Joel Weissler
Joel Weissler, Of Counsel, has practiced law in California for over 30 years. He was brought into estate, asset protection and tax planning through experiencing the devastating impact that poor planning can have on a family and into elder law through experiences dealing with family members who have needed care because of Alzheimers, COPD, and other disabling conditions.
Practicing in Southern California, Joel has served thousands of clients and helped them maintain control of their own affairs, financially parent their children, hold on to their assets, pay less tax and cost efficiently get the care they need when they are old. He has been recognized for the past five years by Martindale-Hubble and its affiliated website Lawyers.com with their “Client Distinction” award as being in the top 1% of attorneys in client service and satisfaction. In addition, Attorney Weissler has received a Superb rating each year by Avvo for more than ten years. He is a California Board of Legal Specialization Certified Tax Specialist.
Attorney Weissler has served as a co-author and contributing editor of the 2019 and 2020 edition of the University of California CEB Press’s highly regarded California Estate Planning Practice Guide and their Business Succession Planning Guide since 2010, authoring chapters on dealing with estate and tax planning issues. This year he will be serving as update author for their chapters covering asset protection, the use of self cancelling installment notes and Medi-Cal Planning. Attorney Weissler is the author of the book “The California Guide to Growing Old Without Going Broke” available as an e-book and paperback through Amazon where it gained best seller recognition during its first three days after it was released. It is also available through Barnes & Nobel online and by special order through local retailers. Joel has been a featured speaker for attorney continuing education firms within and outside of California on estate planning and elder law issues.
A new edition of that book is expected in the late spring or early Summer 2022. He is also putting the final touches on a new book to help families chose the right trustee for their trust should be released in the late fall of 2022. He makes available to his client families who have suffered a loss a guidebook for living trust successor trustees produced as a collaborative effort in part authored by Attorney Weissler personally and in part composed of licensed materials.
He received his JD from California Western School of Law in 1989 after completing the traditional three you program in two years. He was awarded an LLM in taxation (cum laude) from the University of San Diego in 1995. Attorney Weissler is an active member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past president of its southern California chapter. In addition, he is a member of Wealth Counsel, and a charter member of Elder Counsel. Through peer nomination attorney Weissler was recognized in 2010 as a “Top Attorney” in the Estate Planning Category by the San Diego Daily Transcript.
Attorney Weissler has appeared as a guest expert on KCBQ 1170, ESPN 1700 and as an expert for KUSI TV News. Recent speaking engagements have ranged from speaking on Medical Decision Making issues as part of a panel providing training for home and residential care professionals (that included both a Physician and Mental Health Professional) to providing continuing education for other legal professions and for the public.
Joel’s goal as an attorney and author is to touch client’s lives by providing the highest level of legal representation in areas which make a difference for them and their families.