Ivan Alexandrovich

A focused practice, on purpose

The core of the practice is estate planning: trusts, wills, powers of attorney, health directives, trust administration, and probate. Trademark and copyright work is offered alongside it, with patent practice opening upon admission to the patent bar. What the practice does not do is take whatever walks in the door — each area is one Ivan works in continuously, not occasionally.

The reason is practical. California estate planning has enough moving parts on its own: the statutory probate fee schedule, Proposition 19 reassessment, Medi-Cal estate recovery, community property characterization, and the basis rules that determine what an heir actually owes in capital gains. These interact. A change made to solve one of them can quietly create another, and noticing that requires working in this area continuously rather than occasionally.

How the practice works

Every client works directly with Ivan. He takes the consultation, drafts the documents, and sits with you while you read them. There is no intake team routing you to someone you have not met and no paralegal handing back a binder you are expected to interpret alone.

Pricing is quoted flat and in writing before drafting begins. You will know what the complete engagement costs before anyone starts billing time against it.

Consultations and document review are available in English and Spanish.

Credentials

What you should expect to be told

That you may not need a trust. If you rent, your assets are modest, and your beneficiary designations are current, a will and a set of incapacity documents can be the honest and complete answer. Estate planning has a well-earned reputation for selling large packages to people who needed a small one.

And that the documents are only half the work. A trust that is signed but never funded, with no recorded deed and no retitled accounts, sends the estate through exactly the probate it was bought to avoid. Funding is part of the engagement here, not homework handed back to you.