Probate Attorneys
Keystone is your go-to law firm for everything probate. Our probate attorneys specialize in all types of trust, estate and conservatorship litigation and other probate disputes. Call us today for a free consultation.
How Can Our Probate
Lawyers Assist You?
Whether you need guidance about a probate matter, or wish to bring or defend a claim, Keystone’s probate attorneys can help. We assist trustees, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, creditors, spouses and more.
About Our Probate
Law Firm
Keystone’s singular focus on probate law enables our probate attorneys to navigate complex matters with ease. We strive to provide the best probate services in the state.
Our Exceptional Record
For Keystone’s probate lawyers, success is the name of the game, and our record speaks for itself. We go the extra mile to secure for our clients favorable resolutions to their probate matters.
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Probate Services
There is no probate matter Keystone’s probate lawyers can’t handle. Our probate services cover a wide range of areas, so whatever your needs, Keystone’s probate attorneys can meet them. Learn more about each of our services by clicking on the links below.
Our Record
An Undeniable History of Success
Keystone’s impeccable record speaks for itself. Our unmatched experience and ingenuity enables us to resolve probate matters favorably and efficiently. Keystone’s probate lawyers aim for nothing short of success with every case. For probate services of the highest caliber, turn to Keystone’s probate attorneys.
Court Removes Trustee Based on Financial Abuse
Keystone represented a client in her 70s who unknowingly created an irrevocable trust while overly medicated by her son. The son made himself trustee and misappropriated trust assets. At the initial hearing, Keystone’s probate attorneys persuaded the court to immediately suspend the son as trustee and replace him with a private professional fiduciary. Our client’s property was ultimately returned to her as well.Millions Recovered From Serial Financial Abusers
Keystone first helped its client get appointed as the administrator of her brother’s $50 million estate. Later, Keystone assisted with litigating against the decedent’s two pseudo-caregivers who collectively unduly influenced and defrauded the decedent. In total, Keystone’s probate lawyers were able to help the estate secure the return of more than $2 million in stolen money and property, and obtain a judgment for an additional $1 million.Mother's Life Saved During COVID-19
Keystone helped its client obtain an emergency temporary conservatorship over her mother, who had advanced Alzheimer’s disease and was being kept inside her brother’s home, which was suspected to be a hotbed of COVID-19 cases. As a result, Keystone’s client, over the objection of her brother, was able to remove her mother from the home and into a safe, secure location.Trustee Protected When Distributing Assets
Keystone’s client was the trustee of his sister and brother-in-law’s trust. Because it contained language that was ambiguous in terms of who should receive the primary asset of the trust, the decedent’s home, the client was uncertain how to distribute it. Keystone’s probate lawyers helped the client obtain the clarification he needed to fairly distribute the property according to the trust’s terms and extrinsic evidence.Elder Coerced into Giving Assets to Abuser
Keystone’s client sought to invalidate a trust after learning that the decedent from whom they stood to inherit had left the entirety of his estate to a new partner he had just met off a dating site who was 50 years his junior and an ostensible predator. Not long after amending his trust, the abuser died under suspicious circumstances. Ultimately, Keystone was able to reach a favorable settlement for its clients that called for the new version of the trust to be invalidated by arguing that the gift to the partner was an illegal payment for prostitution and the partner’s actions constituted financial elder abuse.Rightful Share of the Family Business
Keystone’s client had spent most of her adult life managing the family business. When her father’s behavior became turbulent, she believed his unfitness was due to a decline in mental competence or a flagrant disregard of fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the trust and its beneficiaries. In order to preserve and protect trust assets, as well as her father’s own trust fund distributions, Keystone’s client needed to try to have her father removed as a co-trustee. Keystone’s trust litigation attorneys were able to resolve the case in which its client became the sole company owner after buying out her father’s and sister’s shares.Trustee Removed
Court Removes Trustee Based on Financial Abuse
Keystone represented a client in her 70s who unknowingly created an irrevocable trust while overly medicated by her son. The son made himself trustee and misappropriated trust assets. At the initial hearing, Keystone’s probate attorneys persuaded the court to immediately suspend the son as trustee and replace him with a private professional fiduciary. Our client’s property was ultimately returned to her as well.
Stolen Funds Recovered
Millions Recovered From Serial Financial Abusers
Keystone first helped its client get appointed as the administrator of her brother’s $50 million estate. Later, Keystone assisted with litigating against the decedent’s two pseudo-caregivers who collectively unduly influenced and defrauded the decedent. In total, Keystone’s probate lawyers were able to help the estate secure the return of more than $2 million in stolen money and property, and obtain a judgment for an additional $1 million.
Emergency Conservatorship
Mother's Life Saved During COVID-19
Keystone helped its client obtain an emergency temporary conservatorship over her mother, who had advanced Alzheimer’s disease and was being kept inside her brother’s home, which was suspected to be a hotbed of COVID-19 cases. As a result, Keystone’s client, over the objection of her brother, was able to remove her mother from the home and into a safe, secure location.
Instructions Provided
Trustee Protected When Distributing Assets
Keystone’s client was the trustee of his sister and brother-in-law’s trust. Because it contained language that was ambiguous in terms of who should receive the primary asset of the trust, the decedent’s home, the client was uncertain how to distribute it. Keystone’s probate lawyers helped the client obtain the clarification he needed to fairly distribute the property according to the trust’s terms and extrinsic evidence.
The "Sugar Daddy" Abuser
Elder Coerced into Giving Assets to Abuser
Keystone’s client sought to invalidate a trust after learning that the decedent from whom they stood to inherit had left the entirety of his estate to a new partner he had just met off a dating site who was 50 years his junior and an ostensible predator. Not long after amending his trust, the abuser died under suspicious circumstances. Ultimately, Keystone was able to reach a favorable settlement for its clients that called for the new version of the trust to be invalidated by arguing that the gift to the partner was an illegal payment for prostitution and the partner’s actions constituted financial elder abuse.
Bullies Never Win
Rightful Share of the Family Business
Keystone’s client had spent most of her adult life managing the family business. When her father’s behavior became turbulent, she believed his unfitness was due to a decline in mental competence or a flagrant disregard of fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the trust and its beneficiaries. In order to preserve and protect trust assets, as well as her father’s own trust fund distributions, Keystone’s client needed to try to have her father removed as a co-trustee. Keystone’s trust litigation attorneys were able to resolve the case in which its client became the sole company owner after buying out her father’s and sister’s shares.
Who We Help
Type of Clients We Work With
Our probate attorneys assist clients on all ends of the spectrum with their probate matters. Whether you are bringing a claim, defending against a claim or are simply in need of guidance, our probate lawyers have you covered.
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Values & History
Values & History
Our Attorneys
Keystone’s probate lawyers are well-qualified to represent clients in any probate matter, no matter how complex.
Our Staff
Keystone’s attentive staff provides support to our probate attorneys and clients throughout the legal process.
Values & History
Our probate firm maintains a singular focus on probate matters to better serve our clients.
Our Clients
Testimonials
Conservatorship
“I just have no words to express my gratitude for what you have done for our lives. It is a miracle of immeasurable proportions. You have truly acted to save my mother’s life…”Fiduciary Misconduct
“It will always be an honor and privilege to voice how the team was always professional, thorough and tactful in handling every situation down to the detail…”Property Disputes
“I’m glad we were able to get in touch with a very knowledgeable probate firm that helped us our through these difficult past couple of years…”Fiduciary Misconduct
“Hands down, the best probate litigation firm in all of Los Angeles…”Trust & Will Disputes
“I feel fortunate that I found your office to pursue this trust contest, not because we won, but because the character of your office and the character of my representation was simply put, virtuous…”Fiduciary Misconduct
“The entire staff is knowledgeable, warm, considerate, prompt and have exceeded my wildest expectations of lawyers. They know what they are doing…”Do you feel the same way? We would love to know!
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Probate News
Keystone Receives Great Place to Work Certification
Recap of Keystone’s 2021 Successes
Caution: Attorney-Trustee Communications Are Discoverable by a Successor Trustee – Even if the Trust Says Otherwise