Patrick Handy Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Woodland Hills

Over my years at Fiduciary Law Services, Inc., my practice has involved a wide variety of legal expertise to address our clients’ needs. These services includes the preparation of specialized trusts to obtain favorable tax treatments (such as GRATs, QPRTs, and QATs), the creation and administration of closely held companies, tax planning for future events.

Woodland Hills

Cum LaudeStudies primarily focused on intellectual property, estate planning, and corporations.Article and literary citation editor for the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and theLaw.

Worked closely with the Office of General Counsel on various issues facing a startup in an emerging industry, including land use and intellectual property. I primarily focused on protecting the intellectual property being created at Hyperloop Technologies. This entailed meeting with engineers and distilling the novelty of their invention into provisional.

Prepared provisional and non-provisional patents. This process included corresponding with inventors and a weekly call with general counsel. The predominance of my time was spent preparing the linked patent application for a mechanical crowbar control circuit board (US10095193B2).

Externed for the Honorable Marvin Lager, who was responsible for handling the Probate Court's mandated settlement conferences. I worked closely with Judge Lager to prepare for, sit in, and assist with the settlement conferences. Following, I would draft advisory memorandums regarding the issues addressed. When time permitted, I additionally assisted the.

Researched tax and probate implications of various issues including the testamentary effects that freezing one's embryos may have on a family's estate plan and the effects of failing to dissolve a partnership after the term has run.Audited bank documents received through discovery and prepared such documents so that supervising attorney could easily use.

Woodland Hills, California

• Filed statements of information with the CA Secretary of State for corporations and LLCs
• Conducted research regarding spendthrift trusts and creditor rights
• Organized and maintained the firm’s master calendar
• Assisted paralegal with preparing and receiving pleadings and discovery documents
• Prepared exhibit binders for litigation
• Created and maintained intranet system organizing firm research files

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering