Steven Thomas Schleier
Attorney at Law
1901 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
310.575.4860 phone
Steve@tslegal.com
Education:
- JD, Southern Methodist University
- BA, University of Texas at Austin
Memberships:
- State Bar of California: Trusts and Estate Section
- Beverly Hills Bar Association: Trusts and Estate Section
- Los Angeles County Bar Association: Trusts and Estate Section
- Pasadena Bar Association: Family Law and Probate Sections
- American Bar Association: Real Property, Trusts and Estate Section
Steven Thomas Schleier
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills and Probate
Steve Schleier offers over 20 years of estate planning, trusts, wills and probate experience. His clients are couples, individuals, business owners and professionals including many attorneys and physicians.
Steve’s legal experience includes working at 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, the 125-attorney law firm of Musick Peeler and Garrett, and the 135-attorney law firm of Parker Milliken.
His clients have included the University of Southern California, the Washington Post, Blue Cross, U.S. Steel, and the County of Los Angeles.
His expertise includes tax and real estate law as they relate to estate planning.
Steve is a member of the Trusts and Estate Sections of the California Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the County of Los Angeles Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
Steve received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin where he was in the Plan II Honors Program and earned his law degree from the SMU School of Law where he graduated in the top 15% of his class.
Steve offers all of his clients the option of meeting at their homes to provide greater privacy and convenience.
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills and Probate
Steve Schleier has over 20 years of estate planning, trusts, wills and probate experience. His estate clients are individuals, couples, business owners, and professionals including many attorneys and physicians.
Steve’s legal experience includes working at 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, the 125-attorney law firm of Musick Peeler and Garrett, and the 135-atttorney law firm of Parker Milliken.
Clients have included the University of Southern California, The Washington Post, Blue Cross, US Steel and the County of Los Angeles.
Steve Schleier provides wealth transfer planning to clients in these areas:
- Living Trusts
- Wealth transfer and generation-skipping planning
- Charitable gift and family philanthropic planning
- Representation of executor, trustees and other fiduciaries
- Creation and operation of private foundations and other charitable organizations
- Life insurance and leveraged asset planning
- International, cross-border estate planning
- Pre-marital and post-marital agreements
- Tax and real estate issues affecting wealth transfer
- Business succession planning: transfer of family owned and closely held businesses
- Estate planning for both traditional and gay and lesbian couples and individuals