California Estate Planning Practice Blog

Four Miles North As The Crow Flies.

From my surprise post announcing my move to Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle last week, I wanted to share a bit more about how the firm operates.

It operates pretty much the same way my former practice did. I feel like I just literally moved my office 4 miles (as the crow flies) North. I sit facing the same way. I sit at the same office furniture. 

I have the same freedoms to continue blogging, meeting with potential clients and servicing existing and new clients in the same manner as before.

What's new is the tremendous support staff and infrastructure at TLD. There are two very competent and professional assistants in the Long Beach office. [The downtown Long Beach office is cozy. There are 3 attorneys in this office, 2 legal assistants and 1 paralegal.] They are here to help clients make appointments and deal with smaller matters like giving excellent directions to the office.

Before I had no staff. I was using voice-mail to take messages if I was in court or in a meeting with clients. Now you can be assured that your messages to be are personally taken and delivered to me.

You can also be assured that I will have the resources within TLD to respond to all of my client's needs in other legal areas.

• TLD services clients in three offices: Long Beach, Downey and Irvine. If it is more convenient, I can meet you at the office closest to you.
  
• TLD represents individuals and families in estate planning, probate, trust administration, family law and personal injury practices.
  
• TLD also has extensive experience representing small and medium sized companies in business, real estate, employment and litigation practices.

If you have other legal matters that need attention, please let me know. I would be more than happy to introduce you to TLD.

Transitions, Transitions, Transitions.

Funny thing about being a blogger. Things happen. Good things. Bad things sometimes. But good things mostly. As many of you may notice, I typically blog 5 to 6 times week.

The frequency of my posts has slowed down over the past two weeks for a good reason.

I was approached by Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP to bring my estate planning and probate practice to their Long Beach office not too long ago. TLD is an excellent community based law firm with offices in Long Beach, Downey and Irvine, California, offering representation in wide range of legal matters involving business and consumer law.

How being approached by TLD relates to blogging is as follows: I was one of three invited speakers by Lorman Seminars to present at two estate planning seminars. Lorman approached me because of my blogging presence. I met Mark Doyle from these seminars as he was one of the three invited speakers. After the first seminar, I was approached by Mark about a possible opportunity. And so it goes.

This transition required me to examine my own goals as a solo law practitioner. It also required me to make heavy decisions about my existing practice and where I saw its future.

In the end, the opportunity to practice law within TLD was too good of an opportunity for me to turn down. Furthermore, this opportunity will allow me to spend even greater time with clients assisting with their legal matters involving estate planning, probate and trust administration.

This is possible because of the existing infrastructure at TLD, which frees me to spend more time blogging, meeting with clients and producing estate planning documents without having to worry about running a business at the same time.

Sure, I am giving up some freedoms, but the trade off to spend my time with you as clients is what I am gaining by joining TLD.

You'll find me at the blog more than ever before with lots of estate planning, probate and trust administration posts. Stick around for what's to come.

My new contact information:

Jennifer N. Sawday, Esq.
Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP
100 W. Broadway, Suite 6030
Long Beach, California 90802
(562) 901-3050
email: jsawday@tldlaw.com