William G. Benz

Top rated Estate & Trust Litigation attorney in El Segundo, California

Carico Glowacki Macdonald Kil & Benz LLP
William G. Benz
Carico Glowacki Macdonald Kil & Benz LLP

Practice Areas: Estate & Trust Litigation; view more

Licensed in California since: 2008

Education: University of California Davis School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2018, 2022 - 2023

Carico Glowacki Macdonald Kil & Benz LLP

841 Apollo Street
Suite 450
El Segundo, CA 90245 Visit website

Details

William G. Benz is a seasoned litigator in the firm’s trust and estate litigation and business transactions departments.  He assists a broad array of clients, ranging from private professional fiduciaries to privately-owned companies.

Mr. Benz represents both beneficiaries and fiduciaries in complex probate court matters – including family-member, paid professional, and public fiduciaries.  Due to his background in business and corporate law, Mr. Benz brings to bear a unique set of tools that aids him in trust and estate disputes involving intricate layered corporate entities.  He also helps his clients in cases of financial elder abuse, fiduciary surcharge and removal, and Probate Code section 850 petitions to recover trust property.

Practice areas

Estate & Trust Litigation

Focus areas

Will Contests

  • 100% Estate & Trust Litigation

First Admitted: 2008, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.caricofirm.com/professionals/william-g-benz

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • California
Transactions:
  • Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach
  • Morgan v. Superior Court, 2019
  • California Teamsters, Local 911 v. City of Redondo Beach (PERB Order No. AD-413-M),on behalf of the City of Redondo Beach
  • Redondo Beach Police Officers Association (Police Management Unit) v. City of Redondo Beach (PERB Order No. Ad-409-M) (2014), on behalf of the City of Redondo Beach
  • Hendricks v. City of Redondo Beach
Honors/Awards:
  • Best Lawyers In America, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Reports/Best Lawyers In America, 2023
  • SuperLawyers® - Rising Star 2023, SuperLawyers®, 2023
  • Best Lawyers In America, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Reports/Best Lawyers In America, 2022
  • SuperLawyers® - Rising Star 2022, SuperLawyers®, 2022
  • Best Lawyers In America, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Reports/Best Lawyers In America, 2021
  • Best Lawyers In America, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, U.S. News & World Reports/Best Lawyers In America, 2020
  • SuperLawyers® - Rising Star 2018, SuperLawyers®, 2018
  • SuperLawyers® - Rising Star 2017, SuperLawyers®, 2017
  • SuperLawyers® - Rising Star 2016, SuperLawyers®, 2016
  • U.C. Davis Business Law Journal, Senior Editor, University of California Davis School of Law
  • BV Distinguished® rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Educational Background:
  • University of California, San Diego, B.A. in Political Science – Public Law
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Presenter at Pincus Professional Education seminar on Probate Litigation 101: The Nuts and Bolts, Presenter, Pincus Professional Education seminar on Probate Litigation 101: The Nuts and Bolts, Pincus Professional Education, 2023
  • Presenter for CEB Continuing Education of the Bar ethics presentation "Who's the Client?", Presenter, CEB - Who's the Client?, Continuing Education of the Bar - California, 2022
  • Presenter at Pincus Professional Education seminar on Probate Litigation 101: The Nuts and Bolts, Presenter, Pincus Professional Education seminar on Probate Litigation 101: The Nuts and Bolts, Pincus Professional Education, 2020
  • Presenter at Employment Issues Related to Personal Attendants, Presenter, Employment Issues Related to Personal Attendants, South Bay Estate Planning Counsel, 2017

Office location for William G. Benz

841 Apollo Street
Suite 450
El Segundo, CA 90245

Phone: 310-545-0010

Selections

2 Years Super Lawyers
5 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025
  • Rising Stars: 2016 - 2018, 2022 - 2023

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