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Practice Areas
Experience
Judith's practice includes administration of post-mortem
estates (probate and trust); research and analysis of
tax, probate and trust law; and representation of executors,
administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in matters
involving estates and trusts. She frequently helps clients
to prepare and evaluate wills, living trusts, life insurance
trusts, and durable powers of attorney to successfully
transfer wealth with minimum estate and gift tax consequences.
Judith is certified by the State Bar of California as
a Specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law.
Judith is one of the few estate planning attorneys in
California who is fluent in Cantonese. She is a guest
speaker on Chinese radio, AM 1400, and on Chinese television,
TVB's "Financial Magazine," educating the
Chinese community on various estate planning and tax
topics.
Admissions
Affiliations
- East Bay Estate Planning Council
- Asian American Bar Association
- Alameda County Bar Association
- Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Directors, 2007
- Member, 1996 to present
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Speaking and Teaching
- "Estate Planning," in Cantonese, speaker,
Oakland Asian Cultural Center, June 22, 2008
- "Estate Planning and Special Needs Trusts,"
speaker, Asian Community Mental Health Services, May
31, 2008
Publications
- Do
I Need a Will?, Chinese Translation, State
Bar of California, 2003
- Do
I Need Estate Planning?, Chinese Translation,
State Bar of California, 2003
- Do
I Need a Living Trust?, Chinese Translation,
State Bar of California, 2003
- Seniors
& the Law, Chinese Translation, State
Bar of California, 2003
- Kids
and the Law, Chinese Translation, State Bar
of California, 2004
- When
you Become 18, Chinese Translation, State
Bar of California, 2005
Awards / Recognition
- Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and
Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of
Legal Specialization
- American Jurisprudence Award
- Judicial Extern to Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong;
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California,
1995
Languages
- Fluent in Cantonese Chinese
- Conversational in Mandarin Chinese
Education
- University of California, San Francisco, Hastings
College of the Law; J.D. (1995)
- University of California, Berkeley; B.S., with high
honors, Business Administration; Minor, Japanese Studies
(1992)
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Proudest Personal Moment: The day my baby boy
was born.
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