Woodland Hills | San Mateo | Long Beach | Orange County | Los Angeles

Specializing in Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts,

Litigation, Probate, Family Law, and General Law

Professional Affiliations and Awards

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• Certified Specialist in Estate, Trust and Probate,
  ​California Board of Legal Specialization 
  
  
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association,
  Trust and Estate Section 
  
  
• Member, California State Bar Association,
  ​Trust and Estate Section 
  
  
• Member, Academy of Special Needs Planners 
  
  
• Member, Law Review, University of La Verne College of Law 
  
  
• Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Insurance Law courses 
  

Publications and Speaking Engagements 

• Co-Author, Special Needs Trust Planning, Drafting and Administration Published by California Continuing Education of the Bar 
  
  
• Author, Special Needs Trusts 101 and Their Ethical Considerations 
  Published by Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 
  
  
• Speaker, Special Needs Trusts, 26th Annual Convention for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 
  
  
• Speaker at the Basics Conference for Continuing Education of the Bar
  2016  – Transferring Property without Probate 
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• Keynote Speaker at Pacific Southwest Financial’s annual compliance meeting 2017 – Palm Springs, California – Dealing with the Elderly Client with Diminished Capacity and Planning for Those with Special Needs 
  
  
• Speaker at the Basics Conference for Continuing Education of the Bar
  2017 – Special Needs Trusts 
  
  
• Instruction for California Continuing Education of the Bar for those candidates preparing for the specialist exam in: 1. Conservatorship and Guardianships and 2. Modification of Irrevocable Trust/Trust Administration (2017) 
  
  
• Instruction for California Continuing Education of the Bar for those candidates preparing for the specialist exam in: 1. Conservatorship and Guardianships and 2. Modification of Irrevocable Trust/Trust Administration (2019) 
  
  
• Speaker at the Basics Conference for Continuing Education of the Bar
  2018 – Trusts and Estates Administration and Litigation
  – Transferring Property Without Probate 
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• Author, Settling the Disputed Claim or Pending Action of a Minor or Adult Person with a Disability, Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum, September/October 2019 issue. 
  
  
• Speaker at the Professional Fiduciary Association of California San Fernando Valley Chapter Inaugural Meeting: Answers to Common Problems in Conservatorships – February 4, 2020 
  
  
• Speaker at the Special Needs Planning Symposium February, 2020:
  ​Lessons from the Front Lines: How Court’s Evaluate Special Needs Trusts Establishment and Administration 
  

Education
California State University, Northridge

Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication – 1996 

University of La Verne, College of Law

JD Degree – 2001 

• Estate Planning
  

• Trusts
  

• Probate Matters
  

• Special Needs Trusts
  

• Statutory Minor Trusts
  

• Conservatorships
  

• Guardianships
  

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Gregory J. Lederman is a Certified Specialist in Estate, Trust and Probate by the California Board of Legal Specialization. He has been in practice for 19 years. His practice is limited exclusively to estate, trust, and probate matters with an emphasis in special needs planning, specifically assisting personal injury attorneys in settling their cases by creating special needs trusts, statutory minors trusts, conservatorships, and guardianships.

Additionally, Mr. Lederman has extensive experience in litigating all estate, trust and probate disputes, including trust contests, will contests, conservatorship disputes, fiduciary removal, fiduciary defense, and surcharge proceedings. 

Gregory J. Lederman, Of Counsel​