Robert N. Sacks - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1986
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, 1981
    B.A.
    Honors: With Distinction

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Morrison & Foerster, Litigation Associate, 1986 - 1991
• Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Founding Partner, 1991 - 2001

Languages

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• "Voiding Wills & Trusts Prior to Death: Pre-Mortem Contests," Fiduciary Litigation Committee - ACTEC Annual Meeting, March 2020
  
• June 2018 Panelist, “(Not Your Or) My Generation: Litigation Issues Involving Children,” ACTEC 2018 Summer Meeting
  
• March 2016 Panelist, “Tortious Interference With Expected Inheritance,” Amer. Law Institute and cosponsored by Amer. College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  
• January 2015 Program Chair and Panelist, “Grandma, Here’s Your Deposition Subpoena: Contested Guardianship Issues,” The 49th Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, University of Miami School of Law
  
• March 2014 Panelist, “Tortious Interference With Expected Inheritance,” Amer. College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fiduciary Litigation Committee Annual Meeting
  
• November 2012 Speaker, “Hot Topics in Trust and Estate Litigation: Capacity, Pre-Death Contests, and Intentional Interference With Expected Inheritance,” National College of Probate Judges Fall Conference
  
• June 2012 Speaker, “Can You Protect the Gift? Capacity, Undue Influence and Substituted Judgment Issues in Planned Giving,” 2012 Western Regional Planned Giving Conference
  
• October 2010 Panelist, “Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Inside Out - - What Every Estate Lawyer Needs to Know,” Amer. College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fall Meeting
  
• May 2010 Speaker, Plenary Session, “Ethical and Practical Considerations in Estate Planning,” Stanford University/Silicon Valley Community Foundation Conference on Charitable Giving
  
• May 2010 Panelist, “Escaping Bleak House - How to Select the Best Dispute Resolution Alternatives to Full Scale Litigation,” Amer. Bar. Assn. Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section’s 21th Annual Spring Symposia
  
• April 2009 Program Chair and Moderator, “Last Beneficiary Standing: Identifying the Proper Parties in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Cases,” Amer. Bar. Assn. Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section’s 20th Annual Spring Symposia
  
• November 2008 Speaker, “Documents and Filing Issues Explained,” USC Law School 34th Annual Trust and Estate Conference
  
• November 2008 Panelist, “Mock Deposition – Estate and Trust Litigation,” The 53rd Annual Estate Planning Seminar, Seattle WA, sponsored by the Washington State Bar Assn and the Estate Planning Council of Seattle
  
• January 2008 Panelist, “A Mock Trial - The Attorney as Witness: What You Say May Be Used Against You in a Court of Law (and Otherwise): Deposition Strategies and a Mock Deposition,” The 42nd Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, University of Miami School of Law

Published Works

Articles

• Author, "Family Feuds: How To Make A Lawsuit Less Likely", Private Wealth, December 2008/January 2009
  
• Author, "Pitfalls and Potholes: Lack of Capacity and Undue Influence", The Journal of Gift Planning, Vol. 6 No. 4, Fourth Quarter, 2002
  
• Author, "Mediation: An Effective Method to Resolve Estate and Trust Disputes", Estate Planning Magazine, June, 2000
  
• Author, "Probate Court - Supervised Mediation Program Guide for Attorneys and Parties", Los Angeles County Superior Court, Probate Department
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1986

Other Affiliations

• ABA - American Bar Association - Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (Member)
• ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (Council Member)
• ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Council Representative for the Trust and Estate Litigation, Ethics, and Malpractice Group
• ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (Liaison to the National College of Probate Judges)
• ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries, Member
• ACTEC - American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow)
• ACTEC (Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee)
• ACTEC (Member, Will and Trust Contests Subcommittee)
• Beverly Hills Bar Association, Probate, Trust and Estate Planning Section (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Litigation Section Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section (Member)
• State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section (Litigation Section)
• State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section (Member)