At his private practice based in Westlake Village, California, Ken Kossoff advises individuals and families on Estate Planning, Trust Administration and Probate, Business Formation and Succession Planning, and Asset Protection and Wealth Preservation.A frequent lecturer to CPA, Financial Advisor and Attorney groups, Ken was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Pacific Coast Business Times, and has written opinion pieces and articles for California Lawyer Magazine, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, and the Journal of Asset Protection.Ken received his law degree from the Duke University School of Law in 1983, with honors, and was a published member of the Duke Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1979, with great distinction and high honors, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.Ken enjoys educating colleagues and clients on practical planning techniques, regularly presenting workshops to local professional groups in his office and through his newsletters..Professional BackgroundKen began his legal career in 1984, as an associate at a downtown Los Angeles law firm known as Hoecker & McMahon, a break-off of Blecher, Collins & Hoecker, working on antitrust cases relating to the pricing, transportation and supply of heavy California crude oil.In 1986, Ken joined the Century City office of a Chicago-based firm then known as Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon, Barash & Hill, where he focused on gaming litigation. In September of 1988, Ken joined a seven lawyer firm in Beverly Hills, then known as Nagler & Schneider, later known as Schneider, Goldberg, Rohatiner & Yuen, where he spent the next ten years and developed his focus on estate planning, probate and trust administration. Ken started his own practice in Westlake Village in 1998, and in 2008 formally joined with his longtime colleague and tax litigator, Philip Garrett Panitz, to form Panitz & Kossoff, LLP.Specialties: Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization