10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 2200
Los Angeles,
California
90067
 310.282.2353
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Leah
M.
Bishop
Partner
Leah Bishop focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals and closely held businesses, and in the administration of estates and trusts. Ms. Bishop also has extensive experience in the areas of charitable giving and tax exempt organizations.
Ms. Bishop's estate planning experience includes substantially all aspects of legal matters pertaining to high net worth individuals, including probate court procedures, living trusts, gift and insurance trusts, and sophisticated transfer tax techniques. Her charitable giving and exempt organizations representation involves all aspects of tax and corporate nonprofit law. Ms. Bishop represents many leading southern California private foundations, museums and other public charities.
Ms. Bishop has lectured at Women and Philanthropy at UCLA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), ArtTable, Beverly Hills Bar Association Committee for the Arts, Lifespan Program of the Skirball Cultural Center in conjunction with UCLA Center on Aging and the Jewish Home for the Aging, Southern California Association for Philanthropy, California Community Foundation and Jewish Community Foundation, among others.
Prior Work Experience
Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb, Ms. Bishop was a partner in the estate and gift tax planning department at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, What Every Family Law Attorney and Forensic Accountant Needs to Know About Estate Planning, CPA Education Foundation Family Law Conference, Los Angeles, California (October 23, 2008)
- Speaker, Wealth Management: Preparing for Your Future/Introduction to Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California (March 2008)
- Speaker, From Childhood to Adulthood: Estate Planning Strategies that Nurture Fiscal Responsibility, Young Presidents’ Organization (March 2008)
- Speaker, Nonprofit Governance and Best Practices, Association of Jewish Aging Services (July 2007)
- Charitable Provisions of H.R. 4: Pension Protection Act of 2006 (August 2006)
- Speaker, The Future Vision of Estate Planning, Los Angeles, California (May 2, 2006)
Media Mentions
Affiliations
- Vice President and Trustee, Jewish Community Foundation
- Co-Chair, Harvard-Westlake Upper School Annual Giving Campaign (2002-present)
- Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Faculty Member, Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Giving Course
- Faculty Member, UCLA Extension Wealth Management Course
- Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Exempt Organizations Committee
- Member, Donor Circle of the Women's Foundation of California
- Member, Columbia Law School Board of Visitors (2006-2007)
Distinctions
- Named in "Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business," in Tax: Estate Planning, (2008 edition)
- Named "Who's Who in L.A. Law" by the Los Angeles Business Journal (2007)
- Certified as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
- Lifetime Member, National Who's Who registry
- Named "Best Lawyer" in Trusts and Estates and Non-Profit/Charities Law, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2001-2009)
- Named "Southern California Super Lawyer" in Estate Planning & Probate, Tax and Non-Profit by Law & Politics in Los Angeles magazine (2004-2008)
- Named one of "The 100 Top Attorneys" in Trusts and Estates; Tax; Nonprofits, Worth magazine (2006 and 2007 editions)
- Named one of the "Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers Guide (2006)
- Nominee, the Los Angeles Business Journal "Women Who Make A Difference Award" (2002)
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Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1979, Columbia Law Review
Brandeis University, B.A., 1975, summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
California, 1981
New York, 1980
Law Clerk,
Honorable
Edmund
Palmieri,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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