I highly recommend the Heather Law group and give five stars. Heather's assistants Emily and…read moreVictoria are very knowledgeable and when contacting them for help they give replies to questions very promptly. They are well organized. They give you all the choices that are available to you through their office. It starts out by completing a questionnaire which gives an outline on needed info to complete your document. Then you have an initial meeting with Heather to discuss your specific needs. Then the specific info is legally recorded and finalized and verified in a last meeting with Heather. Unfortunately, my wife passed away recently and my deed to the house was transferred to me without any problems having to deal with the county. Heather handled everything. To protect your estate from probate is something a majority of people do not realize the importance of, and Heather is the perfect lawyer to guide you through it. James Ireland

Unfortunately not what I expected. I inquired about a living trust tomake it clear I did not speak…read moreto Heather it was her legal assistant called twice hopping to talk to heather so let me star but saying I did not know everything about a living trust' every question I had her reply was we are not an attorney you would have to consult a attorney?????? So then what are you

Love, love, love Georgina and her team- this review is overdue! We hired her over 10 years ago…read morewhich she made the process so smooth and easy considering we have a gap of distance to meet in person. There was some urgency to have matters done and we were prepped very well with what was needed to make the visit an effective one to cover all basis. She spent hours with us, no pressure, no rush, no hesitation to assist. I know for a fact that after we left her with a lot of information, the task to completion was a lot of work and handled the business on the backend without needing us again. So organized and clear throughout the whole process made us feel at ease and secure. Not to long ago, we hired her to amend my parents Trust that was done by another attorney over 20 years ago. Here's the plus++ she is bilingual which is my parents preference to communicate in Spanish. This time we met via zoom and it made things just as good as our first visit. Everything was registered through county quick and records were updated seamlessly with no issue or concern. Georgina and her firm are top notch, professional and serving with grace to their clients. I have referred them to family and friends with confidence. Any service needed will be handled with the TLC required case by case!

She did not help us. Charged a $150 for a consult and $300 for a letter. When we wanted to proceed…read moreto go to court she said she didn't have time. When we asked for a referral to another attorney she said she couldn't suggest one. She Said look on yelp!! very unprofessional. Didn't even have the decency to call us. She had her secretary tell us after we called to inquire about our case.

In 2019, the grift and brainwashing perpetrated by my brother, sister, sister's "boyfriend" and…read moreother addicts living with my increasingly addled, elderly mother was in full swing. I started asking questions about large amounts of money disappearing from a joint account and, not getting any answers, called APS. The grifters' response was to coerce mom into creating a new trust, disavowing me and threatening to sue me for everything *I* was allegedly stealing. The grifters even had the gall to name two conspirators as co-trustees. I brought my mom to MMZ Law to meet with Marivel, told her of the situation and desperately needed her help to protect my mom from further financial abuse. She created new estate docs and installed another lawyer as POA to, in theory, act as overseer and buffer for all of mom's bank accounts (mom meanwhile had been coerced into opening new accounts in her name only so I couldn't see what was going on). I hoped it was enough and left SoCal to go back home to Seattle. My husband had been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer that year and I was unable to provide any in-person, hands-on help with my mom. When MMZ Law came on board, I told mom that any large purchases or withdrawals needed to okayed by her POA beforehand and she assured me that she understood and everything was fine. She kept up this facade for the next few years, even though her cognitive decline was becoming obvious. My brother died suddenly at home, at the end of 2020, at the height of COVID when the county was just stuffing bodies in reefers and not doing any autopsies. My sister died 18 months later, March 2022, in the same house. Both were "found" by the ex-boyfriend, who now considered himself my mom's main caregiver and in charge of the household. My husband died in July 2022. I took mom to MMZ Law to have her will redone, due to my siblings' deaths. Fast forward to September 2023. Mom mentioned that she thought she was running out of money, and I told her, that can't be possible. After all, she had sold two properties in the meantime and netted over $1M. I thought maybe she was imagining things and told her not to worry, even though I did not know anything about her financials at this point. Then, in December, the rental property she has up here had a massive roof leak and, while inspecting the damage, I also uncovered a terrible rat infestation in the attic. I asked mom to please transfer $8K into our joint account (which was almost at $0 at that point) so I could make the repairs. She transferred $4K and then promptly withdrew $2K. I called and asked her why did she do that and she couldn't tell me. Now I knew without a doubt that her complaint about running out of money was true. I had detailed every suspicion since the beginning and conveyed them to Marivel as they occurred. She usually did not respond. In 2024 I caught wind that something fishy was going on with her house. Mom's insurance guy said someone claiming to be my brother said he needed proof of insurance emailed to someone, which the insurance guy said usually means applying for a refinance, HELOC or reverse mortgage. I immediately called APS and messaged MMZ Law. Marivel's response was, I can't advise you because you're not my client, but you should probably do whatever you can to save what's left of your mother's estate. I filed for conservatorship to try to stop the reverse mortgage but ultimately had to withdraw my petition because the grifters coerced mom into hiring a lawyer to contest it and I couldn't afford to go on. I decided I'd done all I could and planned to move out of the country. Simultaneously in early 2025, my cousin-in-law and aunt (mom's sister) called me and asked if I'd talked to my mom recently. She told both of them she'd fallen and had been hospitalized in January. They were rightfully concerned because no one had been notified. As part of the grift, I'd been taken off the hospital and doctor need-to-know list years ago. After 6 months of silence, I called mom to see how she was doing and tell her I was moving and would never see her again. I told her the only thing that would keep me here was if she told me she wanted me to take care of her. And that's exactly what she said back to me. Most of 2025 was spent moving in with mom, hiring a lawyer, getting a restraining order with a moveout and CLETS on the grifting caregiver, finally gathering evidence from the house and bank (who were NOT helpful), clearing out the house, putting it on the market and moving mom in with me. Why detail this egregious example of elder financial abuse? Even though I picked MMZ Law, they chose not to take my suspicions seriously. They were more than happy to take $1000s, as I later learned, to simply and repeatedly reaffirm the basic structure of the fraudulent, coerced 2019 will. My mom lost 2 children, her home of 60 years, $1.5M, her trust. All could have been avoided if MMZ Law had done what I asked 6 years ago.

This agency is not providing the type of service that Yelp identifies them as providing. When I…read moretried to talk to this company to get assistance, I was told that the services that I am requesting are not in their wheelhouse and that they could not help me I had to contacted them about a DPOA And, an estate litigation matter

We utilized the Kahn Law Firm to establish our family trust. The process was easy, quick, and…read morepainless. After our initial meeting Deborah had a draft of our trust in just a few days. We initially scheduled a time to sign our documents and then we requested to move the date up and she accommodated without hesitation. Her prices seemed very fair and reasonable especially for how well the entire process went.

Having become two blended families in 2013, and establishing separate trusts in 2014, we recently…read morefound our priorities had changed and were in need of an attorney to advise and revise our trusts. The Kahn Law Firm was our choice for legal representation and we are pleased to share that our experiences were extremely positive. We had been hesitant to begin the process, anticipating complications, and knew we had only vague ideas of the specific changes we wanted. All of our hesitation was met with patience, professional support and appropriate options. Partnering with the Kahn Law Firm allowed us to quickly settle our trust issues, protect our interests, and preserve our desires for our combined families' future. It is with confidence in their integrity and legal knowledge & skills that we whole-heartedly recommend Deborah Kahn and the Kahn Law Firm.

Chris was the attorney for my parents' trust a few years ago. My parents were both very pleased…read morewith him and his work product. When one of my parents got sick and was hospitalized, my sibling and I contacted Chris to help us to interpret his documents as we are not attorneys. We got about 10 minutes with him, where he asked us for some information that we didn't have available. We agreed with him to get back with him in a day or two. When we called him back, he was unavailable, so we left a message. He never returned our call. We tried him back two more times and left him messages, but again, no return call. We even set up an appointment with him by phone through his office staff, but he never called and he was unavailable when we called his office to find out what was happening with the appointment and we never heard from him again. I know this is typical for attorneys, but I didn't expect this from Chris after my parents' rave reviews. At least tell us no or tell us you'll have to charge us, but don't just leave us hanging. Too bad for him as my sibling and I were both going to have Chris put together living trusts for us after we wrapped up our pending issues. Three stars for my parents' satisfaction combined with the siblings' frustration.

I hired CHRISTOPHER SALVATORE SCARCELLA [#280213] of Claremont, CA for a family probate matter. He…read moredid not fulfil his legal obligations as promised. He failed to respond to the petition I was served with or show up to two important court dates. He did not return my phone calls, inform me what was going on with my case or provide me with a finial accounting with I fired him. Before you hire him, check his CA State Bar Record. He has 11 recent counts of misconduct, including failure to perform legal services with competence, respond to reasonable client inquires, to inform client of significant developments, properly withdraw from representation, properly return unearned funds and accounting, moral turpitude, failure to deposit advance fees in a Trust Account, and failure to cooperate and participate in a State Bar investigation. He is a definite nightmare!

If you have ever been in need of developing or updating a living trust and other associated…read moredocuments, this particular law firm (which is now Buxbaum, Chakmak & Wynder PC) should be given serious consideration. As my father's living trust required a major update we elected to contact David Buxbaum, based on a previous referral, for an initial visit. He was patient, professional and very 'down to earth' in explaining the process and reviewed what was needed for our documents. We agreed to proceed and the attorney (Marina Saad) that was assigned to the effort took care of everything. She was very organized, courteous and extremely knowledgeable of all of the particular details needing to be accomplished. She, along with Taylor Nicoara (Paralegal) coordinated the necessary signings by other members of our family, as well as ongoing document(s) sharing. Taylor's frequent contributions make their team even better. For something that seemed to be such a monumental effort for us, they made the process so easy and straightforward. They even provide a Notary Public (Betsy) on staff to assist, as needed, and she was very well prepared. The cost was reasonable for the work and the level of comfort that they afforded our family by their expertise in the law was first rate. Generally, picking an attorney to handle legal issues can be quite an intimidating experience. Luckily, with this particular firm (given their commands of various components of the law) it doesn't have to be. No question that I would use their legal services again, if required, as they are all rock solid performers. Fantastic job!!

PLEASE DO NOT TRUST THIS FIRM…read more My parents hired Buxbaum & Chakmak in 2024 to file their trust and paid $3,000. Because my parents are not legally married, the trust needed to be structured and filed in a specific manner with the county. They filed incorrectly, their property was reassessed and their property taxes were DOUBLED with no way of reversing it at this point. They have now stopped responding to my parents despite repeated attempts. We are left with an incomplete estate plan, significantly higher property taxes, and are out the 3k they initially paid. I cannot tell you how much stress, time, and pain this has caused my parents.

I chose to work with Mrs. Emily Lerner after contacting 3 different lawyers. I needed help…read moreestablishing a conservatorship for my daughter with special needs. Mrs. Lerner was professional throughout the whole process and answered my questions and emails in a timely manner. I was worried since I began the process 2 months before her 18th birthday and was not given a court date till a few weeks after her birthday. Mrs. Lerner instructed me of the different steps we'd need to take in case there was a delay. She believed our case wouldn't be denied and all would go smoothly. Fortunately the conservatorship was granted on our court date. I highly recommend working with Mrs. Lerner because of her professionalism and her patience in helping clients understand the legal process which can at times feel overwhelming.

I chose to work with Emily Lerner to amend my estate plan for two reasons. She had great social…read moremedia reviews, and her office was conveniently located in downtown Claremont. Because I've become more sensitive to demeanor and tone with age, I really appreciated not only Emily's professionalism but also her relaxed yet respectful and empathetic demeanor. I'm quite pleased with the way Emily handled the two tasks that I gave her--amending the 2015 estate plan and removing my recently deceased mother's name from the deed. I'm neither broke nor cheap, so I don't pay as much attention to costs as most of my friends and relatives do, but I noticed that (despite inflation) Emily's hourly price was only $50 more than that of a backstabbing real estate lawyer who I hired in 2018, and if I remember correctly, I paid only a few hundred dollars more to her than I did to the lawyer who created my first estate plan in 2015, even though she did a much more thorough job than he did. Emily also helped me find a fiduciary trustee, gave me a copy of the estate plan for that trustee, plus two copies for me--the signed originals and a copy in a binder. I left her office feeling that I got more than my money's worth. In fact, if I thought it was appropriate to tip a lawyer, I would have given Emily a generous tip.