California Probate Lawyers

Probate Law

275 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106

Area of Practice: Probate and Trust Litigation isa Tan was named a Super Lawyer® Rising Star by Los Angeles Magazine from 2009 – 2015, and a Super Lawyer® in 2019. She was also voted a Pasadena Magazine Top Attorney by her peers from 2009 – 2013. FREE CONSULTATION To help clients get the financial and emotional justice they deserve, Lisa has mastered the complex legal, monetary and interpersonal issues involved in trust and probate litigation. Whether tackling breach of fiduciary duty, contested heirship, pretermitted and adopted heirs, will and trust validity, undue influence, contested powers of attorney or accountings, fraudulent transfers, partition actions, family and estate management disputes, or probate litigation, she provides clients with the highest level of personal service, while maintaining the utmost discretion. Lisa earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California Hastings College of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California. When she’s not burning the midnight oil preparing cases you’ll probably find her working out at the gym.

Probate Law

341 W. First Street, Suite 100, Claremont, CA 91711

MARIVEL M. ZIALCITA, Attorney at Law has been an attorney for over 19 years. Since her appointment, Marivel has demonstrated a devotion to her clients. First, by becoming a Senior Advocacy Specialist while working for a reputable estate planning firm, where she prepared hundreds of Estate Planning Portfolios across Southern California. Then in 2009, after coming into a boutique firm she cultivated and expanded her Estate Planning practice and gained an extensive Probate court presence. She is a well-recognized figure by her colleagues and Judicial Officers who have come to know her as an attorney who is humbled by her desire to grow, learn, and serve. A continued call to action brought Ms. Zialcita to seek her growing role as Court Appointed Counsel and Guardian at Litem in Conservatorship Matters for San Bernardino Superior Court, representing individuals diagnosed with cognitive disabilities. <br> <br> As the founder of MMZ LAW, A Professional Corporation, she practices in trust and estate, elder law, Medi-Cal asset protection planning, veterans’ affairs benefits, conservatorship, special needs, trust administration, and probate. Since 2016, her practice has evolved from a sole-practitioner to a cooperative business group equipped with seasoned professionals, including in-house work with a Private Professional Fiduciary and a Medi-Cal Professional Advocate. Beginning in 2018, Marivel brought in Soo J. Myland as a Partner, who worked previously at distinguished local firms, where she focused on Estate Planning, Wealth Management, and Business Succession Planning. With the addition of this insight, Marivel helps her clients fulfill meaningful charitable giving, business succession planning, and tax-efficient wealth transfers and tax elections. <br> <br> Marivel is a frequent speaker on trust and estate matters for the National Business Institute. In the past, she has given in-house seminars for organizations such as New York Life, Mass Mutual, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and Chaffey Federal Credit Union. She currently sits on the Board for the Estate Planning Council of Pomona Valley, Aging Next, and the past Claremont Community Foundation. <br> <br> Attorney Zialcita strives to create value and a meaningful experience for all her clients. She is fully committed to best representing them with one hundred percent integrity. She seeks to create a space of complete workability to deliver on her promise to stand for them in their LIFE and LEGACY.

Probate Law

25152 Springfield Ct suite 345, Valencia, CA 91355, USA

Melody received her B.A. (1984) and M.A. (1985) in Economics from Boston University and her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 2000. During law school, she was a member of Southwestern’s International Law Journal and moot court program. Melody was admitted to the California Bar in 2000 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. She has provided pro bono legal assistance to needy individuals through Public Counsel and performed volunteer work for the Los Angeles County Superior Court Domestic Violence Program. Melody practices in the areas of litigation, and probate, trusts and estates.