Terrence M. Franklin - Los Angeles, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1984
    B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA
• Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Partner

Languages

• French

Classes and Seminars

• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, Drake University and William & Mary Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, February 2026
  
• Cultural Competence in Estate Planning, ACTEC Annual Meeting, March 2025
  
• Seven Deadly Trust and Estate Claims, ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Advanced Virtual Conference, February 2025
  
• Reparations: Reparative Measures for the Legacy of Slavery, Harvard Black Alumni Global Changemakers Conference, September 2024
  
• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, San Bernardino County Bar Association Probate Symposium, September 2024
  
• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, Rose Community Foundation, May 2024
  
• Mission of Bet Tzedek Postgraduate Fellowship for Racial Equity in Trust & Estate Law, Bet Tzedek "Leaving a Legacy," April 2024
  
• The Racial Will-Making Gap and Efforts to Close It, Boston College Law School’s 2024 ILHPR Conference, March 2024
  
• Seven Deadly Trust & Estate Claims, ACTEC 2024 Annual Meeting, March 2024
  
• Bending the Arc of History, UB Greensfelder, February 2024
  
• Legacy Matters: Ensuring Justice and Equity in Estate Planning for Seniors, Bet Tzedek Rebecca Nichols Symposium, February 2024
  
• New Jersey State Bar 2023 Elder and Disability Law Symposium, Speaker, December 2023
  
• USC Gould 49th Annual Trust and Estate Conference, Chair, November 2023
  
• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, Bet Tzedek 7th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Symposium, June 2023
  
• USC Gould 48th Annual Trust and Estate Conference, Chair, November 2022
  
• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, Delaware Trust Conference, October 2022
  
• Bending the Arc of History, TEDxDavenport, June 2022
  
• Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, September 2022
  
• Effective Speaking and Presenting in Trusts and Estates Law, ABA RPTE Special Committee on Career Development & Wellness Program Series, May 2022
  
• How to Discuss, Address and Promote DE&I in Your Trusts and Estates Practice and With Clients, 56th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, March 2022
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Regions Bank Legal Department, February 2022
  
• "Bending the Arc of History Toward Justice,” Orange County Estate Planning Council, January 2022
  
• "Probate Law and Generational Discoveries," ALI-CLE Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, October 2021
  
• "Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in the Probate Court," East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers Annual Luncheon, November 2021
  
• "Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in the Probate Court," Knoxville Estate Planning Council, November 2021
  
• "Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice: Lucy Sutton Leads Her Family to Freedom," Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference, September 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Harvard – Radcliffe Circle '90 Alumni Group, June 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Beverly Hills Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section, June 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Fiduciary Trust International’s Young Lawyers Program, May 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Los Angeles Paralegal Association, April 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Harvard Law Society of Illinois, April 2021
  
• "Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice," Probate Attorneys of San Diego, March 2021
  
• “The 1846 Last Will of John Sutton: What’s New and Not So New in the World of Drafting Wills and Contest Litigation,” Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council Winter Meeting, February 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice,” Harvard Club of Southern California’s Anti-Racism Committee & Harvard Black Alumni Society LA Chapter, February 2021
  
• "The Last Will of Lucy Sutton," BNY Mellon Wealth Management, February 2021
  
• “Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in the Probate Court," USC Gould’s 46th Annual Trust and Estate Conference, November 2020
  
• “The 1846 Last Will of John Sutton: What’s New and Not So New in the World of Drafting Wills and Contest Litigation,” 65th Annual Estate Planning Seminar, October 2020
  
• Leadership Academy Presentation, Texas State Bar Real Estate Probate and Trust Law, October 2020
  
• "Better Practices: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession," American Bar Association’s Real Property Trusts & Estates Section Fall Leadership Meeting, October 2020
  
• "The Last Will of Lucy Sutton: An Antebellum Interracial Love Story," Harvard Club of Southern California and Harvard Black Alumni Society of Los Angeles, February 2020
  
• "Speaker, Diversity and Elimination of Bias", USC Gould School of Law's 40th Anniversary Trust and Estate Conference
  
• Presenter,"Planning for Flexibility," ACTEC Continuing Legal Education Program: The Anatomy and Life Cycle of a Trust, Philadelphia, June 2013
  
• Presenter,"The Trustee's Exercise of Discretion," ACTEC Continuing Legal Education Program: The Anatomy and Life Cycle of a Trust, Philadelphia, June 2016
  
• Moderator,"Is Your Spouse a Trust Bene×ciary? State Law Holds the Key for Same Sex Spouses," ABA Real Property Trust and Estates Symposium, Washington, D.C., May 2013
  
• Coordinator,"Thy Will Be Done, By Will or By Deed: Discrimination in Real Property Trust and Estate Law," ABA Real Property Trust and Estates Symposium, Washington, D.C., May 2013
  
• Lecturer, ABA-RPTE Paralegal eLearning Program
  
• Lecturer, USC Probate and Trust Conference
  
• Lecturer, Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum
  
• Lecturer, Matthew Bender & Co.
  
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute, New York & California
  
• Lecturer, American Colleges of Trust and Estate Counsel
  
• Lecturer, American Bar Association, Real Property & Trust Law Section
  
• Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar
  
• “Testamentary Intent and Social Change. The Story of How a Last Will Allowed the Sutton Family to Be Free,” ABA RPTE Spring Symposium, Boston, MA, May 2016
  
• “Hot Topics in Estate, Trust and Conservatorship Litigation; Contests after Death, Pre-Death Contests, and Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance (Among Other Things),” ALI-CLE Educational Session, Estate Planning in Depth, Madison, WI, June 2016
  
• “The Will Contest of John Sutton,” Texas Bar CLE 22nd Annual Course, Advanced Estate Planning Strategies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2016
  
• “What’s New and Not So New In Will Contests,” Estate Planning Council of New York City, April 2016
  
• “A Family History of Wills in the Antebellum South” USC Gould School of Law 41st Annual Trust and Estate Conference, Los Angeles, California, November 2015

Published Works

Articles

• Speechifying and Scribbling—A Candid Discussion about the “Why” and “How” of Integrating Public Speaking and Presentations into Your Trusts and Estates Career, Probate & Property, December 2022
  
• Black Deaths Should Matter, Too! Estate Planning as a Tool for Antiracists, ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer, June 2022
  
• Black Deaths Should Matter, Too! Estate Planning as a Tool for Antiracists, ALI CLE’s Estate Planning Course Materials Journal, April 2022
  
• Black Deaths Should Matter, Too! Estate Planning as a Tool for Antiracists , ACTEC Law Journal, Fall 2021
  
• Host, Planning for a Diverse and Equitable Future, ACTEC Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Video Series
  
• Bending the Arc of History Toward Justice—What a Trusts and Estates Lawyer Can Do, The Practical Lawyer, February 2021
• The 1846 Last Will of John Sutton—What’s Not So New in Will Drafting and Contests, Wealth Strategies Journal, September 2018
• LAST WILL, NEW TESTAMENT: The search for the story behind the will that set Terry Franklin's ancestors free, Southern California Super Lawyers magazine, February 2018
• Co-author, Hot Topics in Estate, Trust & Conservatorship Litigation: Contests After Death, Pre-Death Contests, and Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance (Among Other Things), American Law Institute - CLE Estate Planning Course Materials Journal, 2017
• Will Power: A 19th-century document leads Terry Franklin on a journey of self-discovery, Harvard Law Today, October, 2016
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sacks Glazier's Terrence Franklin, Law360, January, 2015
• Author, Tracing One Family’s Path to Freedom, Through Love, 15 ASIA-PACIFIC LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 1 (with Eric K. Yamamoto and Sara Lee), September/October, 2014
• Co-author, What is a Care Custodian Under Probate Code 21350, California Trust & Estates Quarterly, Volume 11, Issue 4, Winter, 2005

Bar Admissions

• California, 1989

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Council Member
• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Chair, Attorneys Partnering with Nonlawyers Committee
• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Chair, Ethics and Malpractice Committee
• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Member, National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries
• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Vice Chair, Practice Group Management
• American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Supervisory Council Member, Litigation, Ethics and Malpractice Group
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Host, Planning for a Diverse and Equitable Future video series
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Member, Diversity Task Force
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Member, Program Committee
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation, Member, Board of Directors
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Member, California Membership Committee
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Member, Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Committee
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee
• American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, Estate Planning Advisory Panel
• California Board of Legal Specialization, Member, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Advisory Committee
• National Organizing Coalition On Virus Information Distribution (“NOCOVID”), Member
• Outfest, Co-President, Board of Directors
• State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section, Member, Litigation Sub-Committee
• University of Southern California Gould School of Law’s Trust & Estate Conference, Chair
• University of Southern California Gould School of Law’s Trust & Estate Conference, Member, Planning Committee