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Tim Pickart is an attorney specializing in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, business planning, and asset protection. Before opening the Law Office of Timothy Cahill Pickart, Tim had worked at prominent estate and business planning law firms as well as at major life insurance company in Orange County. Along with his legal practice, Tim is an instructor in the Paralegal Certificate Program at the University of California, Irvine.
He has assisted numerous clients in drafting wills, living trusts, and related estate planning documents. Tim spends a great deal of time educating clients on the purpose of estate planning and takes the extra step of helping clients administer their estate plan properly. For example, after a living trust has been established, it is crucial that most of the client's assets-real property, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, business interests, etc.-are transferred or "funded" to the living trust in order to achieve all of its benefits. Whereas many attorneys might not assist in this process or will only assist in the funding of clients' real property to a living trust, Tim will help in funding the assets that should be transferred to the living trust.
In addition to his estate planning practice, Tim has extensive experience in administering trusts and estates, handling probate matters, and preparing gift and estate tax returns. Tim also is well versed in sophisticated estate planning strategies used to avoid and/or minimize gift and estate taxes.
Tim has counseled clients on business entity formation and succession planning for mid-sized and family-owned business. He has prepared by-laws for corporations, partnership agreements for partnerships, and operating agreements for limited liability companies. Tim also has drafted general business contracts including buy sell agreements, stock redemption agreements, and split dollar agreements.
While working in the life insurance industry, Tim attained experience in life insurance planning greater than most estate and business planning attorneys. He created marketing material and gave presentation explaining the many uses of life insurance to meet clients' estate and business planning goals.
Tim is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of California and the United States Supreme Court. He received his undergraduate degree in American Studies from Stanford University in 1995 and his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1998. An Orange County native, Tim currently lives in Newport Beach.
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