
Larry Lawton
Municipal Judge. Private practice limited to the probate of large estates
Law Clerk, District Attorney of Los Angeles, 1970-1971
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles, 1971-1973
Civil Litigation Practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1973-1987
Civil Litigation Practice, San Francisco Bay area, 1987-1990
Civilian Superfund Attorney, Air Force Regional Counsel, San Francisco, 1990-2005.
Retired, Limited private practice and volunteer service, 2005-2011.
Associate Area Legal Counsel, Asia Area, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2011-2012
Retired, limited private practice 2012 -- Present
Municipal Court Judge (part-time), 2020-Present.
Since accepting the appointment as a municipal judge, I have strictly limited my practice to a few probate matters.
In general, I will not accept a new probate unless the estate is valued at more than $1,000,000.
- Municipal Court Judge. Not in private practice
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Probate fees are set by statute. In general, the statutory fee is about 2% of the value of the estate.
- California
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- Wyoming
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Attorney
- Larry Lawton, Attorney at Law
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- Private practice limited to the probate of estates with a value exceeding $1,000,000.
- Associate Area Legal Counsel
- Asia Area Office, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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- General civil practice, working with local counsel in twenty-plus countries where the church has a presence in Asia. Agreements for humanitarian projects may be the most rewarding work.
- Superfund Attorney-Advisor
- Air Force Regional Counsel, Western Region
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- Supervised environmental litigation for the Western Region, from Arizona to Alaska and Idaho to Guam.
- Litigation Attorney
- Civil Practice
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- Civil Litigation (with some general practice), eventually with emphasis on the defense of architects, engineers and attorneys sued for malpractice.
- Los Angeles County, California
- Deputy District Attorney
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- Final assignement was Deputy in charge of jury trials for the Glendale office. After I won my 50th jury trial, it seemed pointless to continue counting.
- Duke University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Chairman, Orientation Committee, 1968
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- University of Wyoming
- B.S. | Political Science
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- Lambda Delta Sigma (Secretary, 1961-62)
- Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha (Founding member)
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- Wyoming State Bar
- Member
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- Member, State Bar of California
- currently inactive
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