Yacoba Ann Feldman

Attorney Yacoba Ann Feldman is the founder and owner of Law Offices of Yacoba Ann Feldman in Woodland Hills, California. Serving clients throughout the greater Los Angeles metro and all across the state, Ms. Feldman has nearly 40 years of total legal experience, and she provides invaluable counsel and support to individuals, families and business owners who seek trustworthy and compassionate legal guidance regarding any of the following:

· Wills, trusts and estate planning

· Probate and trust and estate administration

· Conservatorships and guardianships

· Estate planning for nontraditional couples and domestic partners

· Special needs trusts and pet trusts

· Powers of attorney and health care directives

· Gift planning and charitable planning

· Business succession planning and coordination of retirement benefits

No matter the scope or complexity of her clients' needs, Ms. Feldman delivers highly personalized counsel to help her clients make the best-informed decisions on the matters that will affect them, their families and their companies for years to come. At all turns, she maintains an unwavering focus on helping her clients achieve their goals as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, and she works diligently to ensure their final wishes are met in accordance with the plans they have established regarding their assets and health care needs.

Drawing upon her extensive legal knowledge and experience, Ms. Feldman has published numerous articles and conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars across her region on a variety of topics related to estate planning and administration, domestic partnerships, trusts, estate taxation and more.

She is also an active member of the Probate and Estate Planning Sections of The State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association as well as the San Fernando Valley Bar Association. In addition, she serves as probate volunteer panel attorney and probate settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court. Outside her legal practice, she also serves on the Valley Advisory Board for OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, and she is the past president of Temple Judea.

A 1978 magna cum laude graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Ms. Feldman obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1981. She also received her Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1996. She is admitted to practice before all California state courts as well as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.