Estate Plans Gone Sideways

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Time: 7:00am - 9:00am
Location: Depot Restaurant and Via Zoom
Speaker: Judge David Cowan

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Insights from a trial courtroom. Judge Cowan will discuss, from his experience hearing and deciding Probate cases, what he has observed as common difficulties arising from estate planning, as well as areas of trust and estate administration prone to cause problems, with a focus on ensuring parties meet their ethical obligations.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:

HON. DAVID J. COWAN sits in the Beverly Hills Courthouse where he hears long cause Civil and Probate trials. He also conducts mandatory settlement conferences.

Previously, Judge Cowan was Supervising Judge of the Civil Division of the Court. As Supervising Judge of Civil, he oversaw the operations of over one hundred and fifty courtrooms around the County. Earlier, he was Supervising Judge of the Probate and Mental Health Depts. During his six plus years sitting in a Probate department, he was a member of the Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of California.

Judge Cowan was appointed a Judge by Governor Jerry Brown in 2014. Before his appointment as a judge, Judge Cowan served as a Court Commissioner. For much of that time, Judge Cowan handled a Family Law calendar at the Santa Monica Courthouse.

Prior to going on the bench, Judge Cowan practiced business and real estate litigation for seventeen years. He started at Rogers & Wells, now known as Clifford Chance. Later, he had his own office.

Judge Cowan is a graduate of Univ. of Calif. College of the Law San Francisco (formerly known as Hastings) and Columbia University.

LOOK WHO IS COMING!
 

Bob. Abelson
Bob Abelson, CPA
Carmen Alberio
Gerry Andrade
Stephanie Bezner
Allen Bond
Julio Bonilla
Daniel Bradshaw
John Corrales
Kristen Damon
Drew Davis
Linda Dorfmont
Claire Durand
Ari Fidler
Samuel Ford
Lucy Garcia
Garee Gasperian
Michael Goergen
Matthew Golding
Sam Gopinathan
Suzanne F. Grudnitski
PATRICIA HARIK
Eric Harris
Todd Hollingshead
JOHN HOOKS
Jacqueline Huber
Matt Iantosca
Vickie Intriago
Angela Klenk
Mickey Knickerbocker
Mary Korkodian
Regina Lark
Andrew Manier
Frances Martin
Shawn Nejad
Masumi Patel
Nancy Pearson
Peter Pettler
Rhonica Petty
Alison Sabran
Matthew Scelza
Rebecca Schroff
Angela Sheldon
Grace St. Clair
Larry Takahashi
Daniel Taylor
Sandy VandenBerge
Carl Walsh
Courtney Witz
tammy wong
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