BIOGRAPHY JESSICA S. DORMAN-DAVIS Jessica Dorman-Davis focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals, and the administration of estates and trusts. Ms. Dorman-Davis also has extensive experience in charitable planning and in representation of charities. She is certified by the State of California as a specialist in Estate, Probate and Trust Law. Ms. Dorman-Davis’ estate planning practice includes experience in substantially all aspects of estate planning for high net worth individuals, including revocable living trusts, gift trusts, insurance trusts, and other sophisticated wealth transfer techniques. Jessica lectures frequently on estate and tax planning issues. TEL: 949.252.2705 FAX: 949.252.2776 EMAIL: [email protected] PRACTICE AREAS Estate Planning Charitable Organizations Ms. Dorman-Davis is a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee (2012-2014). Jessica has been named a “Southern California Super Lawyer” for 2004-2014, a designation bestowed on only the top 5% of lawyers in this region by Law & Politics and Los Angeles magazines. Ms. Dorman-Davis has also been identified as a “Best Lawyer in America” and “Best Lawyer in California” by Best Lawyer’s magazine, and among the “Best Wealth Managers” by Orange Coast magazine. PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Probate and Trust Administration Probate Administration Conservatorships and Guardianships Orange County Bar Association | Probate and Trust Section Summary Administration and Informal Probate Services Orange County Estate Planning Council | Board of Directors Probate and Trust Litigation Services Trust Administration WTLC | Domestic Violence Center | Board of Directors and Planned Giving Chairperson EDUCATION California State University Long Beach | Community Partners' Council and Women & Philanthropy University of Southern California Gould School of Law J.D. Order of the Coif University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business M.B.A. Honors American Bar Association | Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections Chapman University Endowment Council Orangewood Children's Foundation | Investment Committee and Ambassador World Vision Organization for Women of Vision | Participant PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS Speaker | “Living Trust & More” | “It’s Your Estate” Workshop Series California State University Long Beach B.A. Speaker | "Estate Planning Fundamentals Under the New Tax Act" | Southern Arizona Planned Giving Roundtable ADMITTED TO PRACTICE California Speaker | "Selling Your Business by Careful Planning (or Act of God)" | California State University of Long Beach Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Speaker | "Retirement and Estate Planning" | Southern California Public Radio, SCPR U.S. District Court for the Central District of California U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1920 Main Street, Suite 1050 | Irvine | CA 92614 ffslaw.com
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