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​​​100+ Years of Legal Experience and Innovation 

​3636 Nobel Drive, Suite 215, San Diego, California 92122 | (858) 404-9800 | info@rowemullen.com

​LLP

Erin L. McCreary, Esq.

Direct Dial: (858) 450-2208

Email:  mccreary@rowemullen.com

​​Website:  mccrearyestateplanning.com

Ask me for a copy of my free guide, "7 Steps Every Smart Parent Should Take"

AREAS OF PRACTICE​

     Basic Estate Planning

• Living Trust (i.e. ABC Trust)
  
• Healthcare Directives
  
• Lifetime Protective Trust
  
• Educational Trust
  
• Irrevocable Trust
  
• Pet Trust
  
• Qualified Domestic Trust (QDOT)
  
• Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST)
  
• Special Needs Trust
  

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    Advanced Estate Planning

• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
  
• Charitable Remainder Trust
  
• Irrevocable Grantor Trust
  
• Stand-Alone Educational Trust
  

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    Estate Administration

• Probate Administration
  
• Trust Administration
  

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    Asset Protection

• Domestic Asset Protection Trusts
  
• Foreign Asset Protection Trusts
  

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    International

• International and General Tax Planning
  
• International and Domestic Estate Planning​​​

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ASSOCIATIONS AND ADMISSIONS

• Maryland State Bar
  
• Massachusetts State Bar
  
• California State Bar (Taxation Section)
  
• Certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a Taxation Law Specialist since 2002​
• San Diego County Bar Association (Probate Section)
  
• Univeristy of San Diego Planned Giving Professional Partners Council
  
• Scripps Planned Giving Counsel
  

EDUCATION

• California State University at San Diego, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1986
  
• California State University at San Diego, B.S., Applied Mathematics, 1987
  
• California Western School of Law, J.D., 1992
  
• University of San Diego School of Law, L.L.M in Taxation, 1999
  

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Speaker at California Western School of Law, "International Tax Practice," November 2001
  
• Author and Speaker: "Understanding and Drafting Wills and Trusts" for seminar sponsored by Sterling Education Services (State Bar of California approved MCLE provider), January 2004
  
• Author and Speaker: "Revocable Trusts" for seminar sponsored by Sterling Education Services (State Bar of California approved MCLE provider), January 2005
  
• Author and Speaker: "Charitable Gifting" and "IRA Charitable Rollovers" at Interfaith, October 2008
  
• Speaker at University of San Diego Bridges Academy, "Trustees Duties and Responsibilities," February 2008
  
• Authored and Lectured, "Estate Planning: What You Need to Know about Your Parents' Estate Plan" and "What Your Children Need to Know about Your Estate Plan," December 2010, sponsored by the Scripps Kellogg Family
  
• Authored and Lectured, "Protecting Loved Ones from Financial Abuse," February 2011, sponsored by La Jolla YMCA
  
• Authored and Lectured, "Estate Planning Basics," August 17, 2011, sponsored by Simon Wong Engineering
  
• Authored and Lectured, "Protection Beneficiaries with Lifetime Protective Trusts (Beneficiary Controlled Trusts)," February 6, 2013, sponsored by Scripps Health Foundation, a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider

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