Practice Areas: Estate & Trust Litigation, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation; view more
Licensed in California since: 1976
Education: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2015, 2021 - 2024 Call today:
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The founder of Hackard Law, Michael A. Hackard focuses his practice on contingency fee estate and trust litigation. His firm is located in Mather, California. He represents clients in Sacramento, the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Born and raised in Sacramento, Mr. Hackard attended California State University, Sacramento, where he majored in political science and history and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1972. He then enrolled at the University of Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law, graduating with his Juris Doctor in 1976. Mr. Hackard has since supplemented his business knowledge by taking executive-level courses at several institutions, including The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
A significant portion of Mr. Hackard’s practice consists of trust and estate litigation. In this regard, he has represented heirs, beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will contests and other challenges to estate plan documents. Many of his clients live outside of California and rely on him to protect their interests under California state law. Some of the other related matters that Mr. Hackard has worked on have included trust accountings and the removal of trustees and executors due to fiduciary duty breaches.
Highly regarded by his colleagues, he holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 “Superb” peer review rating through Avvo. Mr. Hackard is admitted to practice in California as well as before several federal trial and appellate courts.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Estate & Trust Litigation, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Insurance CoverageFocus areas
Brain Injury, Insurance, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Will Contests, Wrongful Death
First Admitted: 1976, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.hackardlaw.com/about/michael-a-hackard/
- Executive-Level Business Leadership Programs at Dartmouth University's Tuck School of Business, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Northwest University's Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School.
- California State University, Sacramento, B.A. Bachelor of Arts, 1972
- Advice to a Weary Litigant: The Role of Special Settlement Counsel, Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Legal Representation, October 16, 2012
- Ranked AV Preeminent Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell
- Michael A. Hackard has been voted by his peers to be a member of Northern California Super Lawyers, Super Lawyer, 2015
- 10.0 Rating – 'Superb' by Avvo
- Interviewed in Media, C-SPAN, Fox News – Neil Cavuto and The Wall Street Journal
- US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit from 1985
- Eastern District of California from 1976
- Los Angeles County Bar Association from 2012
- California State Bar since 1976 (State Bar #71067)
- Former Member, Board of Trustees, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
- Michael A. Hackard Private Law Firm Practice – Various Law Firms, Lawyer, 1976-2009
- Former Member, Board of Trustees, Loretto High School, Sacramento, California
- Member, United States Electoral College, California, 1992
- Chairman, "Preserving Our Past ... Building Our Future Campaign, Diocese of Sacramento, 2006
- Former Member, Board of Trustees, Jesuit High School, Carmichael, California
- Former Member, Sacramento County Civil Service Commission, 1978
- Former Member, Sacramento Diocesan Finance Council.
- Hackard Law Corporation, Senior Partner, 2009 - Present
- Former Member, Sacramento County Policy Planning Commission, 1980
- Clients include beneficiaries and heirs off disputed Wills and Trusts. Clients also include those suffering from financial elder abuse and elder abuse. Michael A. Hackard also represents families of victims of wrongful death as well as individuals filing personal injury actions. Michael is often called upon to advise in and litigate brain injury cases., 2015
- Woody Allen says, "Showing up is 80 percent of life." He also said that once you start your project, “you are half way towards something good happening.” Now I can’t say that I view Woody Allen as an exemplar of great wisdom, but he really has a good point when it comes to showing up. I think that my mother actually taught me this lesson at a young age. In forty years of practicing law, I’ve had to show up at a lot of events, hearings, and meetings. I’ve traveled the country – appeared in court in eleven different states and personally met with associated lawyers in four foreign countries on their home turf. At one time, we had clients in thirty-one states and I visited all of those states. I knew that showing up is 80% of success, even before Wood Allen took credit for it. Showing up is really about the power of presence. There is nothing like being able to look another person in the eye – even if the person is an adversary. Meeting in person allows us to take measure of each other, and more often than not, it makes further communication easier... Read more: http://www.hackardlaw.com/blog/2016/09/the-power-of-presence-sacramento-ca-estate-trust-attorney.shtml, The Power of Presence, 2016
- Super Lawyer, 2021
- Beneficiaries
- Elders
- Estates
- Heirs
- Injured Plaintiffs
- Plaintiffs
- Seniors
- Sexual Abuse Victims
- Trust Litigation
- Trustees
- Trusts
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2015, 2021 - 2024
