Vincent, Maggie K

Paul D. Velasco is the principal of Velasco Law Group, APC.  He is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Certified Specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law, a distinction held by less than one percent of all attorneys in California.  Paul has been practicing for more than 14 years and focuses his practice exclusively on estate planning, probate and trust administration, as well as probate and trust litigation. He has lectured extensively for wealth management advisors, corporate trustees and other professionals on trust and estate planning matters. Paul is also fluent in Spanish, one of a few bilingual estate planning attorneys in the entire State of California. He and his firm have represented Farmers & Merchants Trust Company of Long Beach, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Union Bank, and other professional trustees as legal counsel on various trust, probate and litigation matters.  He is a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the State Bar of California and a member of the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning and Trust Council of Long Beach.  Paul is also very active in the community and sits on the Board of Directors of Community Hospital of Long Beach Foundation, and is the President of the Board of Directors of CAPC, Inc., a non-profit organization in Whittier, California.

Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1997