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Getting Started |
| When you call our office to schedule your free initial estate planning consultation, you will be sent a package of information including directions to our office as well as two questionnaires for you to complete and bring with you to the first meeting. Having this information available for the attorney you will be meeting with will make your free consultation much more productive. The first questionnaire requests information about your family, who you would like to manage your financial affairs in the event you are able to do so, who you would like to make health care decisions for you and how you would like your estate distributed after you are gone. The second questionnaire requests information about your finances. If you would prefer to download the directions to our office and the family information and asset information questionnaires, click here. |
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Dennis mentioned in Redlands Daily Facts Article |
The May 9, 2008 edition of the Redlands Daily Facts contained an article entitled "Planning for the Forgetting" in which the writer detailed that vast array of information he garnered by attending a presentation given by Dennis Sandoval which was sponsored by Somerford Place, an assisted living facility specializing in the care of persons with Alzheimer's Disease. Somerford Place is located in Redlands, California. During the presentation Dennis covered pre-planning strategies for persons recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease as well as planning for persons who no longer have the legal capacity to engage in planning and therefore need a conservatorship. The information given during the "Planning for the Forgetting" seminar is provided in the Life Care Planning seminars that are hosted on a periodic basis by our firm. Assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities that would like to have Dennis give his "Planning for the Forgetting" presentation for their residents, families and other parties can make inquiry about Mr. Sandoval's availability at 951-787-7711. |
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Dennis Joins Special Needs Alliance |
 Dennis is proud to announce that he has been invited to join the prestigious Special Needs Alliance, an exclusive organization of attorneys that specialize in planning for special needs persons. Through his affiliation with the Special Needs Alliance, Dennis will have the collective wisdom and planning experience of some of the top special needs planning attorneys in the United States available to him and his special needs clients. Dennis is one of only six Special Needs Alliance members in California. The Special Needs Alliance has slightly over one hundred members nationwide. For more information on special needs estate planning, visit our website at www.cal-special-needs-attorney.com. You can get additional information about the Special Needs Alliance by visiting www.specialneedsalliance.com. If you know of a special needs support group that would like to have Dennis give them a presentation on Special Needs Estate Planning, please contact our office. In the past year, Dennis has made informative and entertaining presentations to various Inland Empire and Orange County support groups dealing with individuals with Down Syndrome, Autism, Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Schlerosis, and ALS.
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Dennis is Contributing Author of Special Needs Trust Treatise |
 The California Education of the Bar recently announced the publication of its two-volume treatise entitled Special Needs Trusts: Planning, Drafting and Administration. Dennis is the author of the chapter on Taxation of Special Needs Trusts. |
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Dennis is Named to NAELA Board of Directors |
 The membership of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has voted to confirm the nomination of Dennis to the Board of Directors of NAELA. The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is the premier membership organization for attorneys specializing in elder law. For more information on NAELA, visit its website at www.naela.org. Dennis will serve on the Board of Directors from 2008 through 2010. |
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Dennis is Named to NELF Board of Directors |
| Dennis has been named to the Board of Directors of the National Elder Law Foundation. The National Elder Law Foundation is the non-profit organization that administers the Certified Elder Law Attorney or CELA designation. To learn more about NELF, click here. |
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Dennis is Elected as President of Southern California NAELA Chapter |
| Dennis has been elected as the 2008 / 2009 president of the Southern California Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. To learn more about the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, click here. |
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Money Magazine Touts the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys |
 Money Magazine recently named the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys as the resource to go to for a referral of a qualified estate planning attorney. Dennis has been the Director of Education for the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys since 2000. In his capacity of Director of Education, Mr. Sandoval trains estate planning attorneys nationwide on all areas of estate planning and elder law. |
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Dennis M. Sandoval, A PLC is Admitted as Charter Member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association |
 Our law firm had been admitted as a charter member of the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association. Our law firm is the only law firm in Southern California with a Geriatric Care Coordinator on staff. Karen Griffith, our Geriatric Care Coordinator, works exhaustively to secure the highest of care for our frail elderly and disabled clients. With the growing population of frail elderly and families needing advice regarding in-home care, assisted living and skilled nursing homes, life care planning is a growing area of the law. Click here to learn more about life care planning at our website, www.life-care-planning.com. If you would like more information about life care planning in general as well as the Life Care Planning Law Firms Association, visit www.lcplfa.org. |
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Associate Attorney Pamela Valencia Passes Certification Exam |
 Dennis is proud to announce that our associate attorney, Pamela Valencia, passed the exam administered by the California Bar Board of Legal Specialists to become certified as a Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialist. Dennis is the only attorney in California with three specialist designations as a Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialist, a Certified Taxation Law Specialist and a Certified Elder Law Attorney. Click here to lean more about the Legal Specialization program administered by the California Bar Board of Legal Specialization. |
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Glen J. Biondi Joins Law Firm |
 We are proud to announce that Glen J. Biondi has joined our staff as of-counsel attorney. Glen’s primary role will be assisting the firm with our growing number of trust and estate litigation, probate and conservatorship clients. He will also be assisting with our estate planning clients. Glen has extensive experience with trust and estate litigation, as well as real estate litigation. Prior to joining our firm, Glen worked for two prominent inland empire law firms specializing in real estate and estate planning law – Thompson and Colegate and Giardinelli and Associates. Click here to learn more about Glen’s background. |
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Pamela Valencia Elected as Co-Chairperson of Riverside County Bar Association Estate Planning Section |
| Our associate attorney, Pamela Valencia, has been elected as the 2008 / 2009 Co-Chairperson of the Estate Planning Section of the Riverside California Bar Association. We are very proud of Pamela’s achievement. |
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Seminars |
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Free Brochures |
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free brochures that will be of interest to those with
loved ones in or about to go into nursing homes:
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DocuBank |
| Terri Schiavo case highlights
the importance of having accessible healthcare documents.
DocuBank keeps health care documents on file for people
who want to have those documents available at a moment's
notice. Dennis M. Sandoval, A Professional Law Corporation
provides all its clients that have purchased a comprehensive
estate plan with a complimentary three year membership
to DocuBank, one of the nation’s oldest and largest
emergency health care information access service companies.
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Visit Our Other
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| We have several other websites that might be of interest to you:
http://www.cal-elder-lawyer.com is our elder law planning website. There you will find information about planning for receipt of Medi-Cal benefits, planning for receipt of Veterans Aid and Attendance benefits, conservatorships, durable powers of attorney for property, advance health care directives, and HIPAA authorization forms.
http://www.life-care-planning.com is our life care planning website. There you will find resources for caregivers, and information about caring for the frail elderly in their homes, in assisted living facilities and RCFEs, and in Skilled Nursing Facilities. You will find out how a life care planning attorney is what you need to relief from those sleepless nights worrying about how you will provide care for your elder loved one.
http://www.cal-special-needs-attorney.com is our website devoted exclusively to estate planning for your special needs loved one. Our law firm is the “go-to” firm to plan for your child or grandchild with special needs.
http://www.fight-the-taxman.com is our website that contains information about dealing with the IRS and California taxing authorities. We can assist you with resolving your income tax, employment tax, sales tax, or property tax problems. We are admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Board of Equalization, and the California Employment Development Department. |
