Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Recommended estate planners

filed under: legal, resources, regional guides, being, money matters

Resources

This service is designed to recommend estate planners who have a special connection with the Choice Mom community, either through commendation by a Choice Mom client, or sponsorship of Choice Mom workshops or other educational resources (signified here with direct website links).

If you'd like to recommend someone to add, use the comments field below.

Special Listing
Ami Jaeger (long-time Choice Mom adviser)
Sante Fe, NM
Specialties: third-party reproduction contracts, known donor negotiations (Mikki's note: she doesn't handle estate planning, but is listed here because of her special legal advice for the Choice Mom community

ARIZONA

Tammy S. Dusharm, P.C.
Kingman, Arizona 86401
602-363-9102
"$200.00 for a basic package - that is a discounted rate for Choice Moms and includes a Will, Power of Attorney, Healthcare Power of Attorney and Living Will"

CALIFORNIA

San Francisco area: "I can highly recommend my estate attorney, Gigi Orta. She spoke at my local mom's group last year and I worked with her late last year to get my estate plan in place. Highly highly recommend her."
gigi@oolawlaw.com
1-510-594-8483 (business line)
http://www.oolawlaw.com

Charles A. Shultz, Esq.
Wasserman, Comden & Casselman
Tarzana, California 91356
(818) 705-6800 ext 279

Law Offices of Daniela Lungu
Dublin, CA 94568
925.558.2710

Linda M. Scaparotti
San Francisco, CA 94104
(Oakland and Marin locations too)
415-434-9600

Heather Stoneman
Jewel & Stoneman, LLP
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-394-6800
www.legacylaw.com
"she is nothing short of outstanding! Very thorough, warm, smart, understanding, explains everything so well that I could actually comprehend what I'm doing!"

District of Columbia

S. Micah Salb
msalb@lsslawyers.com
Bethesda, Maryland
301.656.6905

Dorothy Simpson Dickerson
Washington, D.C. 20015
(202) 628-2727
www.dickersonlawoffices.com

GEORGIA
Barbara Katz
Atlanta, Georgia
Specialties: Family Law and Estate Planning (lesbian-friendly)

MINNESOTA
The estate attorney who was recommended by another single parent for the Choice Mom networking event in Spring 2010 was used by at least six women after the event. When they got together and compared notes, they reported that most of them were very unhappy with the length of time it was taking to get their paperwork done with him (several months). A few of them had a scheduled appointment that he failed to show up for. So he's obviously no longer on our recommended list. Instead, local Choice Moms have recommended these attorneys:

Margaret A. Tortorella Cronin
GRANDCHAMP, GUYETTE & CRONIN, PLLC
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
952.475.0402 (main)
See this tip on picking a guardian from this Choice Mom-friendly law firm

Chris Tymchuck of Unique Family Law
now a contributor to ChoiceMoms.org who specializes in estate planning and protecting unique families

Allison Burke of Buchholz and Burke
http://twincities-elderlaw.com/default.aspx
"Their website focuses more on elder law but they work with everyone (and incidentally, her law partner, John Buchholz, focuses on estate planning in the gay community, which not many attorneys do.)"

NEW YORK

Eileen Doherty (* Choice Mom)
JJD1944@aol.com

Law Office of Lisa S. Fine, P.C.
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-361-9600
http://lfinelaw.com/

PENNSYLVANIA

Marianna F. Schenk [Partner]
Duane Morris LLP
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
215.979.1927

RHODE ISLAND
Karen DelPonte, Esq.
Cameron & Mittleman
Providence, RI 02908
401-331-5700
http://www.cm-law.com/delponte.htm

VIRGINIA
Victoria Stoner, Esq.
The Law Offices of Victoria Stoner, P.L.L.C.
Spotsylvania, VA 22553
540-220-0866
www.victoriastonerlaw.com/

WASHINGTON
"The estate planning attorney who I used and found really fantastic (and have already recommended to other Choice Moms) in the greater Seattle area is:
Janet Gray
Jeppesen Gray Sakai
Bellevue, Washington 98004
425-454-2344

WISCONSIN
Mr. Eido (ee-do) Walny
Schott, Bublitz & Engel S.C.
Brookfield, WI 53005
262-827-1700

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