Taylor Summers Rhodes Rasmussen Brooke & Woodard LLP


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Taylor Summers Rhodes Rasmussen Brooke & Woodard LLP


301 East Colorado Boulevard Suite 407 Pasadena, California 91101-1920View Map

Practice Areas:

Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration, Taxation, Business Law and Litigation.

Year Established: 1930

Firm Profile:

For 75 years, Taylor Summers Rhodes Rasmussen Brooke & Woodard LLP has been providing high quality, personalized legal services in Los Angeles County. The law firm has its genesis in the early financial center of downtown Los Angeles on historic Spring Street, and it continues today in the heart of the Pasadena business community. Client relationships have spanned several generations.

The law firm emphasizes in the areas of estate planning, probate, elder law, conservatorships, limited conservatorships, tax and business planning, business transactions, litigation and mediation. Taylor Summers offers each client a commitment to a lifelong relationship, based on an understanding of a client's needs, of changes in those needs over time, and the legal and tax issues pertinent to the client's situation.

Firm Size: 7

Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

John D. Taylor (Partner) born Long Beach, California, January 10, 1933; admitted to bar, 1960, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., 1954); University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall (J.D., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: Pasadena, Los Angeles County ( President, 1978-1979; Recipient, The Shattuck Price Award, 1995) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Conference of Delegates, 1979-1980); Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (President, 1973-1974); Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (President, 1985-1986); Chancery Club (President, 1988-1989). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trusts; Taxation.

Robert C. Summers (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, November 21, 1931; admitted to bar, 1959, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1956; J.D., 1958). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Southern California Law Review, 1957-1958. Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles, 1959-1965. Member: Pasadena and Los Angeles County (Member, Committee of Continuing Education of the Bar, 1966-1969; Chairman, Credit Union Committee, 1977-1979; Member, Judiciary Committee, 1978-1980) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Local Administrative Disciplinary Committee, 1969-1971). Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Estate Planning; Probate; General Practice.

Leslie D. Rasmussen (Partner) born Palo Alto, California, May 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1971); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1974). St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Probate Mediator, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles. Member: Pasadena and Los Angeles County (Past Chair, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Wills and Probate; Trusts and Estates; Limited Conservatorships; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Special Needs Trust; Trust Administration.

Darrell G. Brooke (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1981); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Instructor: "Probate Practice I"; "Advanced Probate Practice"; "Post-Death Estate Administration"; "Wills and Trusts Seminar," Paralegal Program, University of Southern California, 1984-1990. Registered Contract Advisor, Sports Seminars, Inc. Member, Planning Commission, City of Sierra Madre, California, 1997-1999. President, Estate Planning Council of San Gabriel Valley, 1999-2000. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Probate Committee, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section); American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Section: Lifetime and Testamentary Charitable Gift Planning Committee and Lifetime Transfer: Transfer Tax Issues Committee); Old Pasadena Business & Professional Association (President, 1995-1997). [U.S. Army, 1975-1978]. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Probate; Business Law.

Daniel J. Woodard (Partner) born Burbank, California, August 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1979); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1985). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Young Lawyers); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Christian Legal Society; California Land Title Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Construction Law; Personal Injury; Business Law.

Linda Torossian (Partner) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A, 2000); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Pasadena Bar Association; Los Angeles Bar Association; Armenian Bar Association; American Bar Association. Languages: Armenian and Farsi. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Corporate Law.

Edwin W. Taylor (1899-1998).

Stanley A. Barker (1920-1965).

Owen E. Kupfer (1908-1991).

Kenneth O. Rhodes (1912-2006).

ASSOCIATE

Heidi Bitterman (Associate) born La Mesa, California; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., Communications, 2001); Southwestern Law School (J.D., 2006). Wildman Scholar, 2005-2006. Member, Moli Williams Program, 2004-2005. President, Women's Law Association, 2004-2005. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Trusts and Estates Section, 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate.

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