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| | Address | | Penthouse, Suite A, 16133 Ventura Boulevard | | Encino, California 91436-2447 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 818-986-8080 | | Fax: 818-789-0947 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ocsgbc.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold,
Birnberg & Coleman LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Probate, Conservatorship, Guardianship and Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Law, Business, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all California State Courts. | | Year Established: 1977 | | Firm Size: 12 | Reference:
City National Bank (Encino Office). | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Marshal A. Oldman (Member) born Santa Monica, California, September 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1973); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. President, San Fernando Valley Legal Foundation, 1980-1989. Author: "Estate Planning and Conservatorship Substituted Judgment Rule," Report, Daily Journal, July 17, 1981; "Chapter re Gifts in California Estate Planning," CEB, 2002; "Published Articles: Probate and Estate Planning," Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1990—; Re Phelps-Dodge and Organized Labor in Bisbee & Douglas, Western Legal History, May 1992 edition. Lecturer: CEB, Fundamentals of Estate Planning, 1989; Probate Litigation, 1994; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples, 1996, 1998; Estate Planning for the Terminally Ill, 1997; Fundamental of Probate Administration, 1999-2000; Drafting Modern Estate Plans, CEB, 2002. President, 1980-1989 and Board Member, 1990, San Fernando Valley Community Legal Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., 1986-1988. Member, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society; National College of Probate Judges, 2006—. Member: Los Angeles County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-1986, Vice Chairman, 1986-1987 and Chairman, 1987, Executive Committee and Chairman, Legislative Monitoring Committee, 1984-1989, Probate Section; Chair, Probate Section, 1988-1989; Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989; Reappointed to Executive Committee Probate Section, 1993-1996), San Fernando Valley (Chairman, Probate Section, 1981-1982; Probate Volunteer Panel, 1978—; Member, Board of Trustees, 1979-1982; Delegate, State Bar Convention, 1979-1980; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 1985-1988; Treasurer, 1986-1987; Secretary, 1987-1988; President-Elect, 1988-1989; President, 1989) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Advisor, Executive Committee, Trust and Estate Section, 2003-2006; Vice-Chairman, Legislative Monitoring Committee, 1996-1997; Chairman: Incapacity Committee, 1997-1998; Litigation Committee, 1998-2001; Vice Chairman, Estate Planning Trust & Probate Section, 2001-2002; Chairman, Trust and Estates Section, 2002-2003); California Board of Accountancy (Public Member, 2007—). Practice Areas: Probate and Trust Administration; Litigation; Conservatorships and Estate Planning. Email: Marshal A. Oldman | | Susan J. Cooley (Partner) born California, November 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A. in Political Science, 1974); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Speaker, "Avoiding Pitfalls in the Probate Code," California State bar Convention, 2007. Speaker: CEB Course on Fundamentals of Probate Practice. Speaker: Los Angeles County Bar Association Program "Is There a Right to Die? End of Life Issues After Schiavo." Author: Contributing Editor, L.A. Daily Journal on Probate and Trust Law. Author: "Wages v. Property of a Minor," Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, 2000/2001 Edition. Co-Author: CEB "California Conservatorships and Guardianships," Chapter on Substituted Judgment, Chapter on Guardianships, Delegate, California State Convention, 1990, 2000. Member: Los Angeles County (Board Member, Trusts and Estates Section Executive Committee, 1990-1993 and 1997-2000; Member, Secretary and Treasurer, Trusts and Estates Section, 2000-2001; Vice-Chair, 2001-2002; Chair, 2002-2003) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section); Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles. Reported Cases: In re Estate of DiPinto, 188 Cal. App. 3d. 625 231 Cal Rptr. 612, 1986. Practice Areas: Probate; Trust; Conservatorship; Guardianship; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Family Trusts; Living Trusts; Trust Administration; Trust Litigation; Wills. Email: Susan J. Cooley | | Marc L. Sallus (Partner) born Washington, D.C., September 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: Claremont Men's College (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif. Member, Thurston Society. Research Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (Special Edition-Japan), 1978-1979. Co-Author: Will Contest Chapter, CEB's Decedents Estate Practice, Vol. 3; Will Contest Chapter, CEB's Trust and Probate Litigation. Member, CEB Probate/Estate Planning Advisory Subcommittee. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Trust and Estate Section, 2006—; Chair, 2004, Conference of Delegates of California Bar Association; Board of Directors, 2000-2007); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1986-1988; Board of Trustees, 1986-1988; Barristers, President, 1987-1988; Litigation Section, Executive Committee, 1987-1990; Trusts and Estates Section, Executive Committee, 1999-2002; Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Delegation to the Conference of Delegates of the State Bar, 2001-2002); Beverly Hills Bar Association (President, President-Elect; Member: First Vice President, Board of Governors, 2000—; Probate and Trust Section, Chair, 1999-2000; Executive Committee, 1996-2004); American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1990-1991, 2003—; Chairperson, ABA Center on Children and the Law Advisory Board, 1985-1986, 1988-1990; Family Law Section, Council, 1988-1990; Chair, Task Force on Children Needs and Juvenile Justice Committee, 1990-1993); Mexican American Bar Association (Member: Board of Trustees, 1993-1996, 1997-1999; Historian, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1997-1999). Reported Cases: Ehrenclou vs. Mac Donald (2004) 117 Cal. App. 4th 364; Johnson v. Kotyck (1999) 76 Cal. App. 4th 83. Practice Areas: Probate; Trust Litigation; Conservatorship. Email: Marc L. Sallus | | Ronald Gold (Member) born Toronto, Canada, March 28, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1968); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1971). Moot Court Finalist. Recipient, Ventura County Community Hero Award for Racial and Ethnic Unity Pro Bono efforts to Save Camarillo State Hospital. Author: Attorney General Opinions; several published California Appellate Brief Decisions. Faculty, Glendale College of Law, 1979-1983. California Deputy Attorney General, Tort and Condemnation, Public Welfare, 1972-1979. California Department, Benefit Payments, 1971-1972. Administrative Hearing Officer, Reagan Welfare Reform Act, 1971-1972. Member: Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Committee; Board of Directors, Sunrise Little League; SYAS. Legal Counsel, Little League Baseball. Trustee: Burbank Bar Association 2006-2007; San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 2007; San Fernando Bar Association. Practice Areas: Conservatorship; Probate; Business Acquisitions; Family Law. Email: Ronald Gold | | James R. Birnberg (Member) born New York, N.Y., January 15, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pomona College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1961); Stanford University (A.M., 1962); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1961-1962; V. Judson Klein Award, State Bar Taxation Section, 1986; Arthur K. Marshall Award, Los Angeles County Trusts and Estates Section, 2000; Timothy A. Whitehouse Award, Beverly Hills Bar Trusts and Estates Section, 2008. Author: "California Legislation Affecting Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate, Conservatorships and Guardianships," California Continuing Education of the Bar, California State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section, 1992—; "Current Developments in California Inheritance Taxation," 33 USC Major Tax Planning, ch. 33 (1981); "State Death Taxes," California Estate Planning, ch. 14, CEB, 2002. Co-Author: with Robert D. Bannon, "Estate Freezing - What is Left After Section 2036(c)," 41 USC Major Tax Planning, ch. 15, 1989; with Andrew S. Garb, USC Probate Institute, 1980; Marshall & Garb on Probate, 1985-1986; with Terence Nunan, "Charitable Organizations as Trustees," Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section News, Fall, 1992. Lecturer: "Inheritance Estate and Gift Tax Recent Developments," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1978—; "Legislative Developments," Los Angeles County Bar Association, Taxation Section 1983-1989; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section 1991—; State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section 1989—; Pasadena Bar Association, Probate Section, 1992—; San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Probate Section, 1996—; Eastern (Los Angeles) Bar Association, Probate Section, 1999-2002; Courses in Inheritance and Gift Taxation; University of Southern California Business School, 1978-1981; Member, Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee to State Judicial Council, 2002—; Legislative Chair, 2006—. Member, California State Bar Taxation Section, 1966. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Taxation Section, 1979-1983; Chair, Inheritance and Gift Tax Committee, 1980-1983; Member, Executive Committee, Trusts and Estates Section, 1991-1997; Chair, Legislation Committee, 1991-1997); Los Angeles County and (Member, Executive Committee, Trusts and Estates Section, 1988-1993, 1997—; Chair, Legislative Activities Committee, 1985-1991; Member, Bio-Ethics Committee, 1984-1985; Taxation Section, 1978—); Beverly Hills (Member, Trusts and Estates Section, 2001—) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: California v. Texas, 437 U.S. 601, 98 S.Ct. 3107, 57 L.Ed.2d 464 (1978, Estate of Howard Hughes); Estate of Banerjee, 18 Cal. 3d 102, 580 P.2d 147 Cal. Rptr 157 (1978); Estate of Schmalenbach, 15 Cal. 3d 102, 539 P.2d 58, 123 Cal. Rptr. 490 (1975); Estate of Rosecrans, 4 Cal. 3d 34, 480 P.2d 296, 92 Cal. Rptr. 680 (1971); Estate of Cohen, 4 Cal. 3d 41, 490 P.2d 296, 91 Cal. Rptr. 684 (1971); Estate of Ferber, 66 Cal.App. 4th 244, 77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 774 (1998); Estate of Hilton, 199 Cal. App.3d 1145, 245 Cal. Rptr. 491 (1988); Cory v. Ward, 106 Cal. App. 3d 631, 165 Cal. Rptr. 330 1980); Estate of Huntzinger, 39 Cal. App.3d 569, 113 Cal. Rptr. 227 (1974). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Estate Tax; Fiduciary Income Tax. Email: James R. Birnberg | | David Coleman (Member) born Inglewood, California, November 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1992, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with distinction, 1983); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986); New York University School of Law (LL.M., in Taxation, 1992). Staff Member, Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal, 1984-1985. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1997-2000. Deputy Public Defender, 1986-1991. Extern Law Clerk, Hon. Robert H. Schnacke, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1985. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Estate Planning Section) San Fernando Valley and (Chair, Probate Section, 2006—); Beverly Hills (Member, Probate Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning Section). Practice Areas: Estate Litigation; Probate Litigation; Estate Planning; Conservatorship; Elder Law. | | Mary-Felicia Apanius (Partner) born Hollywood, California, April 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 2001, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1979); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Notes and Comments Editor, Temple Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Trust Litigation; Conservatorship; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Business Transactions. | | Walter M. Leighton (1942-2004). | | —————————— | | Susan R. Izenstark (Associate) born California, September 8, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., in Psychology, 1974); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1977). Member, California Western International Law Journal, 1976-1977. Co-Author: "Spouse's Death Raises Jurisdiction Problems," Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1990. Author: "Recent Trends in Spousal Support in Short Marriages," Family Law News Review, 1991; "Genetic Manipulation: Research, Regulation and Legal Liability Under International Law," 7 Cal. W. Int'l., L.J. 203, 1977. President, Milken Community High School Board of Trustees. Member, Stephen S. Wise Temple Board of Directors. Member: Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles County (Member, Probate Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate and Trust; Litigation; Conservatorship; Guardianship. Email: Susan R. Izenstark | | Kathleen F. Hazan (Associate) born Huntington, New York; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1989, California. Education: State University of New York, Albany (B.A., 1982); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1985). Co-Author, "Chapter re Gifts in California Estate Planning," CEB, 2002 and 2007. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Probate Section). Practice Areas: Probate and Trust; Litigation; Conservatorship; Guardianship. Email: Kathleen F. Hazan | | Justin B. Gold (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, July 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1999); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2003). Summer Associate, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General , 2002. Member: Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley (Member, Young Lawyers Division) and Los Angeles Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Civil Litigation; Conservatorship; Trust Law. Email: Justin B. Gold | | Peta-Gay Gordon (Associate) born Kingston, Jamaica; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., 2002); University of Southern California (J.D., 2005). Member: San Fernando Valley (Member, Trust and Estates Section); Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; Black Women Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Administration; Family Law; Estate Planning; Conservatorships; Guardianships; Trusts and Estates Litigation. Email: Peta-Gay Gordon | | Sarah Talei (Associate) born San Jose, California; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration, Marketing, 2002); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Beverly Hills, (Member, Barristers Board, Board of Governors, Trusts and Estates Section) Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Litigation; Trust Law; Conservatorship Law; Guardianship Law. Email: Sarah Talei | | Julie S. Berkus (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, September 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 2001); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Civil Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: Julie S. Berkus | | Jamie N. Gonzalez (Associate) born Tarzana, California, June 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1996); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trust Litigation; Probate. Email: Jamie N. Gonzalez |
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