Shauna Anderson | Trusts, Estates, and Tax Law
About this episode
Shauna Anderson discusses her journey in trusts, estates, and tax law, emphasizing the importance of legal practice in making a meaningful impact on clients' lives.
In this episode of Lawyers Who Care, host Andrew Samalin speaks with Shauna Anderson, partner and owner at Law Stein Anderson in Irvine, California. Shauna practices trusts, estates, and tax law, advocating for clients during family inheritance disputes and probate proceedings while helping families protect their assets through thoughtful estate planning. Shauna shares how a family member in the legal profession inspired her ambition to become an attorney from elementary school age, and how working with children with learning disabilities during law school shaped her belief that legal practice should always make a meaningful impact on people's lives. That same calling led her to the senior community, where clients navigating the loss of a spouse or the onset of diminished capacity need both legal guidance and genuine human support. She also recounts a deeply moving client story: a woman who had spent her career as a hairstylist, raised her children, and never managed the family finances — only to discover after losing her husband of more than fifty years that she was now responsible for thirty million dollars in real estate assets she never knew existed. Topics covered: - A…
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