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Karen D. Yardley practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration and probate. Karen’s estate planning practice includes structuring complex estate plans for high net worth families, the preparation of wills, complex trusts, irrevocable insurance trusts, grantor retained interest trusts and other estate planning documents, structuring and creating family owned businesses such as family limited partnerships and limited liability companies and charitable planning, including the creation of charitable split interest trusts.

Karen’s estate planning practice also includes international estate planning, such as planning for U.S. citizens living abroad and non-citizens living in the U.S., and pre-immigration planning and structuring gifts from non-resident aliens to U.S. residents.

Karen’s estate administration practice includes post-death trust administration, post-mortem tax planning, and probate.

Concentrations

  • Estate Planning for High Net Worth Families
  • International Estate Planning
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Insurance Trusts
  • Sales to Grantor Trusts
  • Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
  • Charitable Split Interest Trusts
  • Trust and Estate Administration

Capacidades

Reconocimientos y Liderazgo

  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2024-2025
  • Member, California State Bar
  • Member, Nevada State Bar
  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Credenciales

Educación
  • J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
  • M.S., University of Utah
  • B.S., University of Utah
Con licencia para ejercer en
  • Nevada
  • California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Related Capabilities

Planeamiento Sucesorio Internacional Para Individuos de Alto Patrimonio Fiscal Tax & Business Group Business Succession Planning Charitable Planning & Foundations Estate Planning/Trust & Estate Administration Family Office Services International Estate Planning State & Federal Tax Controversies