Sacramento Trust & Estate Litigation Attorney

[embed]https://youtu.be/H6Yn85ZinPA[/embed] Why a Simple Inventory Can Protect Your Family's Inheritance I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over my five...

[embed]https://youtu.be/1p5T0-OfJGM[/embed] Why Beneficiary Consent Can Be Challenged I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of practice, I...

A mother spent years building a trust that would divide her estate equally among her three children. She was deliberate...

[embed]https://youtu.be/74VWK7eus9U[/embed] What Families Need to Know Before Filing I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over my five decades of...

[embed]https://youtu.be/A079K4fHzko[/embed] When a Car Accident Becomes a Brain Injury Case I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over my five...

[embed]https://youtu.be/fu-T7JVYm00[/embed] Why Older Women Face a Disproportionate Risk I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of...

[embed]https://youtu.be/asWet8BRyrA[/embed] When the Family Home Becomes the Battleground I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over nearly five decades of...

[embed]https://youtu.be/z3Fafkr4oXg[/embed] Why This Crisis Demands Our Attention I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law, and over five decades of...

A California business owner passes away after decades of building a company that employs forty people and carries the family...

[embed]https://youtu.be/6EFbo8XGDeA[/embed] A Growing Crisis for California Families I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over my five decades of...

[embed]https://youtu.be/dGoJXYaXst0[/embed] When the Trust Stops Working for the Beneficiary I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of...

In my grandmother Muzzy's Irish Catholic world, the supernatural wasn't superstition but fact, as real as lumber prices. The veil...

[embed]https://youtu.be/2COgllUfmac[/embed] Who Speaks for the Beneficiary? I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of practice, I have...

[embed]https://youtu.be/4OzxiEbhpCA[/embed] When a Driver Breaks It, They Must Buy It I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over nearly five...

[embed]https://youtu.be/kzWpXRnaB9M[/embed] Why Trust Protectors Matter I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law, and over five decades of practice I...

[embed]https://youtu.be/W7c8Apud4kQ[/embed] What Sacramento Accident Victims Should Know I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of legal practice,...

[embed]https://youtu.be/uJzkejdjcng[/embed] Who Is Hackard Law? I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of law practice, I have...

There is a Texas expression that describes a certain kind of failure perfectly: all hat, no cattle. It refers to...

[embed]https://youtu.be/zOpZ-rfKvUY[/embed] What Contingency Fees Mean for California Families I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. I handled my first estate...

[embed]https://youtu.be/M7ZFW0KFC90[/embed] When Los Angeles Families Face Estate and Trust Disputes I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades...

[embed]https://youtu.be/eSMb5HDuYlM[/embed] Fighting for Survivors: A Message from Michael Hackard I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over my five decades...

[embed]https://youtu.be/VB_TcXgpxX4[/embed] A Message From Michael Hackard I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of practice, I have...

[embed]https://youtu.be/QP5mzo55zBQ[/embed] Protecting Seniors from Financial Exploitation I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law, and over five decades of practice,...

[embed]https://youtu.be/MXhpBm2jk_M[/embed] You Are Not the Only Family Going Through This I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five...

The Diagnosis Isn't the Case: What California Families Must Understand Before Contesting a Will Signed During Dementia Three adult children...

[embed]https://youtu.be/S_3Yam_pY3Y[/embed] Who Gets What  -  and Why It Matters I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of...

Suppose your father passed away six months ago, and the executor of his estate, your older brother, who was named...

I was six years old in 1956 when I scooted over in my desk to make room for my guardian...

[embed]https://youtu.be/q9in2AWC698[/embed] Why Early Planning Changes Everything I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of practicing law in...

[embed]https://youtu.be/An1Kt6Vg6ss[/embed] Why Early Mediation Matters in Trust and Estate Disputes I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over more than...

[embed]https://youtu.be/YSZ4kjl0g4k[/embed] When the Boogeyman Hides in a Trust Document Every child remembers the boogeyman. For me, it was a gorilla...

[embed]https://youtu.be/wfBGe_yLSi0[/embed] Why Showing Up Matters in Trust and Estate Litigation Woody Allen once said that showing up is 80% of...

[embed]https://youtu.be/bOXg8PADTu4[/embed] When the Playing Field Isn't Level Michael Hackard has spent more than five decades litigating trust, estate, and probate...

[embed]https://youtu.be/Qgh_VMVgIIc[/embed] A Personal Reflection From Michael Hackard Labor Day honors the American worker. For me, it also honors one worker...

[embed]https://youtu.be/hqEsS6U0vOY[/embed] When the Commandment Applies to Estates Thou Shalt Not Steal was not written with an exception for decedent's estates....

[embed]https://youtu.be/XdnuXw2cD9Y[/embed] I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law, and over more than five decades of trust and estate litigation,...

Elder financial abuse is one of the most widespread and least reported crimes in America, and the numbers behind it...

[embed]https://youtu.be/3_1TB7jV7_0[/embed] When a trust or estate dispute erupts, families often ask the same urgent question: how do I find an...

[embed]https://youtu.be/Y3xKWN7_jq8[/embed] The Go/No-Go Decision in Estate Litigation I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over more than five decades of...

They were close their entire lives. Called each other every Sunday. Showed up for graduations, funerals, the ordinary Saturdays in...

At six, I scooted over in my desk to make room for my guardian angel. At seventy-six, I'm still making...

[embed]https://youtu.be/lp17GH3xtnU[/embed] Financial Elder Abuse Claims Are Surging Across California Financial elder abuse claims have surged across California in recent years,...

[embed]https://youtu.be/9hHB6XnjicI[/embed] A California Attorney's Perspective on Good-Faith Rescue Laws I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over more than five...

[embed]https://youtu.be/0NvWvN_khk0[/embed] When a Reverse Mortgage Becomes a Red Flag I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law, and for more...

[embed]https://youtu.be/GWSpZwV2l9g[/embed] Introduction: Decades of Protecting Sacramento Families I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. For more than five decades,...

[embed]https://youtu.be/fomZ3Mb5OPI[/embed] When Remarriage Creates Inheritance Conflict I'm Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades of practicing trust and...

[embed]https://youtu.be/EIxArhDWPb4[/embed] Understanding the Distribution Order for California Trust Beneficiaries I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law. Over five decades...

[embed]https://youtu.be/KEXOYpOgxR0[/embed] When Real Estate and Trust Disputes Collide I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law and a California trust...

[embed]https://youtu.be/cgikfESzAVo[/embed] When the Odds Seem Stacked Against You How many times in our lives do we feel that succeeding in...

[embed]https://youtu.be/v4IqicpQNDg[/embed] A Shifting Legal Landscape for California Families I am Michael Hackard, founder of Hackard Law and a California trust...