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Can a Small Estate be Handled Without Probate?
By Brad N. Baker
In some circumstances a small estate can avoid probate if there is not a Will or Trust. Learn how to check how an estate could qualify for that or whether a Trust or Will is needed.
How to Negotiate Common Area Costs (CAM) in Commercial Leases
By Clint Wilson
How can you keep CAM costs low? Attorney Clint Wilson gives several Tenant Tips to help negotiate Common Area Costs in commercial leases.
BB&L Congratulates New Partner Evan Koch
Baker, Burton & Lundy is pleased to announce that trial lawyer Evan Koch has been made a partner. Evan’s skill in getting results for his clients was noticed by the legal community and he has been recognized as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers in 2014 – 2018.
Baker, Burton & Lundy Wins Best of the Beach Civil Attorney
The Law Office of Baker, Burton & Lundy is honored to receieve the Best of the Beach Award for Best Civil Attorney from the Easy Reader.
Public Storage Class Action Law Suit
Currently, Baker, Burton & Lundy is involved with a class action lawsuit that alleges deceptive business practices by Public Storage in California.
How to Avoid Having a Lien Recorded Against Your Home after Construction
During the remodel or renovation of your home, here are some steps to take to help ensure that your property remains lien free after construction is complete.
Tenant Holdover – What if I Stay Past My Lease Term?
Frequently we get calls from clients who realize their lease is due to expire and they need advice as to their liability if they do not surrender the leased premises upon expiration of the lease (i.e., holdover).
Helping Families who Suffered from Morgue Negligence
When you are an attorney, your clients don’t often call you with good news in their lives. Usually someone is calling because they are facing a difficulty, sometimes a very big one in their life.
Property Line Issues – Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
If good fences make good neighbors, what happens when the fence you share with your neighbor has been constructed on your side of the property line depriving you of a portion of your property and allowing your neighbor exclusive use and access to a portion of your property?
Thanksgiving Reflections
By Brad N. Baker
Although the challenges in our lives seem to be headed our way with increasing speed, the blessings that we are given far exceed the challenges when a moment is taken to reflect.
Día de Los Muertos and Mortuary Negligence
All Souls Day and Día de Los Muertos are celebrated around the world to honor the dead. Unfortunately in some mortuary negligence cases sometimes the dead are not allowed to rest in peace.
Upcoming Changes to Employee Overtime Pay: What is the FLSA’s “Final Rule” and How Will it Affect Your Business?
A number of business owners have recently contacted our office regarding the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new overtime pay rule that is going into effect on December 1, 2016. These business owners are specifically wondering what this new overtime rule is and how it will affect their business.
The Difference Between Probate vs. Wills vs. Trusts
Estate planning attorney Christine Daniels explains the differences between probate vs. wills vs. trusts to help people make better decisions for their estate plans.
Many of my friends don’t really know what estate planning means. Granted, most of them are my age, in their mid-twenties and have been lucky enough to not have experienced a parent’s unexpected, premature passing. Nonetheless, having an idea of the three main ways to administer the assets after a loved one’s passing is good info to have in your back pocket.
Muhammad Ali & Me – Fighting for POWS
Muhammad Ali finally traveled to Vietnam to fight for POWs with attorney Albro Lundy III to help find his father, Major Albro Lynn Lundy Jr., lost in Laos.
News on Portability for Estate Planning
Recent estate law changes have created new opportunities for people with less than $10 million in assets to reduce future income taxes for their beneficiaries.
Brad N. Baker, senior estate planning attorney at Baker, Burton & Lundy, describes what basis is and how the new opportunities with Portability might affect you.
A Game Plan for Surviving Construction Defect Litigation
There are three things you should do immediately if you are served with a lawsuit: 1) contact your lawyer, 2) contact your insurance company, and 3) find your job file.
Should I Incorporate in Delaware, Nevada, or Another State?
While certain state laws (especially Delaware) are generally more favorable to company organizers, especially where passive investors/shareholders are involved, oftentimes difficulties created with foreign incorporation outweigh the benefits.
Martinez: Burned But Not Beaten
Baker, Burton & Lundy prosecuted this case tenaciously, trying the case for over 30 days and taking the case up to the California Supreme Court twice. The jury spent over a week determining a verdict, awarding $3.16 million to the Martinez family for their damages suffered as a result of the explosion.
Baker, Burton & Lundy Law Firm Presents $93,000 Cy Pres Donation
On Friday, May 16, 2014, Brad Baker, partner at the Law Offices of Baker, Burton & Lundy, presented a donation of $93,940 from the Anti-trust Natural Gas Settlement to the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, thus completing a 14 year journey.
Bleeding Life
Since he moved to Palos Verdes in the mid-1990s, Torrance Memorial Medical Center has been Albro Lundy’s preferred place to donate blood. He goes in every two to three months.
Road Design Case Results in Safer Roads for California
When Clete Schmidt got in a horrific accident at a rural T-intersection that left him a quadriplegic, Baker, Burton & Lundy made sure that California roadway managers Caltrans were brought to court for their negligent management of the dangerous intersection that caused Schmidt’s life-changing accident.
Winning Back Billions for California Consumers
Winning Back Billions for California Consumers Baker, Burton & Lundy’s eight year fight and multi-billion dollar victories will provide decades of benefits for all California energy consumers and prevent energy companies from benefiting from their conspiracy....