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Angela Kil named ‘2018 Southern California Rising Star’ by Super Lawyers

El Segundo (June 11th, 2018) – Angela Kil, Partner at Carico Macdonald Kil & Benz LLP has been named a 2018 Southern California Rising Star in the area of Estate Planning and Probate by Super Lawyers®.

Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters, 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 annual selections are made using a patented…

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Carico Johnson Toomey LLP Attends 2017 Westcoast Sports Associates Dinner Gala Honoring Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles: Attorneys from the law firm of Carico Johnson Toomey LLP attended this year’s Westcoast Sports Awards dinner, honoring Kareem Abdul-Jabar as the Roy Firestone award recipient.

Roy Firestone Award Winner

WSA could not be more excited to partner with the UCLA Bruins and Los Angeles Lakers legend. Abdul-Jabbar won three consecutive NCAA Championships in ’67, ’68, and ’69, while being recognized a record three times as MVP. He went on to win…

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Westcoast Sports Associates 2017 Dinner Gala Honoring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Carico Johnson Toomey attends the 2017 Westcoast Sports Associates Dinner 2017 Gala honoring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles:  The WSA’s 22nd installment of the Roy Firestone Award, the organization honored Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

WSA could not be more excited to partner with the UCLA Bruins and Los Angeles Lakers legend. Abdul-Jabbar won three consecutive NCAA Championships in ’67, ’68, and ’69, while being recognized a record three times as MVP. He went on to win six…

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Special Tax Election Now Available for Spouses Under Revenue Procedure 2016-49

by Lilian H. Walden, Esq.

Effective September 27, 2016, the IRS will now permit a special tax election for surviving spouses (known as a QTIP election).  This will apply even  when it is not necessary to reduce the estate tax liability to zero upon the death of the first spouse, pursuant to Revenue Procedure 2016-49.  Prior to this point, there was some uncertainty over whether or not with the new portability rules, a QTIP election…

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From The Beach Reporter News, “Athlete’s Touch takes lessons of sports and puts them in business”

Manhattan Beach resident Justin Blaine grew up in a family that valued strong relationships. Raised in West Lake Village, he watched his dynamic father create a vibrant career built on strong networking and mentors.

Davis Blaine founded a successful California networking group, and Justin learned from example, forging a similar but distinct path of his own—as a baseball player, investment analyst and co-founder of Athlete’s Touch, a membership-based group of former professional…

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