Julie King

With 30 years’ experience, Julie King practices law with the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. She is easy to speak with and talks in plain English (not legalese). Julie handles a wide variety of estate planning and business matters including: (1) ESTATE PLANNING - wills and trusts, health care directives, powers of attorney, special needs trusts, pet trusts, grant deeds and more; and (2) BUSINESS LAW - corporation/LLC/partnership formation, annual meeting minutes, corporate records, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and employee training.

Julie served as in-house counsel to major international corporations, including Toshiba America, where she worked for 15 years and hired lawyers throughout the world. She has been a "client", so she understands clients' needs in a way many lawyers do not. Contact Julie today and see the difference!

Call or email today for a FREE initial consultation! (831) 275-1002 Julie@PierceKingLaw.com

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

• Form Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships
• Business Transactions & Contracts
• Trusts, Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives
• Real Estate Grant Deeds and Related Documentation

• Free Consultation
• Credit Cards Accepted
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Pierce King, P.C. bills hourly or charges a flat fee, depending on the type of matter. On occasion, Pierce King may enter into an alternative fee arrangement to accommodate clients in special circumstances.

California

Since 1987

Assistant General Counsel

Toshiba America

Current

Julie was an in-house counsel for Toshiba for 15 years and handled a wide variety of matters for the corporation. She helped the Human Resources Dept. with employment matters and policy drafting, the Sales Dept. with contracts, the Finance Dept. with guaranties, and anyone else in the company who needed assistance in any area of law. She would be honored to do the same for you. Call today!

Founding Attorney

Pierce King, P.C., a Professional Law Corporation

2012 - Current

BUSINESS LAW - Negotiating and drafting a variety of complex business contracts, including an international Private Cloud Infrastructure and Management Services Agreement and a Funding Agreement involving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. - Forming C and S Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships, and drafting documents related thereto, such as Buy-Sell and Operating Agreements, Bylaws, Annual Meeting Minutes and Board Resolutions. ESTATE PLANNING - Drafting a variety of wills and trusts (including Revocable Living Trusts, Special Needs Trusts and Pet Trusts), Health Care Directives and Durable Powers of Attorney, as well as Grant Deeds and other documentation relating to funding trusts. - Counseling clients in Trust Administration matters - Preparing, filing and representing clients in Probate actions

Univ of California at Los Angeles

Undergraduate Degree

Loyola Law School

Law Degree

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY

Monterey Herald Reader's Poll

2021

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY

Monterey Herald Reader's Poll

2020

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY

Monterey Herald Reader's Poll

2019

Woman of Distinction in the Legal Community

Los Angeles Bar Association

Volunteer of the Month (Awarded multiple times.)

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Monterey County Business Council

Board of Directors

2017 - Current

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Ambassador

2014 - Current

Monterey County Bar Association

Member

2007 - Current

California State Bar  # 132813

Member

1987 - Current

Orange County Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section

Co-Chair

1987 - Current

License to Practice Law

California Bar Association

Q. Is it legal to replace a trustee on a living trust without using an attorney?

28 April 2021

A: The answer to your question will depend on the language in your trust but, most likely, it can be done without an attorney. Read the language in your trust about how to replace a trustee and who must give their approval of the change. If you follow the terms of the trust, you should be OK. If you have any questions about the meaning of the trust language, contact a lawyer for assistance. Best wishes!

Q. Can my husband & I make changes to our living trust without using a lawyer, if our signatures are notarized? Thank you.

28 April 2021

A: You can do whatever you would like, but I cannot say if the language you use will be legally accurate or enforceable. Here's why: There are plain English words that have legal meanings. For example, the word "issue" in plain English means an important topic for debate or discussion. But, in legalese, the word "issue" means children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and so forth down the line. So, a sentence may have one meaning to you, but will have a completely different meaning when implemented by a trustee, or interpreted by a judge. So, the legal definition will be used to determine the actual meaning of the sentence. As a result, if you make changes to anything other than someone's address or a few other very minor wording, I would say you are better off having a lawyer draft it IF you want to be sure the language says, from a legal standpoint, exactly what you want it to say. Sorry about that! But much of our legal language comes from England and existed before the United States was a country. So, if we use a different word, rather than the word that's been used for hundreds of years, a judge will assume we meant something different than what the law says that word means. It may sound like a ploy to get business, but there is a method to our madness. Best wishes!

Q. Brother is dad's executor. Won't send Trust or Will copies. Can attorney who wrote them (not involved now) send them?

25 April 2021

A: Your dad’s lawyer can only send you a copy of the documents if, before your father passed, he signed something authorizing his lawyer to do so. You can give that a shot. But your brother is required by law to give you a copy. Hire a lawyer to send a demand letter to your brother. If that doesn’t work, you will need to go to court to force him give you a copy. Best wishes.