Franklin, Terrence M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Terrence M. Franklin is a 1984 graduate of Northwestern University and a 1989 graduate of Harvard Law School. Terry previously practiced with the Los Angeles office of Morrison & Foerster and as a partner of Ross, Sacks & Glazier. Terry has extensive trial and appellate experience, including successful published appeals and a California Supreme Court case. Terry is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is a member of its Fiduciary Litigation Committee, the Program Committee, and is a Director of the ACTEC Foundation. Terry is a member of the Planning Committee for the University of Southern California Probate and Trust Conference; a Council member of the ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, and past Chair of its Ethics and Malpractice Committee. He is also a member of the Diversity Committee of the ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section and a former member of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Advisory Committee of the California Board of Legal Specialization. He has lectured to national, state and local estate planning and probate groups such as the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the American Bar Association Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, USC Probate and Trust Conference, the Southern California Tax and Estate Planning Forum, Matthew Bender & Co., and the Practicing Law Institute in New York and California.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts & Trust Administration
• Estate Planning

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Trusts, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration

Bar Admissions

• California, 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee)
• State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section (Member, Litigation Sub-Committee)
• University of Southern California Probate & Trust Conference (Member, Planning Committee)
• California Board of Legal Specialization (Former Member, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Advisory Committee)
• American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (Member)
• Practice Management Group (Vice-Chair)
• Ethics and Malpractice Committee (Former Chair)
• Attorneys Partnering with Nonlawyers Committee (Former Chair)
• American Law Institute - American Bar Association (Estate Planning Advisory Panel)
• National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005 - 2012
• 2011 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, USC Probate and Trust Conference
• Lecturer, Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum
• Lecturer, Matthew Bender & Co.
• Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute, New York & California
• Lecturer, American Colleges of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Lecturer, American Bar Association, Real Property & Trust Law Section
• Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar

Past Employment Positions

• Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA
• Ross, Sacks & Glazier, Partner

Education

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989
  J.D.
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1984
  B.S.

Address

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

Phones

213-617-7266

Faxes

213-617-9350

Emails

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Websites

http://www.trustlitigation.la