This Section and its working committees deal with issues such as estate planning; trust administration; probate of decedents’ estates; avoidance of probate; and the protection of incompetents and their assets through guardianships and conservatorships.
Andrew G. Smith
Dina Y. Nam
Executive Committee
Elizabeth G. Acevedo
Program Co-Chair
David A. Shapiro
Program Co-Chair
Courtney Cole Patton
Assistant Program Co-Chair
Jacqueline Yu
Assistant Program Co-Chair
Jennifer McNeil-Lozano
Legal Updates Co-Chair
Teal M. Schoonover
Legal Updates Co-Chair
Jordan C. Parr
Co-Secretary
Mina Sirkin
Co-Secretary
Terry M. Magady
Elder Law Subcommittee Chair
Joseph G. Goldman
Immediate Past Co-Chair
Kevin W. Harrington
Immediate Past Co-Chair
March 16, 2021 – Presentation of the Timothy Whitehouse Award to Managing Probate Attorney Dean J. Silliman at the BHBA event “Updates from the Probate Judges”.
August 4, 2020 – Presentation of the Timothy Whitehouse Award to Judge David J. Cowan. Judge Cowan was the Supervising Judge of the Probate & Mental Health Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court before he became the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Civil Division. The Hon. Kevin Brazile, Presiding Judge of the LA Superior Court, and the Hon. Eric Taylor, now Assistant Presiding Judge of the LA Superior Court and incoming Presiding Judge for the 2021-2022 term, attended the BHBA event to congratulate Judge Cowan. More than 200 people virtually attended the BHBA event “Catching Up with the Probate Judges”.
Timothy Whitehouse Award Winners List: