First Admitted: 2000, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

The Federal Court Eastern District of California
Los Angeles County Bar Association, member
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Member
The Federal Court Southern District of California
California State Bar Association, Sections: Trusts & Estates, Member Executive Committee
The Federal Court Northern District of California
The Federal Court for the Central District of California

Representative Clients:

Defended owner of National Basketball Association in Probate Trial after spouse filed Petition for Approval of Team Sale without consent under Trust Provisions related to incompetence. Represented beneficiary in 9 day trial concerning issues such as Lack of Capacity, Undue Influence, Quiet Title, Independent Review, and Gifts to Caregivers. Represented Personal Representative at Trial based on Petition for Order Directing Conveyance of Property to Estate, Request for Double Damages and Punitive Damages. Represented sibling at trial on a highly contested conservatorship proceeding, with multiple competing petitioners. Represented co-conservators at trial on an accounting in contested conservatorship proceeding. Represented Conservator of the Person and Estate at trial. Conservator's theories of recovery were based on conversion of conservatee's real property, Elder abuse, and the power of the court to adjudicate an estate's claims against persons charged with embezzling, concealing, or otherwise wrongfully taking or retaining property belong to the estate. (Probate Code §850(a)(2)(D) & Probate Code §859). Represented spouse with complex dissolution given entertainment industry issues.

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Educational Background:

The University of California, Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors, Political Science Los Angeles, 1996

Other Outstanding Achievements:

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Only lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability receive a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings evaluates lawyers based on the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary, including both those who are rated and those who are not.

Yasha Bronshteyn