Los Angeles Law Firm - Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott LLP Meet Our Staff

Norma graduated from Mt. St. Mary's College with an AS in Secretarial Science and studied paralegal courses in real estate at Glendale College of Paralegal School. After begining her career in 1968, she joined the firm in 1970 as a legal secretary and has been Glenn Alperstein's primary paralegal ever since. Since 1977 she has specialized in title transfers in and out of trusts, and all aspects of the creation and implementing of FLP's and LLC's; Norma is experienced in the post-mortem funding and allocation of assests between trusts and individuals in carrying out deceased client's estate and gift plans.

Jody

Jody is the firm's most experienced estate, gift and generation skipping planning paralegal including the ability to draft documents necessary to carry out such planning. Jody has also been in charge of word processing and computer administration for the office since she joined the firm. Jody received her Associate Arts Degree in Secraterial Administration as well as receiving a Certificate of Specialization in Word Processing and Legal secraterial courses. Jody has also attended paralegal studies at the University of West Los Angeles. Jody will celebrate her 25th anniversary with the firm in June 2001.

Paula

Paula has worked in the legal profession since 1980. She has extensive experience in corporate and civil litigation and now specializes exclusively in probate and post mortum trust administration in a paralegal capacity. Paula is experienced in the preparation of Federal and State Estate tax returns, and Federal Gift and Geration Skipping transfer returns. Paula's experience with the firm (and its predecessor in interest) is in excess of 9 years. She received a Certificate of Specialization in legal secretarial courses from Pierce College, and a Certiciate of Completion from the Legal Secretarial Training Course offered by the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

Marian

Marian obtained her Paralegal Certificate from Coastline Community College in 2004. Prior to joining Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott, LLP Marian was employed in civil litigation and elder abuse litigation, where she obtained extensive experience in litigation procedures, such as discovery and law and motion. Marian has been the primary paralegal to Joel M. Simon, having worked closely together with Joel M. Simon since September 2007, handling, among other things, conservatorships and the Firm's most complex probate and conservatorship litigation matters. Marian deals directly with clients, doing initial drafting of many basic and complex agreements, letters, and all manner of litigation forms and pleadings.

Kevin

Kevin graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1981, with a BA in Economics. Kevin worked as a pension administrator from 1984 to 1992 and then took 10 years off to raise his four children. Kevin joined the Firm in 2002, and studied paralegal courses online through Cal State Dominques Hills (Legal Studies Online), obtaining his paralegal certificate in May of 2008. Kevin works in various fields for the Firm, including LPS conservatorships, corporate formations and annual reporting, estate planning, office management and systems administration.

Kathy

Kathy has over fourteen years of office administration, computer administration, bookkeeping, time keeping, billing administration, accounts receivable records maintenance and collection and secretarial experience with Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott, LLP (and its predecessor in interest). Kathy received two years of education and training at Valley College in the San Fernado Valley.


	THE LAW OFFICE OF
Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott, LLP
		15760 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1520 Encino, CA 91436-3026 Phone: (818)501-3100 Fax: (818)461-0559 Email: attys@asgslaw.com

Our Staff

Norma

Jody

Paula

Kathy

Sylvia