Zachary S. Dresben*
Dresben + Associates
5820 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90036
P: (323) 843-7100
F: (323) 843-7101
*Certified Specialist – Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
(State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization)
Zachary S. Dresben
Zachary S. Dresben is a Certified Specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Zachary counsels clients with estate and tax planning, business succession, and post-death administration matters.
Zachary takes a personalized approach to helping clients with all aspects of their estate planning, from creating foundational documents to designing wealth transfer and tax planning strategies. He routinely assists new families and high-net-worth clients in the entertainment, art, real estate, medicine, and general business fields.
Zachary specializes in advising private professional fiduciaries, trustees, executors, and beneficiaries in all forms of post-death administration, including trust administration, probate, and contested matters. He counsels fiduciaries in complex estate administrations on issues ranging from estate, income, and property taxes to litigation, business operation and sale, management and sale of multi-family and commercial real estate, royalties and intellectual property, and artwork and artist estates.
Mr. Dresben was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics and from Southwestern Law School’s prestigious two-year J.D. program.
Membership and Professional Affiliations:
- Member of Beverly Hills Bar Association – Trusts & Estates Section
- Member of the Jewish Community Foundation Speaker Series Planning Committee
- Member of Trusted Advisor
- Member of ProVisors
- Member of Soft Network – Artist Foundations & Estate Leaders List
Former Membership and Professional Affiliations:
- Past-President of the Los Angeles Estate Planning Council
- Former Board Member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar’s Trusts and Estates Section
- Former Member of the California Club
- Former Board Member of Monday Evening Concerts
Recognition:
- Rated by Super Lawyers 2020-2023 – Rising Stars – Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Beverly Hills, California
- Rated by Best Lawyers 2021 – Peer Review – Los Angeles – Trusts and Estates
Notable Speaking Engagements:
- Beverly Hills Bar Association – “Estate Planning During COVID-19” – April 21, 2020
- Jewish Community Foundation – “Estate Planning For Clients At All Levels of Wealth: A Changing Conversation Post Tax Reform” – April 11, 2018 & April 25, 2018
Publications:
- Author of “Guidance on Post-ATRA Estate Planning—Portability and A-B Trusts” in Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, June 2016
- Co-author of “Estate Planning Guidance in a Marital Dissolution” in Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, December 2014