Eric Hirschberg

Lester & Hirschberg, LLP

Eric A. Hirschberg is a partner at the law firm of Lester & Hirschberg, LLP and focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, trust administration, trust and estate litigation, business and corporate transactions, and entity formation.

Eric is recognized by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. Eric collaborates with his estate planning clients to craft estate plans ensuring that his clients are prepared for their futures and their wishes are honored, while avoiding unnecessary taxes and administrative costs. In emotionally trying times after losing a loved one, Eric assists his clients by guiding them through the trust administration, probate process, or estate litigation.

Much of Eric’s practice focuses on litigation involving complex trust and estate disputes. Eric has earned a reputation in the legal community, and with his clients, for his ability to resolve difficult matters, participating in numerous successful mediations per year. He frequently prepares and presents presentations regarding estate planning and trust and estate litigation to professional and community groups, as well as teaches continuing legal education programs to other attorneys in this area of practice.

Eric graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. After graduation, he attended Pepperdine University School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in June 2009. While at Pepperdine he externed for two Los Angeles Superior Court Judges, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office and worked for HBO’s Legal Department. He was admitted to the California Bar in November 2009 and subsequently admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Conference Sessions

D1 - Planning, Litigating, & Judging the Professional Fiduciary’s Duty of Impartiality