Grace St. Clair | Redondo Beach Estate Lawyer

Ms. Grace G. St. Clair

Ms. Grace G. St. Clair

Estate Planning, Trusts, Business Organization, Wills & Probate, Gift Taxation, Client Care Programs, Trust Administration

Experience: 34 years
Language(s): English, Spanish

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About Grace

Grace is the sole Partner, which allows her to have direct and personal involvement with her clients. She began her career at the prestigious “Big Firm” in the United States, gaining valuable and rewarding experience in one-of-a-kind transactions. During her busy career, her grandmother passed away leaving her father, an only child, to handle the estate. It was a small estate; a house and a checking account–not that much different from most folks. For two years, Grace watched her dad spend his time traveling back and forth from the county courthouse, hiring experts, trying to transfer the title of his mother’s house into his own name, as next of kin. Why was this so difficult? Grace’s grandparents had invested in a Living Trust, but the Trust was not recognized as valid by the State of California. The assets in the estate were not “delivered” correctly to the Trust, and the Trust paperwork could not be located. Therefore, Grace’s father had to Probate this “small” estate, just as if his mother had left no plans in place at all, as if she had left only a Will. Two years later, and after $26,000 in expenses, the State transferred the house into Grace’s father’s name. In this instance, everyone agreed on what was legally appropriate, and the probate went through relatively smoothly. Imagine how much it would have cost and how long it might have taken if some of the parties were not in agreement!

Grace wants to make a difference! She decided to specialize in Estate Planning in order to save others from her father’s predicament. Based on her skills and experience in real estate transactions and corporate matters, she is able to handle all areas of a client’s estate — especially those that involve real estate and businesses with partnership, LLC, corporate, and financial issues. She serves as a Comprehensive Wealth Manager to those clients who need more than just legal services.

Grace enjoys unraveling the complicated and confusing processes of Probate, Trusts, and Estate Planning for her clients. She works with each client until the desired result is reached, and makes the process easy to understand. Her clients appreciate her empathetic nature and her experience in handling sensitive family issues, which are often emotionally difficult.

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Experience

Owner

St. Clair

Present

Redondo Beach, CA

Admission

Verified California

1991

Education

Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA

Bachelor

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member | California State Bar Association
Honors / Awards
  • Super Lawyer

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