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Los Gatos Probate Administration Lawyer
Overview
Attorney Overview Information
• Estate planning since 1993
• Probate administration since 1995
• Arbitrator and mediator
• Settlement attorney
• Judge pro-tem
• Private practice since 1986
• Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from SF Golden Gate University School of Law
• Undergraduate degree in History from University of Maine
• Externed for Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas of the California Supreme Court
• Research attorney for the Santa Clara County Superior Court
• Attorney for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC
• Provides ex parte review of probate pleadings for Santa Clara County Superior Courts; independently reviews documents in probate cases and makes recommendations for the judges
About Kai H. Wessels
Languages
- English
- German
Practice Areas
- Probate Administration
- Will Contests and Probate Litigation
- Certificates of Independent Review and Related Litigation
- Removal Litigation for Executors and Trustees
- Trust Administration
- Trust Litigation
- Estate Planning
- International Estate Matters
- Financial Elder Abuse Claims
- Real Estate Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
Other Affiliations
- Silicon Valley Bar Association (Exec. Committee of Estate Planning & Probate)
- Santa Clara County (Estate Planning Council)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Division)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Referral Panel)
- Santa Clara County Superior Court (Judge Pro-Tern)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (Fee Disputes Arbitrator)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (General Arbitrator)
- Santa Clara County Bar Association (Civil Practice & Fee Arbitration Committees)
Classes and Seminars
- Santa Clara Extension, University of California at Santa Cruz
- Seminar for Estate Planning Attorneys, University of Phoenix
- Seminar in Fundamentals of Estate Planning, University of Phoenix
- Seminars for Business and Financial Associations, Morgan Stanley
Pro Bono Activities
- Appealed Freedom of Association Issue to the United States Supreme Court
- Special Olympics
Past Positions
- Chief Justice Malcom Lucas of the California Supreme Court, Externed
- Santa Clara County Superior Court, Research Attorney
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC, Attorney
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1985
Juris Doctorate
Honors: cum laude - University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, 1979
B.A.
Major: History
Office Information
Address
16185 Los Gatos Blvd.Suite 205 Los Gatos, CA 95032
Phone
Fax
- 408-292-7611
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