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so there are several qualities that make
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Lola group different from other law
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firms the first of those is that trusts
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and estates are all we do we don’t
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handle normally anything like real
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estate matters or corporate matters
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anything that involves the probate court
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or estate planning or assets of a
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decedent those are things we focus on
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and we specialize in that the State Bar
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of California has made me a specialist
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in estate planning and probate matters
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so that’s sort of our first focus is
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that we are we are an extremely focused
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law firm that’s what differentiates us
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second we’re a small firm where all of
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our attorneys have come from larger law
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firms where they receive training from
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the top lawyers in the world we’ve also
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come from top law schools like the
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University of California Berkeley
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Stanford University of California
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Hastings so we bring to our small firm a
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big firm practice but with a lot of more
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hand-holding and client attention than
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you might get at a large firm finally we
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also handle cases on what’s called a
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contingency basis we’ll often take on a
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case where a client can’t afford to pass
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up front and so what we agree is that we
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will take the case to trial if necessary
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or try to resolve it and whatever the
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firm recovers for the client the firm
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will keep a percentage of that many
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large firms won’t do that because of the
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risk or because they might not get paid
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but that’s something that gives us
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flexibility to help clients who might
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not not otherwise have the resources to
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go to trial
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so in the state of California the State
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Board of Legal Specialization appoints
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certain attorneys as specialists in
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trust probate and estate law and we are
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one of those firms and that includes
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only 3% of all estate planning attorneys
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in the state of California and only 0.5%
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or 1/2 of 1% of all attorneys in
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California are specialists so knowing
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that someone’s a specialist should give
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our clients the reassurance that we are
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up-to-date on the law concerning trusts
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in the states that any new changes in
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trust in the states are things we become
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aware of and advise our clients of and
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finally what’s most unusual about the
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firm is that we’re estates and trusts
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specialists who are also trial attorneys
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that’s extremely rare there are almost
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no attorneys in the state of California
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who primarily practice in courtrooms but
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also are specialists in trusts in the
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States certainly those are some of the
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qualities that a client should look for
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in finding the best trust in a state
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attorney for their situation
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San Mateo, CA estates & probate lawyer Jeffrey Loew talks about what makes his firm different from others and what one should look for in hiring an attorney.