Jan Copley | Pasadena Estate Planning Lawyer

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About Jan

Jan has been a lawyer for more than thirty years, primarily working on estate planning, elder law and Medi-Cal planning matters. She founded her own firm in 1993, built it into a profitable law practice with a sterling reputation, and successfully sold her business at the beginning of 2010. She then worked as a Certified Practice Advisor for Atticus, Inc., coaching successful lawyers who want to continue to provide excellent service to clients while at the same time improving their bottom lines and finding more time to spend with their own families.

However, after coaching lawyers for two years, Jan realized that she missed working with her clients as a lawyer and resumed practicing law. She is now the principal of the Pasadena Law Group.

Jan limits her law practice to estate planning, business planning, trust administration, and probate cases.  She prides herself in taking a genuine interest in her clients, giving them her individualized attention, and providing legal services specifically designed to meet her clients’ needs.

Education

Occidental College

A.B. (American Studies)

1977

Notable Work

Publications

Jan is a contributing author to Business Succession Planning:  Strategies for California Estate Planners and Business Attorneys (CEB ) and wrote the  materials in Chapter 17 on succession planning for medical practices

2011


How to Get Paid a Fair Price for What You Do, The ElderLaw Report (June )

2012


The Case for Law Practice Coaching: Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own, The ElderLaw Report (March )

2012


“How I Built a Successful Estate Planning Practice and Sold it for a Tidy Sum” for ElderLaw Answers in October

2011


How I Built a Successful Estate Planning Practice and Sold it for a Tidy Sum, The ElderLaw Report (July/August )

2011


Closing My Father’s Medical Practice — Lessons Learned, Southern California Physician 8 (May )

2005