Practice Areas

Wright Kim Douglas provides quality services to individuals, families, and business owners. Our desire is to provide a comprehensive plan to our client in order to meet their every need. The services we offer are:

 Business Litgation  |  Conservatorships  |  

 Probates and Trusts |  Real Estate    

Lauriann Wright, David Kim, and J. Andrew Douglas at Conference Table Photo

 

Probate and Trusts

Wright Kim Douglas specializes in providing: planning and post death administration, with an emphasis in litigation.

Planning

  • Living trust
  • Irrevocable life insurance trust
  • Power of attorney
  • Business entities

Basic Planning

  • Basic Planning ensures that your Estate will not go through Probate. Probate is a court proceeding which determines who your Heirs are. Make sure you choose your Heirs and not the State.
  • Living (Revocable) Trusts: Pour-over Wills, Grant Deeds, Asset Analysis, Trust Funding Documents, Durable Power of Attorney(s), Advance Health Care Directives
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Discretionary TrustsBookshelf of books photo
  • A/B Trusts
  • QTIP and QDOT Trusts
  • Domestic Partner Trusts

Advance Planning

  • Advance Planning will ensure that your Estate will not be liquidated to pay for Estate and Inheritance Tax. It will also work to minimize or eliminate the tax.
  • Irrevocable Trusts (ILIT)
  • Grantor Trusts (GRIT/GRAT)
  • Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT)
  • Family Limited Partnerships
  • IRA Trusts
  • Private Foundations
  • Trust Administration Probate
  • Estate Tax Returns
  • LLP, LLC, and Corporations

Post Death Administration

  • Trust administration
  • Probate
  • Estate administration

Litigation

  • Trustee representation
  • Executor representation
  • Beneficiary representation

Business Litigation

Group of People reading books and shaking hands photoWright Kim Douglas lawyers have litigated all types of business disputes ranging from breach of contract to business tort claims, fraud, insurance coverage, unfair competition and accountants’ liability cases, RICO and claims under California Business and Professions Code Section 17200. We can litigate effectively and efficiently just about any contract or tort dispute that arises in the business context and we have litigated those cases throughout California and in a number of other states. We have represented businesses of all types--publicly held corporations, privately owned companies, partnerships and joint ventures--as well as individuals, including entrepreneurs, business owners, corporate officers and directors, and executives.

Real Estate

Real estate transactions and disputes involve many laws, which vary greatly depending the state of the transaction. If you are selling or buying real estate or are involved in a dispute regarding real estate, it is in your best interest to set an appointment to meet with an experienced real estate attorney to ensure that your rights are protected

Conservatorships

Watching your parents grow old can be a very bittersweet and sometimes painful emotional process. It can also become a time-consuming process as our aging parents need our help more and more. Most of us are busy working to support our own families and are left with very little time to take care of our aging parents. This article will explain what a Conservatorship is and how it can help you to protect your aging parent (or any other elderly relative or friend who needs protection).

Wright Kim Douglas is committed to excellent service.  Our goal is to ensure every client gets the personal attention they deserve.

 
 

Professionals

Partners

Glendale Lawyer Lauriann Wright Photo   Lauriann Wright  is an experienced probate litigator and estate planner located in Glendale California. For over 20 years, she has been practicing all phases of probate law and litigation, including conservatorships, guardianships, trusts, and probate estates, throughout Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties. She has been named as a Southern California Super Lawyer in Trust and Estate Litigation for nine consecutive years, from 2012 through 2025. | Read More
     
Glendale California Attorney David Kim Photo  

David Kim Managing Partner of WKD, is an experienced litigator with an extensive business and real estate background, and handles exclusively probate and trust matters, both litigated and non-litigated.

Mr. Kim has successfully conducted several notable trials involving probate and trust disputes on behalf of Private Professional Fiduciaries and individuals.  He also counsels clients in all phases of trust administration, conservatorships and probate matters. 

He also counsels clients| Read More
     
Serving Glendale and Pasadena - Attorney J Andrew Douglas Photo  

J. Andrew Douglas has extensive experience in handling a diverse array of business and real estate matters, specializing in complex business, real estate and probate/trust matters.

Mr. Douglas is licensed to practice in California, Colorado and Arizona. He is admitted to practice before the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California. | Read More

 

 
     
  Tamra Otten is a Partner at WKD. Mrs. Otten’s practice focuses on probate, trusts and conservatorships. She handles both litigation and administration, including Special Needs Trusts. | Read More
     

Of Counsel

    
 

Jennifer Vane  is Of Counsel with WKD, specializing in probate and trust administration and litigation.  She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Government with a minor in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from the University of Notre Dame, graduating with honors. 

She received her law degree (J.D.) from the USC Gould School of Law in 1990. She has been licensed to practice law since 1990. | Read More
     
  Jeff Cohen joins WKD with more than two decades experience as an established Probate and Trust Attorney. Jeff started his career with a small firm handling probate matters, prior to opening his own private probate practice. | Read More

Associates

    
     
  Stephanie Wurzinger  is an Associate at WKD. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Ms. Wurzinger studied at the University of Vienna's School of Law in Austria.| Read More
     
  Christina Wurzinger  is an Associate at WKD. Prior to joining the firm in 2023, Ms. Wurzinger studied at the University of Vienna's School of Law in Austria.| Read More
     
  Grayson Sobel is an Associate at WKD. | Read More
     
Paralegals    
     
  Myrna Sandoval, senior paralegal, has over a decade of legal experience.  She has successfully assisted attorneys in conservatorship, | Read More
     
  Kacie Akau, senior Paralegal with 20 years of total paralegal experience, including civil litigation, employment law, and probate experience. | Read More
     
  Hayley Herrera, senior Paralegal and has been with WKD since 2017. Ms. Herrera graduated from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an emphasis in Law and Society in 2017. | Read More
     
  Bill Kang Bill is a certificated paralegal at WKD. He graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Mathematics and a minor in Computer and Informational Science in 2018.| Read More

 

    

Legal Assistants

    
     
  Anthony Amaya-Flores is a legal assistant at WKD. He graduated from Los Angeles City College with an associate degree in Political Science and Human Behavioral science
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 		   Alexis Tolmajian is a legal assistant at WKD. | Read More
     
  Jamila Seede is a legal assistant at WKD. | Read More
     

Office Manager

    
  Kim Kemp joined WKD in February 2021.  She brings 20 years of experience working in the legal field and in office administration. | Read More
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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