trust
Conference, 1994; "Death of a Spouse 'Now What Do I Do...?' Selected Tax Issues for the Surviving Spouse," Forty-Seventh
Annual Institute on Federal Taxation, USC Tax Institute 1995. Contributing Author: California
Decedent Estate Practice 3, California Continuing Education of the Bar. Member,
Planning Committee, USC Probate and Trust Conference, 1981 --. Member: Beverly
Hills and Los Angeles
County (Member, Executive
Committee, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1982- 1985, 1989-1992) Bar
Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow, American College of
Trust and Estate Counsel. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust
and Probate Law, The State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate
Law; Trust Law.
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MARY K. RAMSDEN. Position: Senior Counsel. Born
Oakland, California, May 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982,
U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Education: University of California
at Los Angeles (A.B., 1971); Loyola
University of Los
Angeles (J.D., 1981). Phi Alpha
Delta. Member, International Law Journal, 1980-1981. Author:
"Formula Clauses in Marital Deduction Planning," Spring
1993 Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News, State Bar of California -Estate
Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section. Lecturer: Fundamentals of Estate
Planning, 1989, Drafting Wills and Estate Planning Documents, 1990, Estate
Planning & Administration Practice: 9th Annual Recent Developments Program,
1994, California Continuing
Education of the Bar. Member: Beverly Hills
Bar Association; State Bar of California.
(Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of
California Board of Legal
Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trust Law.
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LORETTA SICILIANO. Position: Senior Counsel. Born
Washington, D.C., January 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, California and U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California; 1986, U.S. Tax Court and U.S.
District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of
California, Santa Cruz; Stanford University (B.A., 1971); Hastings College of
the Law, University of California (J.D., 1977); Golden Gate University (L.L.M.,
Tax, with great distinction, 1982). Member: Los
Angeles County
(Member, Tax Section; Tax Procedure Subcommittee; Tax Compliance Procedure and
Litigation Subcommittee Task Force) Bar Association; State Bar of California
(Member: Taxation Section; Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee); Women
Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
(Chair: Tax Procedures Subcommittee, 1990-1991; Board of Directors, 1990-1991).
Practice Areas: Taxation Law.
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ERIN L. PROUTY. Position: Senior Counsel.
Born Chicago, Illinois,
June 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California;
1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1987, U.S. Tax
Court. Education: University of
Southern California (B.A. 1980); University
of San Diego (J.D. 1985); Boston
University (LL.M. Taxation,
1986). Author: "Withholding Regulations under the Foreign Investment
in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, as Amended," 5 Boston
University Journal of Tax Law,
1986. Member, Beverly Hills
Bar Association; State Bar of California. Member: Board of Directors, Brentwood/Westwood
Symphony. Certified Specialist, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization. Practice
Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Taxation Law..
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ELIZABETH T. PIERSON. Position: Senior
Counsel. Born Detroit, Michigan,
September 12, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California;
1992, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Duke
University (A.B., 1985); Emmanuel
College, Cambridge,
England; University
of Southern California (J.D.,
1988). Contributing Author: “California
Decedent Estate Practice 3”, California
Continuing Education of the Bar. Member, Major Tax Planning/Computer Law Journal, University of
Southern California, 1986-1987. Member, State
Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Estate Planning, Trust and Probate
Law Commission. Certified
Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization. Member: Beverly Hills
and Los Angeles County Bar
Associations (Member, Executive Committee, Taxation Section 1996-2006, Chair,
2004-2005; Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee 1998-1999; Trust & Estates
Section); State Bar of California.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trust Law.
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CHANG H. CHAE. Position: Associate. Born
Seoul, Korea,
April 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Iowa;
2000, California.
Education: London School
of Economics and Political Science; Grinnell
College (BA, 1993, with Honors); University
of Iowa (J.D., 1996). Author:
“Keeping the “Family” in the Family Home: Special Planning
Challenges Posed by QPRTs”, California
Trust and Estates Quarterly, Winter, 2001. Member, Beverly Hills
Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law;
Probate Law; Trust Law.
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DANIELLE E. MILLER. Position: Associate.
Born Pasadena, California,
March 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, California;
2000, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University
of California, Berkeley (BA, 1993);
McGeorge School
of Law (J.D., 1996).
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Jurisprudence. Member, Beverly Hills
Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law;
Probate Law; Trust Administration.
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JOELLE M. DRUCKER. Position: Senior
Counsel. Born Washington, D.C.,
December 17, 1967;
admitted to bar, 1994, California ; U.S. Tax Court; Supreme Court of the United
States. Education: University
of California, Irvine
(BA, 1990); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D. cum laude 1993); New
York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1994). Adjunct Professor,
Estate Planning, University of West
Los Angeles School of Law. Co-Author, "Show
Me the Money: Fiduciary and Attorney Compensation Issues," USC Law School
2003 Probate and Trust Conference, November 2003 Member, Beverly
Hills Bar Association (Executive Board Member and
Committee Chair, Trusts and Estates Section); State Bar of California
(Executive Board Member and Committee Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee).
Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trust Administration.
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OF COUNSEL
KENNETH S. WOLF. Position: Of Counsel. Born Cincinnati,
Ohio, August 12, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, California.
Education: University of Cincinnati
(B.A., 1965); Harvard University
(J.D., 1968). Chairman, University of Southern California Probate and Trust Conference, 1993 --. Member: State Bar of
California. Fellow,
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Certified Specialist, Estate
Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate
Law; Trusts Law; Beneficiary Rights Disputes.
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