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About The Law Offices of Richard Seff
The Law Offices of Richard Seff is an estate planning and elder law firm in Woodland Hills, serving California families since 1990. Richard M. Seff helps families protect their assets, plan for long-term care and Medi-Cal, and navigate Proposition 19, trust administration, and probate across the West Valley.
Meet Richard M. Seff
Richard M. Seff
Woodland Hills Estate Planning Attorney
During my second year of law school, my grandfather passed away. He had an estate plan, prepared by a competent attorney, properly signed, filed away. The family felt confident everything was in order.
It wasn’t. Because assets had never been transferred into the trust, the family was forced through a lengthy, expensive probate process. The documents existed. The plan had failed.
I watched what that did to my family: the time it consumed, the costs it created, the conflict it caused at an already difficult moment. And I realized this wasn’t a rare mistake. It was a pattern. Too many estate plans are drafted and filed and never truly implemented. They look right on paper and fall apart when they’re needed most.
When I started my own firm, I built it around a different commitment: every plan I create will work. Not just on paper. In practice, in the real world, when a family actually needs it.
What 35 years in Woodland Hills has taught me
I have practiced estate planning and elder law from my Woodland Hills office since 1990. In that time I have worked with thousands of families across the West Valley: Calabasas, Tarzana, Encino, West Hills, and the broader Los Angeles and Ventura County area.
What that experience has given me is perspective that no textbook provides. I have seen what happens when planning is done well, and what happens when it isn’t. I have sat with families in crisis who had options, and with families in crisis who didn’t. I have watched California’s legal landscape shift significantly (Prop 19, Medi-Cal recovery rule changes, trust administration updates), and I have helped clients adapt their plans as the law evolved.
My daughters Rachel and Emily grew up watching me do this work. They remain my daily reminder of why it matters, because every family I help has people who depend on getting this right.
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