SUSAN STRICKLIN WILSON

Areas of Practice

  • Estate planning

  • Probate

  • Conservatorship

  • Guardianship

  • Estate and Trust Administration

  • Administration Law

  • Federal Estate and Gift Taxation

  • Probate and Trust Litigation

Admitted to Practice

  • California, 1983

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1983

Awards and Honors

  • AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating

Education

  • University of Southern California, J.D., 1983

  • Stanford University, A.B., 1977, with honors

Professional Memberships

  • State Bar of California

  • San Diego County Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

Certifications

  • Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Reported Cases

  • Betts v. City National Bank (2007), Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One,  156 Cal.App.4th 222, 67 Cal.Rptr.3d 152

  • Estate of Hughes (1992), Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, 5 Cal.App.4th 1607, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 742

  • Mark S. Novak v. Michael Fay, Trustee (2015), Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Five, 236 CA4th 329

Biography

  • Born in Memphis, Tennessee

  • Extern Law Clerk to Judge J. Lawrence Irving, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1983

  • Associate, Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, San Diego, California, 1983–1988

  • Sole Practitioner since 1988