For more than 15 years, Russell has helped families, fiduciaries, and individuals navigate complex trust and estate matters with clarity, care, and practical guidance. His clients include trustees, personal representatives, conservators, professional fiduciaries, corporate trustees, and individuals seeking thoughtful counsel as they plan for the future or address disputes involving a loved one’s estate. Russell’s practice includes trust administration, probate, conservatorships, estate planning, and trust and estate litigation. He advises trustees, personal representatives, and conservators as they administer trusts, probate estates, and conservatorships, helping them understand and fulfill their fiduciary obligations. When disputes arise, Russell represents fiduciaries in litigation involving trusts, estates, and conservatorships. In his estate planning work, Russell helps clients prepare for the uncertainties of life by creating individualized plans that reflect their needs, wishes, and family circumstances. To learn more about how Russell can assist with estate planning, trust administration, probate, conservatorship, or trust and estate litigation matters, call 626-746-5877 or complete our online contact form.

At Miner & Kelly, our mission is to protect and assert client’s rights while guiding them through the legal process, to provide excellent personal service with integrity, and to give clients peace of mind knowing they are represented by a team of professionals who care about getting the best possible results for them. We believe the cornerstone of our practice is a high level of personal service. This includes developing a special, personable relationship with each of our clients and providing well-reasoned and understandable explanations of the law and procedures of the legal system. It also includes providing outstanding and thorough preparation of clients for depositions, mediations, arbitrations and skillful, passionate presentation of their cases at trial.

We specialize in: Probate, Wills and Estate Planning, Estate Litigation and special issues regarding Testamentary Competence and Elder Abuse.

Daniel J. Cooper is a California attorney and has been the sole shareholder of Daniel J. Cooper, a professional corporation, since 1980. Mr. Cooper’s practice emphasizes estate planning, trust administration, probate, Trust & Will controversies, and the representation of clients before the U.S. Tax Court, State Board of Equalization, Internal Revenue Service, and the California Franchise Tax Board in connection with federal, state and administrative tax disputes. He is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association and the State Bar of California and is currently Chairman of the Trust & Estate Section of the Orange County Bar Association. He is authorized by the Trust & Estate Section of the State Bar of California to make presentations on the subject of Elder Financial Abuse. Mr. Cooper is active in community affairs and has been a Parks & Recreation Commissioner for the City of Laguna Hills for more than 10 years. He is also active in with the Boys Scouts of America and is currently committee chairman of Troop 729 in Laguna Hills, California. All three of his sons are Eagle Scouts. Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. Cooper was an income tax auditor for the Franchise Tax Board and a manager in the tax department of Arthur Young & Co., Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Cooper has lectured extensively on real estate taxes, state and local taxes, and federal income taxes at the graduate school level at the University of Southern California, the University of California at Irvine and Golden Gate University. Additionally, Mr. Cooper has participated as an instructor in the continuing professional education program for the California Certified Public Accountants Education Foundation and has lectured for various professional groups. Mr. Cooper is admitted to practice law in the State of California, before the United States District Court (Southern & Central Districts), United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. As an undergraduate, Mr. Cooper attended California State University at Los Angeles and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Accounting. He received his Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. During the Vietnam War, Mr. Cooper served as a military policeman in the United States Army and was stationed in Hawaii and Thailand. He was honorably discharged and attended college on the GI Bill.

I was born in San Rafael where I have lived all my life except when I was away at school. I graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law and upon graduating worked in the area of family law. Prior to law school, I attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where I received a degree in Law and Society. I began working with Peter Pelavin in 1996. My practice emphasizes estate planning, estate administration, and related areas of law. I am an active volunteer for my local school district and take great joy and pride in being a native and resident of Marin County.

Evane Abbassi is a practicing lawyer in the state of California.

Anthony Abbott founded the Law Office of Anthony Abbott as a legal option for the people of California. Attorney Abbott has represented people in hundreds of different matters throughout the state and has the experience to take on the toughest cases. Personal injury, divorce and real estate are just a few of the legal matters handled, but the issue is always secondary to the client. We are committed to our clients’ goals as the target for a successful outcome. Clients continue to recommend Attorney Abbott because: Anthony Abbott has been a Judge Pro-Tem in the Superior Court, Municipal Court, Mediator, Arbitrator, Judge Pro-Tem Workers’ Compensation. Anthony Abbott has been employed by several huge insurance companies – he knows what they will do to you because he did it. The Law Office of Anthony Abbott cares about our clients, and we do not hesitate to push our opponents exceedingly hard to obtain favorable outcomes for our clients.

The Law office of Jennifer Lim located in in Los Angeles County, California, with practice areas in Immigration & Naturalization Law, Family Law, Wills & Probate and Business Litigation. The principal of the law firm, Jennifer S.F. Lim, has been practicing immigration law, family law and probate law for many years. Our firm objective is to provide first-rate, professional service to all our clients on a timely basis. Towards this objective, we participate in continuing legal education and keep abreast of new laws and developments, utilize high tech solutions and programs, and maintain a multi-lingual support staff. To achieve the desired results for our clients, we keep abreast of the latest legal trends, provide diligent advocacy of their legal claims, monitor their cases with attention to fine detail, provide interpreters and translation services, and use a wide network of information resources. In the field of family law, we handle adoptions, guardianships, divorce, support and custody matters in California courts. In probate court, we have represented clients in decedents' estate, conservatorships and other probate law matters. Our reasonable fee structure and timely handling of critical issues have earned the trust and confidence of our clients. Our approach focuses on achieving client objectives with effective and cost-efficient strategies, avoiding high conflict and emotionally costly outcomes whenever possible. With extensive courtroom and trial experience, we handle legal matters through settlement or judgment.

Jeffrey D Schreiber is a practicing lawyer in the state of California.

George Louis is a practicing lawyer in the state of California,