Clark R. Byam Pasadena, California
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| phone | (626) 796-9123 |
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- Areas of Practice:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Estate Planning
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Trusts & Estates Litigation
- Education:
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
J.D.
Honors: Thurston Society, Scholastic Honors Assn.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award Top Grade in Constitutional Law - Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
B.A.
- Published Works:
- Chapter, Will Contests, California Trust and Probate Litigation, (Co-author), California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), 1999
- "Employee Benefit Plans: Completing New Form 5301 Poses Some Knotty Problems", Journal of Taxation, November, 1975
- "Professional Organization Retirement Plans: Excluding Service Employees", American Bar Association Journal, Tax Notes, June, 1980
- Representative Cases:
- Estate of Anderson (56 Cal. App. 4th 235 1997)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Frequent Speaker for CEB Courses For the Past Fifteen Years, Primarily on the Topics of Probate and Trust Litigation, Ethical Issues in Estate Planning and Contested Conservatorship Matters.,
- Speaker at Various Events Including Bar Association Meetings, Accounting Association and Paralegal Association Meetings.,
- "Prohibited Transfer Issues Under P.C. 21350", Los Angeles County Bar Association, February, 2001
- Advanced Course of Studies, "Trust and Estate Litigation", CEB, May 1991, February 2001 & February 2004
- "Conservatorship: Hot Topics and Problem Areas", CEB, November and December 1997 & May 2000
- "Trustee Liability Issues in Choosing Investment Managers for Large Trusts," April 2006, LACBA Trust & Estate Section, Litigation Subsection
- "Private Trustees: Duties and Responsibilities", Speaker at the USC 33 Probate and Trust Annual Conference
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- USNR, 1967 - 1969
- Lieut. (J.G.)
- Pasadena Bar Association
- Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee, 1995 - 1998
- Section of Trust and Estate
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee, 1999 - 2001
- Section of Trust and Estate
- The State Bar of California
- Member
- The State Bar of California, Member, Executive Committee,, 1988 - 1991
- Section of Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate
- The State Bar of California, 1991 - 1994
- Advisor, Section of Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate
- The State Bar of California, 1994 - 1998
- Member, Committee on Professional Responsibility
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Cal Tech Associates
- Member
- American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), 1991
- Fellow
- American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, 2000 - Present
- Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee
- Annandale Golf Club
- Member
- Twilight Club
- Member
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