Law Office of Barbara Bergstein

Specialties

Estate and Trust Attorney with over 23 years experience. Handling Probate matters, Elder Law cases and Special Needs Trusts. I am often consulted regarding the uses of Special Needs Trust for individuals with disabilities.

History

Established in 1995.

Began with law firm of Burgh, Balian & Bergstein from 1995 to 2010. Then the Law Office of Barbara Bergstein from 2010 to the present.

Meet the Business Owner

Barbara B.

Business Owner

Barbara Bergstein, Esq.

Past member executive board of the state bar estate and gift tax committee

Barbara Bergstein is a sole practitioner in Sherman Oaks, California with over 20 years experience in handling trust and estate matters. She specializes in probate of wills and trust matters, elder law and special needs trusts.

She is frequently consulted regarding the uses and drafting of special needs trusts for families with disabled children. In addition, she frequently drafts special needs trusts in personal injury settlements for disabled minors and adults. She is the author of «the uses of irrevocable special need trusts in gift and estate tax planning» which appeared in tax information perspectives, a publication of the estate & gift tax subcommittee, California tax bar.

She was the parent of a child with Autism and has experienced first hand the heartache and struggles of having a loved one with special needs.