Jane Peebles has a diverse practice representing domestic and multinational high net worth individuals and their families with respect to all aspects of gift, estate and generation-skipping wealth transfer tax planning, trust and estate administration, and charitable planning. She establishes and represents private foundations, public charities and other types of tax-exempt organizations and is known internationally for her expertise in cross-border philanthropy.
Jane works closely with clients to meet their personal estate planning goals, foster family harmony and minimize the impact of various taxes. She advises clients on the full array of estate planning issues, including:
- Wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney and “living Wills” with health care and end of life instructions
- Complex irrevocable trusts for lifetime gifts, including life insurance trusts, dynasty trusts, personal residence trusts and GRATs
- Plans for non-traditional couples
- U.S. and offshore structures for clients with assets or family members abroad
- Gifts, sales and loans among family members
- Charitable trusts
- Business succession planning, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies
Jane also advises trustees and executors on all aspects of probate and trust administrations.
Jane writes and speaks on a variety of sophisticated domestic and international estate and charitable planning issues and has been featured at the Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, University of Southern California Tax Institute and several other leading professional conferences.
Jane is admitted to practice in California, and certified by the California State Bar Association as a specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law. She is also a nationally recognized lecturer and author on a variety of domestic and international estate and charitable planning matters. Ranked one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in the specialty of Trusts and Estates for every year since 2007, Jane has dedicated her practice to estate planning, international tax planning and charitable planning. After working in Denver in her early career, Jane joined the Los Angeles office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a leading U.S. and international law firm, where she worked in the personal law section on domestic and international estate planning matters. In 1992, she moved to Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, becoming a partner there in 1996. Immediately before founding Karlin & Peebles, LLP, she was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Bingham McCutchen.
Professional Distinctions
- California Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
- Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Chosen by her peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2005
- Ranked by her peers as a Top Woman Attorney of Southern California
- Named by The Best Lawyers in America as a leading lawyer nationally in the practice of Trusts and Estates every year since 2008
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rated Preeminent Woman Lawyer
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D. (1984)
- City College of New York, B.A. in English (1974) and double M.A. in English and Pedagogy (1977)
Our Southern California Super Lawyers
- Jane Peebles is a Super Lawyer in the field of estate planning. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
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Publications:
- E-Birth: Starting Up and Getting Real with E-Businesses - Major Tax Planning (Proceedings of the 53rdAnnual Institute on Federal Taxation of the USC Law School), published summer 2001 (co-author)
- Other Publications by Jane Peebles - Implications of the Anti-Terrorist Financing Rules for U.S. Charities Making Grants for Use Abroad, Family Foundation Advisor, 2007 “Implications of the Anti-Terrorist Financing Rules for U.S. Charities: Compliance with Executive Order 13224, Planned Giving Design Center”,...
- Jane Peebles on International Estate Planning - Major Tax Planning, (Proceedings of the 61st Annual Institute on Federal Taxation of the USC Law School), 2009 (co-author with Michael Karlin)
- Western Regional Conference – Giving in a Low Interest Environment -
- A Practical Look at Charitable Lead Trusts -
- Family Governance – Managing the Challenges of Wealth -
- Cross Border Grant Making by Private Foundations -