Strichartz, James L.

Robert E. Strauss joined the firm in 1994. He specializes in estate planning, advanced wealth transfer planning, pre-liquidity event wealth transfer planning, business succession planning and charitable planning. His practice includes the design and implementation of multi-generational estate planning strategies for high net worth families. These strategies accomplish estate tax reduction, liability and creditor protection, charitable planning and life insurance planning.

Mr. Strauss has been selected for inclusion in "Southern California Super Lawyers" by Super Lawyers® every year since 2005, as published in Los Angeles Magazine. He has also received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings reflect a combination of achieving a Very High General Ethical Standards rating and a Legal Ability numerical rating. An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.

Mr. Strauss has lectured at numerous estate planning seminars. He is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and is a member of the California, Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations.

Mr. Strauss received his law degree from UCLA in 1990 after graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in economics. He is an instructor at UCLA Extension, teaching Advanced Estate Planning and is a past President of the Los Angeles Estate Counselors Forum.