Tamila Jensen
Top rated Elder Law attorney in Mission Hills, California
Practice Areas:
Elder Law,
Estate & Trust Litigation,
Estate Planning & Probate
Education Qualification:
University of California Davis School of Law
Practice Areas:
Elder law,
Estate & trust litigation,
Estate planning & probate
15455 San Fernando Mission Blvd Suite 202Los Angeles, California, 91344
First Admitted: 1973, California
Bar/Professional Activity:
- State Bar of California, 1973
- President, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Vice President, Neighborhood Legal Services
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- United States Supreme Court November 13, 2012
- Supreme Court of California, December 19, 1973
- Kasperbauer v. Fairfield, (2009) 171 CA 4th 229, 88 CR 3d 494
- Boranian vs. Clark (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 1012, 20 Cal.Rptr.3d 405
- In Re Marriage of Ruelas (2007)154 Cal.App.4th 339
- Santa Monica Pines, Ltd. v. Rent Control Board (1984) 35 Cal.3d 858 (amicus)
- Frank Annino & Sons Construction, Inc. v. McArthur Restaurants, Inc. (1989) 215 Cal.App.3d 353 (plaintiff and appellant)
- California Coastal Commission v. Quanta Investment Corp. (1980) 113 Cal.App.3d 579 (intervener and respondent)
- El Patio vs. Permanent Rent Control Board (1980) 110 Cal.App.3d 915 (petitioner)
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Mediator
Pro bono/Community Service:
- SFVBA Delegate to Conference of Delegates 1997 to present
- President, Neighborhood Legal Services, 2012 - 2013
- SFVBA Delegate to ABA Conference of Delegates, 2009-2010
- Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, 2004/2005
- Member, Bench Bar Coalition, California Judicial Counsel, 2005 - present
- Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Services, 2001-present
- President, San Fernando Valley Bar Association - 2008 - 2009
- Member, San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Counsel, 2000 - present
- Member Probate Volunteer Panel, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1996 - present
- Member, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2000 - present
- Member, Committee for the 75th Anniversary of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association
- Member, Southern California Council of Elder Law Attorneys, 2001 - present
- Certified Mediator pursuant to the California Dispute Resolutions Program Act, 1998
- Member Appeals Panel, Department 70, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1996 - 2006
- Member Probate Mediation Panel, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1997 - 2000
- Dispute Resolution Services, settlement officer, 1996-present
- Participant, Judge Pro-Tem Program of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1997 - 2001
- Joint Association Settlement Officer Program (JSOP), L.A. County Bar Association
- School Leadership Counsel, Valley View Elementary School, L.A. Unified School District, 1990 - 1991 and 1991 - 1992
- Class Agent, King Hall Alumni Association, class of 1973, 1995 - 2000
- Energy Task Force, Land use, and Transportation Committee, City of Bloomington, Indiana, 1977
- Mayor's Committee to Study/Amend the Charter, Santa Barbara, California, 1975
- Board of Directors, Monroe County Girls Club, a United Way Organization 1977 - 1979
- Board of Directors, King Hall Alumni Association, 1974-1975
- Estate Planning Counsel of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1994 - 1997, 2006 to present
- Member of LACBA Appellate Courts Committee
- Member Board of Directors, WLALA, 1999/2000
- Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, 1994 - 2004
- Member LACBA trusts section
- L.A. County Bar Association President Elect 2019-2020
- California Women Lawyers, 1975 - present
- L.A. County Bar Association vice president 2016-2018
- L.A. County Bar Association Board of Trustees, 2009 - 2010
- L.A. County Bar Association, 1994 - present
- Counsellor, Senior Citizens Legal Services Program, San Fernando Valley Bar Association 1995 - 1998
- Delegate to State Bar Contention for San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1995 - present
- Chair, Women Lawyers Section, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1997 - 2001
- Chair, Resolutions Committee of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2015-2016
- Member Board of Trustees, SFVBA, 1998 - 2004 and 2005 - 2009
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 1993 - present
Educational Background:
- University of California at Berkeley, Great Distinction in General Scholarship, Honors Program Completed in the Major with Great Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Class of 1969
- Boston University School of Law (Lazarski University), LLM., 2015
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Teaching Real Estate Law Abroad”, Valley Lawyer, February 2011 at p. 20
- Staff Editor, American Business Law Journal, 1979- 1980
- Presenter, 12th Annual Women's Conference, College of the Canyons, "Entrepreneurship and Starting Your Own Business", panel member, April, 1998
- Debrechen School of Law, Debrechen, Hungary, seminar “American Legal System and Contract Law”, October 2007
- European School of Law and Governance, Pristina, Kosovo, seminar “Real Property Law in the U.S.” October 2010
- Presented, April, 2012 PFAC Conference, “The Powers of a Conservator to Intervene in the Marital Relationship of the Conservatee”
- Co-presented, June 8, 2012 CEB class “Enhancing Communication Between Lawyer and Client in Estate Planning”
- Presented, June 2, 2016 PFAC Conference, “The Powers of a Conservator to Intervene in the Marital Relationship of the Conservatee”
- “Scalia’s Lasting Legacy: Debating the Constitution” “The Living Constitution”, Valley Lawyer, May 2016, p. 12
- “Challenging Sex Discrimination: The Costs and Benefits”, 1 of 7 half-hour videotape programs on Women in Newspaper Management, producer, interviewer, co-editor, May, 1977, Center for New Communications, School of Journalism, Indiana University
- "Looking Back, Looking Forward", King Hall Counsellor, Winter 1998 at p. 34
- “Protesting a Perceived Injustice: Sex Discrimination and the Restoration of Equity”, Social Justice Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988, co-author
- "Perceived Personal Costs of Filing Complaints of Sex Discrimination", Working Paper Series, College of Administrative Science, The Ohio State University, WPS 83-18, April 1983, co author
- “The Whistleblowing Process”, 3 Work and Occupations, 10, February, 1983, co-author
- “Correlates of Whistle blowers’ Perceptions of Organizational Retaliation”, 27, Admin. Sci Quarterly 17, March, 1982, co-author
- “From Belle Terre to East Cleveland: Zoning, the Family and the Right to Privacy”, XIII Family Law Quarterly 1, Spring, 1979
- “Availability of Minorities and Women for Professional and Managerial Positions 1970-1985, by Stephen A. Schneider”, Business Horizons, August, 1978, at p. 87, book review
- Taught a seminar on the law of contracts at Debrecen University School of Law in Hungary. In 2010 I will team-teach a seminar on real property law at the European School of Law and Development in Pristina, Kosovo, Visiting lecturer, Debrechen University School Of Law, Hungary, 2007
- “Environmental Law and the Consumer”, paper presented at annual convention of Business Educators, 1978, at Indiana University
- “Changing Concepts of Property Law”, paper presented at School of Business Executive Education Program, 1978, at Indiana University
- “A Supreme Court Zoning Decision”, Business Horizons, August, 1977, at p. 72
- “Arcosanti v. Traditional Property Rights and Land Use Regulation: Ecologists’ Solution or Landowner’s Bane?”, Selected Papers of American Business Law Association Annual Meeting, 1977
Industry Groups:
- Bench Bar Coalition
- California Women Lawyers
- Estate Planning Counsel
- Granada Hills Chamber Of Commerce
- King Hall Alumni Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- National Association Of Elder Law Attorneys
- Neighborhood Legal Services
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association
- Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association
- Southern California Counsel Of Elder Law Attorneys
Contact Tamila
All the below fields are required