Mark Swatik
Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in Torrance, California
Law Offices of Mark E. Swatik, APC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning & Probate, Estate & Trust Litigation
Licensed in California since: 2010
Education: William Howard Taft University Law School
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2020 
Free Consultation Law Offices of Mark E. Swatik, APC
21250 Hawthorne BlvdSuite 500
Torrance, CA 90503 Phone: 310-540-6000 Email: Mark Swatik Visit website
Details
Mark Swatik is currently a sole proprietor of the Law Offices of Mark E. Swatik, APC in Torrance, California. Mr. Swatik is a Board-Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law under the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, which is a distinction held by less than 1% of California attorneys. Mr. Swatik was voted “Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Attorney” in the South Bay’s Best of the Beach Awards and the Daily Breeze Readers' Choice Awards "Best Living Trust Attorney" and was honored to receive these recognitions from our community. Mr. Swatik also has a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent and High Ethical Standing ratings, as well as the Super Lawyer designation.
Concurrent with his partnership at his first law firm, Mr. Swatik also served the Hawthorne Police Department as a Police Sergeant. Mr. Swatik honorably retired from law enforcement in 2013 to dedicate all of his efforts and time to his law practice. Mr. Swatik also earned an MBA and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker.
Mr. Swatik has been active in animal rescue and has also been an active martial arts practitioner his entire life, having earned black belts in four separate disciplines, including being among the group of the first Americans in the United States to earn a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
First Admitted: 2010, California
Professional Webpage: https://sbtrustlaw.com/mark-swatik/
- Certified Legal Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, 2017
- South Bay Bar Association, 2015
- Los Angeles County Bar Association-Trust and Estates Section, 2010
- 1500+ estate planning clients
- Board Certified Legal Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, 2018
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040719005190/en/Hawthorne-Police-Officer-Mark-E.-Swatik-Awarded, 10th Annual Law Enforcement Law School Scholarship, William Howard Taft University, 2004
- MBA, Emphasis: Finance, Webster University, 2004
- William Howard Taft Law School, 2009
- Voted South Bay's Best Living Trust Attorney in the South Bay, published by the Readers' Choice Awards for Daily Breeze/The Beach Reporter/Palos Verdes Peninsula News. Mark is an attorney and Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law under the California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, and partner with the law firm Swatik & Brandlin LLP, where they specialize in estate planning, living trusts, and probate, as well as trust administration, trust and will litigation, conservatorships, guardianships, special needs planning, elder law, business succession planning, business law and litigation, and real estate law. Mark has an MBA, with an emphasis in Finance, and is a retired police sergeant. Mark is also a licensed Real Estate Broker. Mark Swatik-Swatik & Brandlin LLP 2377 Crenshaw Blvd, Suite 201, Torrance (310) 540-6000, www.sbtrustlaw.com., 2021
- Voted Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Attorney in Easy Reader Magazine's Best of the Beach Awards, 2023
- Voted Best Living Trust Attorney in the South Bay for Daily Breeze newspaper's South Bay's Best Readers' Choice Awards, 2022
- Voted Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Attorney in Easy Reader Magazine's Best of the Beach Awards, 2023
- Voted Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Attorney in Easy Reader Magazine's Best of the Beach Awards, 2022
- Voted Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Attorney in Easy Reader Magazine's Best of the Beach Awards, 2021
- Voted South Bay's Favorite Attorney in the South Bay, published by the Readers' Choice Awards for Daily Breeze/The Beach Reporter/Palos Verdes Peninsula News--http://dailybreeze.readerschoice.la/best-attorney/ Mark E. Swatik. Mark is an attorney and Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law under the California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, and partner with the law firm Burkley Brandlin & Swatik LLP, where they specialize in estate planning, living trusts, and probate, as well as trust administration, trust and will litigation, conservatorships, guardianships, special needs planning, elder law, business succession planning, business law and litigation, and real estate law. Mark has an MBA, with an emphasis in Finance, and is a retired police sergeant. Mark is also a licensed Real Estate Broker. Mark Swatik-Burkley Brandlin & Swatik LLP 21515 Hawthorne Blvd. #820, Torrance (310) 540-6000, www.bbslawoffice.com , 2020
- Voted Best Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Attorney in the South Bay, published by the "Best of the Beach" Easy Reader Newspaper https://easyreadernews.com/best-of-the-beach-professional-services/ Estate Planning, Trust Attorney Mark Swatik This is the first year that Trust Attorney is a category in our Best Of The Beach survey, and our readers responded by honoring Mark E. Swatik. Mark is an attorney and Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law under the California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization, and partner with the law firm Burkley Brandlin Swatik & Keesey LLP, where they specialize in estate planning, living trusts, and probate, as well as trust administration, trust and will litigation, conservatorships, guardianships, special needs planning, elder law, business succession planning, business law and litigation, and real estate law. Mark has an MBA, with an emphasis in Finance, and is a retired police sergeant. Mark is also a licensed Real Estate Broker. Mark Swatik-Burkley Brandlin Swatik & Keesey LLP 21515 Hawthorne Blvd. #820, Torrance (310) 540-6000 www.bbslawoffice.com , 2019
Office location for Mark Swatik
21250 Hawthorne Blvd
Suite 500
Torrance, CA 90503
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2020
Certificates and credentials
Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law
