Reviews

Gadzo Law did a great job for us putting together our Trust. It was very easy to communicate with Alexandra Gadzo, the lawyer, and everybody else in the office. They responded to all our questions in a timely manner. It was a real pleasure communicating and talking to Alexandra Gadzo.

Alexandra was amazingly helpful and patient with us as we worked through creating and updating relatively complex documents for the family. will continue to use her as long as we are in California!

I had a great experience working with Alexandra on my will and estate planning and I wholeheartedly recommend her. She is knowledgeable, communicative, courteous and patient. She explained terms that I was not familiar with and helped me understand the pros and cons to wills and trusts so that I could make an informed decision. She immediately earned my trust after our first meeting and I look forward to continuing working with her.

Alexandra did our trust, and she is very thoughtful, and dependable. Highly recommend her.

Most of us tend to avoid thinking about our deaths and what will happen after that. But we all need to do some planning and if you're in Silicon Valley and own a home, stock, 401(k), etc. you probably need expert help to ensure that assets left after you're gone is transferred to family, friends, charities with the least amount of taxes / overhead. We recognized that we needed someone to help us with this process so I asked our financial advisor for suggestions. The office technically isn't allowed to "recommend" anyone, but they had vetted several attorneys nearby and Ms. Gadzo scored well. We did some more inquiries and liked what we saw. We met twice with Alexandra and her team - first to discus our wishes and turn in our "homework" - getting started forms found on her website. The second time was to review the deliverables. Both times we found them knowledgeable, accurate and easy to work with. We recommend them highly. It's not a fun task but Alexandra made it less stressful than it might have been.

In 2010, I retained Ms. Alexandra Gadzo to complete a living trust document for myself that included a request for several nonstandard beneficiary clauses which met my specific family needs. Ms. Gadzo was extremely detailed in explaining the pros and cons of my nonstandard beneficiary clause requests, before including the nonstandard beneficiary clause language as part of the final living trust document. Her honest legal risk assessment was *GREATLY* appreciated. As a result, in late 2012, I again retained Ms. Gadzo to modify my existing living trust document to accommodate a planned 2013 marriage. Among the needed amendments was my request that some nonstandard "life estate interest" language be added. Once again, Ms. Gadzo researched the best legal way to achieve my desired result. She spent considerable time explaining the legal risk pros and cons, before making the requested changes and completing the amended living trust document. Ms. Gadzo is the consummate legal professional. She accepts traditional clients and employer provided "cafeteria style" legal services clients, yet treats everyone the exact same way. Even more important, her office is **NOT** a "legal factory mill" churning out standard legal results just to keep the monthly cash flow going. Ms. Gadzo listens to your legal needs and works extremely hard to satisfy every legally possible request. I highly recommend Ms. Gadzo for all of your living trust and estate planning legal needs. She is extremely fair and works really hard to get the job done right!

In 2010, I retained Ms. Alexandra Gadzo to complete a living trust document for myself that included a request for several nonstandard beneficiary clauses which met my specific family needs. Ms. Gadzo was extremely detailed in explaining the pros and cons of my nonstandard beneficiary clause requests, before including the nonstandard beneficiary clause language as part of the final living trust document. Her honest legal risk assessment was *GREATLY* appreciated. As a result, in late 2012, I again retained Ms. Gadzo to modify my existing living trust document to accommodate a planned 2013 marriage. Among the needed amendments was my request that some nonstandard "life estate interest" language be added. Once again, Ms. Gadzo researched the best legal way to achieve my desired result. She spent considerable time explaining the legal risk pros and cons, before making the requested changes and completing the amended living trust document. Ms. Gadzo is the consummate legal professional. She accepts traditional clients and employer provided "cafeteria style" legal services clients, yet treats everyone the exact same way. Even more important, her office is **NOT** a "legal factory mill" churning out standard legal results just to keep the monthly cash flow going. Ms. Gadzo listens to your legal needs and works extremely hard to satisfy every legally possible request. I highly recommend Ms. Gadzo for all of your living trust and estate planning legal needs. She is extremely fair and works really hard to get the job done right!

We have worked with Ms. Gadzo for the past several years for our estate planning needs. We recently had a situation where we had an unexpected and urgent matter regarding the sale of residential property in our family trust. Alexandra was exceptionally prompt and helpful which allowed us to proceed with this transaction in a timely manner. We have found her to be skilled at translating complex legal issues to those that are easier for the non-lawyer to understand; these include updates in the law that are relevant to our particular estate planning needs. Alexandra is also experienced in both taxation and real estate which we have found most advantageous concerning our estate planning strategy. We recommend her without reservation.

We had a very complicated case. We felt very confident with her knowledge and expertise in her creating our living trust/ will. Well done and very thorough. Her entire staff, especially Margie, was very professional and well informed. Overall we would highly recommend her office for estate planning/ trust and will.

My husband and I were looking for an estate attorney to prepare our will. We interviewed a few, all of whom were just trying to sell whatever services they wanted to sell rather than providing legal advices we needed and accommodating our needs. Just when my husband almost gave up I met Ms. Gadzo. I was very impressed by her professional manner while maintaining her welcoming attitude. She took time to answer all of our questions and gave us legal advice and services as we needed. Though I am not an lawyer myself I know and have worked with many lawyers in my professional career. She is definitely an attorney I am more than happy to work with personally and professionally.