Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Margaret G. Lodise graduated cum laude from Pomona College in 1985 and received her law degree in 1988 from the University of California at Los Angeles and her LLM in taxation from Loyola Law School in 2002. Meg is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Formerly of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and a partner of Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Meg specializes in estate, trust and conservatorship litigation, in addition to handling estate, trust and conservatorship administration. She has briefed and argued appellate issues concerning both estates and conservatorships as well as handling two large cases involving the malfeasance of professional conservators. Meg has served as an expert witness and regularly writes and speaks on estate and trust-related issues before both bar and community organizations including the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, the Professional Fiduciary Association of California, California CEB, and the Practicing Law Institute. Meg is Vice-Chair of the Trusts and Estates Executive Committee of the State Bar of California. Meg is a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Trust and Estate Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is the former President of the Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles. Meg is on the Board of Trustees of Pomona College and currently serves as President of the Torchbearers' Board of Pomona College.

Areas of Practice

• Estate, Trust and Conservatorship Litigation

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Trusts, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Los Angeles Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association
• Professional Fiduciary Association of California
• California CEB
• Practicing Law Institute
• State Bar of California (Vice-Chair, Trusts and Estates Executive Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trust and Estate Section (Past Chair, Executive Committee )
• Women Lawyers' Association of Los Angeles (Former President)
• Pomona College (Board of Trustees)
• Torchbearers' Board of Pomona College (President)

Honors and Awards

• "Who's Who in L.A. Law" - Los Angeles Business Journal
• Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005 - 2009
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Various Trust and Estate Issues, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Speaker, Various Trust and Estate Issues, Beverly Hills Bar Association
• Speaker, Various Trust and Estate Issues, Professional Fiduciary Association of California
• Speaker, Various Trust and Estate Issues, California CEB
• Speaker, Various Trust and Estate Issues, Practicing Law Institute
• Speaker, USC Gould School of Law Trusts and Estates Conference

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of Trustees, Pomona College
• Torchbearers Board, Pomona College
• Probate Volunteer Panel, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Past Employment Positions

• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
• Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Partner

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 2002
  LL.M.
  Major: Taxation
• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1988
  Honors: Member, Moot Court Honors Program
• Pomona College, Pomona, California, 1985
  Honors: cum laude

Address

350 South Grand Ave
Suite 3500
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3475

Phones

213-617-2049

Faxes

213-617-9350

Emails

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Websites

http://www.trustlitigation.la