Essayli & Brown LLP - Irvine, CA

Comprehensive Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation in Irvine

Securing the future of your family and preserving the legacy you have built over decades requires thoughtful foresight, legal precision, and seasoned guidance. Essayli & Brown LLP is a distinguished boutique law firm located in Irvine, California, focusing its practice on estate planning, trust administration, California probate, and asset preservation. Founded in 2019 by attorneys Bilal Essayli and Andrew Brown, the practice combines institutional-caliber legal knowledge with personalized, empathetic service. When you need to hire an estate planning attorney or find an experienced probate lawyer who understands both complex family structures and statutory requirements, Essayli & Brown LLP delivers customized legal blueprints designed to ensure lasting peace of mind.

Exceptional Legal Pedigree and Fiduciary Knowledge

The attorneys at Essayli & Brown LLP bring an extraordinary breadth of experience to every estate and trust matter. Partner Andrew Brown graduated magna cum laude from Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law and served as a notes and comments editor on law review before serving as a trust and fiduciary officer for some of the world's premier private banks, where he oversaw the implementation of hundreds of high-value estate plans. Co-founder Bilal Essayli, also a Chapman law graduate, served as a federal prosecutor and California state lawmaker before his appointment as United States Attorney. This elite background gives the firm unmatched insight into statutory interpretation, trust litigation prevention, and bulletproof estate drafting that holds up under judicial scrutiny.

Core Areas of Practice and Estate Legal Services

Essayli & Brown LLP concentrates on vital areas of California estate planning and probate law, providing comprehensive legal instruments tailored to client needs:

• Customized Estate Planning: Drafting tailored revocable living trusts, pour-over last wills, nominations of legal guardians for minor children, financial powers of attorney, and advance health care directives.
• Dementia Directives and Special Planning: Implementing specialized health directives that guide medical decisions in the event of cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, or long-term incapacitation.
• Trust Administration Guidance: Assisting successor trustees in fulfilling complex fiduciary obligations, preparing formal notices under California Probate Code Section 16061.7, collecting trust assets, and executing distributions.
• California Probate Representation: Guiding executors, administrators, and heirs through the formal court-supervised probate process smoothly, avoiding unnecessary delays and resolving creditor disputes.
• Special Needs Trusts: Structuring third-party and first-party special needs trusts to provide financial support for vulnerable loved ones without compromising eligibility for essential government benefits.
• Asset Protection and Business Formation: Creating corporate entities, family limited partnerships, and LLCs designed to insulate private family wealth and business assets from potential future liabilities.

Transparent Process and Accessible Strategy Sessions

At Essayli & Brown LLP, the legal team believes that drafting an estate plan is only the first step; ensuring that the plan can be seamlessly implemented when the unexpected happens is what truly matters. The attorneys take time to thoroughly educate each client, walking through distribution scenarios and explaining trustee responsibilities in understandable, everyday language. With transparent flat fee arrangements for estate plans, families can consult without worrying about unpredictable billable hours. Whether you need an urgent review of an existing revocable trust or seek trusted counsel following the loss of a family member, Essayli & Brown LLP offers a complimentary strategy session to help you protect what matters most.