Family Law

• Guardianship
  Susan's expertise in probate, conservatorship, and guardianship law is well known by other attorneys practicing in this area of the law, as well as the Judges of the Probate Court of the Los Angeles Superior Court. She is recognized by the Probate Court and her peers as one of the leading practitioners in this area of the law.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Lynard C. Hinojosa started practicing in 1968 representing the L.A. County Public Administrator/Public Guardian, handling approximately 350 decedent estates and 250 guardianships. After 2 years, he was transferred to other divisions primarily doing administrative law and civil litigation. In 1972, he went into private practice primarily engaging in high-level entertainment, business and real estate litigation and business transactions. Commencing in 1975, the amount of his probate practice increased to the point where, from 1986 to date, his probate/trust/conservatorship practice comprises 100% of his practice. His areas of expertise are in probate, conservatorship and trust litigation, probate and trust administrations, and conservatorships. At the present time, his firm has approximately 400 active decedent estate and trust administrations, heirships, and conservatorships, and has approximately 50 active probate and trust litigations (i.e., will contests, heirship litigations, trust litigations, and surcharge matters). He is regularly appointed by the court, retained by private parties and has testified many times as an expert in probate, conservatorship and trust matters.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The attorneys at Hinojosa & Forer LLP have substantial experience in providing the full breadth of estate planning and trust and probate administration services for clients in Los Angeles and throughout California.
• Wills
  Get practical will and trust drafting skills to speed up the process and give the testator's last wishes power.
• Trusts
  In the Trust context, Hinojosa & Forer LLP is available to serve as a trustee, interim trustee, or successor trustee of a trust. In this capacity, he is guided by the terms of the trust document and the intent of the settlor(s), or by agreement of all of the beneficiaries or parties involved. The administration of each trust will be different due to its terms, the beneficiaries, types of assets comprising the trust estate, liquidity requirements and the objectives of the trust. Hinojosa & Forer LLP is often appointed by the court as successor trustee during litigation involving beneficiaries. Hinojosa & Forer LLP offers comprehensive trust administration services, including arranging for all tax‑related representation with outside accounting firms.
• Power of Attorney
  In many cases, we can help families and individuals avoid conservatorships and allow them to plan their own future care and financial management should they become incapacitated. A conservatorship may be avoided by creating the appropriate estate planning documents, including trusts, durable powers of attorney, and advance health care directives. For more information on planning for incapacity, please see our estate planning page.
• Probate
  Susan Jabkowski brings over 40 years of experience and expertise in conservatorship and probate law to Hinojosa & Forer LLP. Her practice specializes in all aspects of probate, conservatorship and guardianship law and administration from inception onward. Susan represents individuals as well as private professional fiduciaries in all aspects of probate and conservatorship law and administration. Susan has the unique ability to provide both expert legal advice and counsel to her clients, as well as caring consideration to them and their families, in circumstances that are often quite traumatic and upsetting.

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Many of our probate estates involve significant wealth, requiring the filing of a federal estate tax return. Our attorneys have extensive experience in federal estate tax matters, including successful interactions with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve even the most complex tax matters. Our attorneys are often consulted or engaged by other probate attorneys and accountants in managing complex estate tax issues.