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Your Author: Richard Wills
| Member of Washington (1990) & California (1979) Bar Associations. |
| Member of Volunteer Probate
Panel for King County Superior Court, serving as the intake attorney for its Probate Contempt Calendar (most of its patrons having received an Order to Show Cause, compelling their attendance) & often for its other calendars: Minor Settlement, Probate & Guardianship Review, and Trust. |
| Volunteer for Guardianship Monitoring Program for King
County Superior Court, reviewing guardianship pleadings, advising petitioners or counsels of record as to deficiencies therein, suggesting remedies for statutory compliance, and specializing in languishing, messy, contentious, or abusive guardianships. |
| Certified
as a Washington Title 11 (guardianship & probate) Guardian ad Litem, acting as "the eyes & ears of the Court," investigating especially guardianship matters, reporting one's findings, and making recommendations to the Court & as a King County Superior Court Mediator regarding estate, probate, guardianship, and trust matters. |
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An
attorney who has practiced virtually all of his
legal career exclusively in the area of estate planning and probate, administering and litigating Decedent's, Conservatorship/ Guardianship, & Trust estates from insolvency to in excess of $500M (family owners of major LA film & entertainment studio). |
| Author of professional legal articles
and lecturer for CEB/CLE legal seminars for California and Los Angeles County Bar Associations in area of estate planning and probate. |
| Recipient of
Superior Court referrals and appointments as counsel for personal representative, conservator, conservatee, guardian, or ward and as Guardian ad Litem for conservatee or ward (often playing an unofficial role as a "Probate Public Defender" or a "Probate Prosecutor"). |
| Ex-president
(elected) of gift- & death-tax and estate planning bar group (in excess of 500 members) of LA County Bar Association. |
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Ex-trustee of Estate Planning & Probate and Tax Sections of LA County Bar Association. |
| Ex-member of Estate
Planning, Probate, and Tax Panels of LA County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service. |
| Ex-Director of the Los Angeles equivalent of the Seattle Aquarium. |
| Ex-academic scientist and faculty member (Caltech & UCLA Medical School). |