Kathleen Denise Crane
Certified Specialist
Estate Planning
Trust and Probate Law
California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California
Our Services
* Estate Planning Practice
The firm provides individual estate, gift and charitable tax planning. Planning services range from the creation of basic estate plans to designing more intricate arrangements for passing assets to younger generations.
* Corporate Practice
The firm works with small businesses on corporate formation, maintenance of corporate records and business succession planning.
* Trust Administration
We assist spouses, heirs, and trustees in post death trust administration. We provide advice with respect to appropriate trust allocations, legal requirements and duties of fiduciaries.
* Probate
In the event an estate must be probated, we prepare all court filings and coordinate and advise on all aspects of the probate process.
About Us
Kate Crane is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her focus is on estate planning, probate, post death trust administration, related business issues, and business succession, She also engages in business entity formation and maintenance. Ms. Crane is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and before the United States Tax Court.
Kate is a past president of the South Bay Estate Planning Council, and lectures frequently on estate planning issues. From 1989 until 1997, she was a member of the Board of Trustees of Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and served as Chairwoman of that Board from 1993 until 1997. She is a former member of the board of directors of the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center, a former member of the Board of Directors of LA Biomed at Harbor UCLA, and a former member of the Board of H.E.L.P. (a non-profit information resource helping people meet aging related legal and care challenges). Kate was a commissioner of the Library Commission of the City of Manhattan Beach. She is proficient in German.
Ms. Crane has been recognized as a “California Super Lawyer†by Los Angeles Magazine in the Super Lawyer survey in each year from 2005 through 2009. In 2008 she was also named as one of the top 50 Women (lawyers) in Southern California.
Kathleen D Crane ALC
21535 Hawthorne Blvd #200
Torrance CA 90503
Tel: 310 540-9111
Fax: 310 543-4507
E-mail: kdc@katelaw.com
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