Sussan H. Shore
Weinstock Manion
Sussan H. Shore designs and implements multi-generational estate plans for high net worth clients, and oversees the administration of estates and trusts. For over 35 years, she has helped clients fulfill their goals to care for their families, meet charitable giving objectives and reduce estate taxes. Sussan has great compassion for her clients, quickly earning their trust through her patient approach, practical advice and straightforward communication. She is non-judgmental and creative, resolving the unique needs of clients in complex alternative and blended family structures as readily as those in traditional families.
As a certified specialist in Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization, Sussan’s practice spans the continuum from establishing an estate plan to the administration of estates and trusts. She represents fiduciaries, beneficiaries and court-supervised conservatorships and has a strong track record challenging tax authorities. When disputes arise among family members concerning estates and trusts, Sussan helps guide the parties toward resolution by focusing on the drivers behind the controversies.
Sussan is dedicated to sharing her deep knowledge of estate planning, trust and probate law with other attorneys and professionals. She taught Estate Planning at UCLA Extension for more than thirty years, earning the coveted “Distinguished Instructor” award in 2008. Sussan also frequently lectures at estate planning institutes, and has authored technical publications on estate planning strategies. A leader in the field, Sussan is the past chairperson of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Trust & Estates Section and she served as Chairwoman of the Probate, Trust & Estate Planning Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- California
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- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- U.S. Tax Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Shareholder / Managing Director
- Weinstock Manion
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- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- J.D.
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- University of California - Los Angeles
- B.A. | History
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- The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 1995-2019
- Leading Individual - High Net Worth
- Chambers & Partners
- Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2004-2018
- Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2005-2018
- Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2009-2018
- California State Bar # 72642
- Member
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- Beverly Hills Estate Planning Council
- Member
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- USC Probate & Trust Conference
- Planning Committee Member
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- Jewish Community Foundation
- Legal Advisory Committee Member
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- Managing Partners Roundtable
- Member
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- Stephen S. Wise Temple
- Board Member
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
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- American Bar Association
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- Beverly Hills Bar Association
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- American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel
- Fellow
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- Charitable Remainder Trusts: Tools for making the Most of your Philanthropic Assets Upon Retirement
- UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute
- Minimizing the Impact of the Ballooning QTIP
- USC School of Law Fifty-Third Institute on Federal Taxation - Major Tax Planning
- Outright Noncharitable Gifts
- Continuing Education of the Bar, 3rd Edition
- Probate and Trust Notebook
- USC Annual Probate and Trust Conference
- Post Mortem Administration and Planning
- California Society of CPA's
- June 1988
- Estate Planning and the Closely Held Corporation, Corporate Tax Issues Seminar
- CES Seminars
- September 1988
- Audits of Federal Estate Tax Returns, Estate and Gift Tax Issues Seminar
- CES Seminars
- October 1988
- Gifts to Children, NYU 49th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation
- Developments in Advanced Gift Planning Techniques, USC 19th Annual Probate and Trust Conference
- October 1993
- Certified Specialist - Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
- The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
