Terrence Franklin

About Terrence Franklin

Terrence M. Franklin is a seasoned attorney with nearly three decades of experience handling trust and estates and probate litigation, disputes and appeals. His breadth of experience underscores the firm’s long-standing reputation and the reason clients turn to the firm for complex cases involving significant dollar amounts. Mr. Franklin has extensive trial and appellate experience, including successful published appeals and the landmark Moeller case, which was brought before the California Supreme Court. 16 Cal. 4th 1124.An active member of the trusts and estates legal community, Mr. Franklin has served as Chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), where he is committed to improving the level of membership and engagement among diverse and minority lawyers. He is working with ACTEC to develop strategies to make the trusts and estates practice area more attractive to minority law students and young attorneys, and was instrumental in developing a diversity and inclusivity mission statement for ACTEC, a fellowship to support potential future fellows in the college, and a statement condemning racism on behalf of the organization. Mr. Franklin serves as the host of ACTEC’s video series Planning for a Diverse and Equitable Future which explores the role of trusts and estates in addressing issues of diversity and inequality in America. In addition, he serves on the ACTEC California Membership Committee, and previously served on the Fiduciary Litigation Committee and on the Board of Regents.Mr. Franklin is frequently called upon as a speaker to national, state and local estate planning, trust, and probate groups, such as ACTEC, ABA Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, and USC Probate and Trust Conference, where he is the Program Chair.Mr. Franklin has been recognized by numerous industry awards, including: Lifetime Achievement Award by Chambers and Partners Diversity & Inclusion in 2021; Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Private Wealth Disputes - Band 1; Most Influential Minority Lawyers and Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles Business Journal; LA Times’ Business of Law: Visionaries; Top 100 attorney by The National Black Lawyers; Southern California Super Lawyers; Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in 2016 for Trusts & Estates Litigation – Los Angeles.

Experience

1. Partner

   Sacks, Glazier, Franklin, Lodise, Mcmurtrey & Scheerer, Llp

   Jan 2001 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Université Paris-Sorbonne

  Certificate, French Language and Literature

  1982 — 1983

• Harvard Law School

  JD, Law

  1986 — 1989

• Northwestern University

  BS, Speech-- Communication Studies

  1980 — 1984

• Whitney Young HS

  High School Diploma

  1976 — 1980

Skills

• Erisa
• Litigation
• Trusts
• Estate Administration
• Wills
• Estate Law
• Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• Disability Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Guardianship
• Civil Litigation
• Estate Tax Planning
• Estate Planning
• Conservatorships
• Succession Planning
• Powers of Attorney
• Insurance Law
• Appeals
• Hearings
• Joint Ventures
• Trial Practice
• Tax Law
• Special Needs Trusts
• Courts
• Gift Tax
• Fiduciary
• Trials
• Class Actions
• Dispute Resolution
• Depositions
• Mediation
• Dispute
• Legal Issues
• Property Law