Estate planning and probate/trust law can be very complex. Professional legal advice from an Arizona lawyer is vital, and my firm provides our legal services for a flat fee (publication costs, recording fees and filing fees are not included in this flat fee). My approach to creating custom-tailored estate plans includes a discussion of how your needs will change throughout the years. I have a thorough understanding of estate planning and probate/trust law you need to ensure that your spouse, children, or others of your choosing are not prevented from being your beneficiaries. With sound legal advice, you can have control over these important matters and provide for your loved ones well into the future.

Heather N. Seigler is a Partner in the Irvine office of Resnick & Louis, P.C. and has extensive litigation experience in insurance defense, including car accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, SIU, public entity, products liability, tractor-trailer accidents, first party cases such as uninsured/underinsured motorist cases, wrongful death and elder abuse cases. Heather’s experience includes the analysis and litigation of complex injury cases, including catastrophic injury. Before joining Resnick & Louis, Heather gained valuable experience working in-house for an insurance company where she successfully tried 7 cases to verdict, all with positive outcomes for her clients. Heather was named Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2016 at her firm. She then honed her craft working as panel counsel for a number of insurance companies, self-insured companies, major trucking companies, and several fortune 500 grocery chains. While there, Heather tried an alleged multi-million-dollar trial involving an amputated limb and alleged complex regional pain syndrome which included numerous experts and several weeks of trial. Again, Heather received a verdict that was a positive outcome for her clients. Heather then took an opportunity to work on the plaintiff side where she gained valuable experience learning from the “other side” and taking numerous expert and treating doctor depositions. She quickly grew to learn that plaintiff’s side work was less rewarding. Prior to beginning litigation work, Heather spent her first two years as a member of the bar working in academia as an Academic Support Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Whittier Law School. Through the duration of her career Heather has continued to have a passion for education and has taught dozens of MCLE courses on various aspects of litigation including People v. Sanchez, Voir Dire, wrongful death cases, hip injuries from car accidents, bad faith, and elimination of bias. Heather Seigler has four and a half years of experience working on high profile, multimillion dollar sex abuse cases. Her experience in these cases has run the gamut of complex pre-litigation workup involving confidential settlements, including high stakes confidential in-person mediations, to trial work-up. She has been involved in several confidential cases that have involved settlements of waiver of costs to 15 million dollars+ settlements due to the nature of the case. Her cases have also included liability disputes and value disputes for which there was lack of causation or involvement arguments. Her clients have included religious entities, community entities, school districts, and other nonprofit or for profit organizations providing services to the community. Heather is very familiar with the incredibly sensitive nature in which these matters must be handled. There is a certain manner of professionalism and civility that must be maintained in order to successfully litigate these cases. She has never had difficulty in broaching the vulnerability of these cases on all sides and has had all positive outcomes—be it pre-litigation or due to litigation—to settle or litigate these matters successfully. Prior to graduating from law school, Heather received her B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2007. While there she received the Class of 1939 Scholarship and participated in Varsity Softball. She then went on to earn the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and received her J.D. from Whittier Law School, with Certificate in Legal Writing magna cum laude in 2011. She was an Associate Editor of Law Review and also a member of the Public Interest Law Foundation. She also worked as a teacher’s assistant in Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, and Criminal Law, all while working off campus in retail. She published an article within At Issue: Medical Malpractice with Gale Academic OneFile. She also successfully published The People v. Indiana Lumbermens, Mutual Insurance Company, Case No. E050297 (CA Dist. 4 Ct. App., Div. 2, Apr. 7, 2011) via a Request for Publication during an externship with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. She also took part in the prestigious Los Angeles Superior Court Summer Judicial Extern Program under the Honorable Mark Borenstein. When Heather is not working, she enjoys hiking the Back Bay in Newport Beach, cycling, snowboarding, audiobooks, her three cats Babou, Eleanor, and Kahlua, her Standard Poodle Lana, Sci-Fi, Maui, trying new foods, and traveling. She is also a member of the Riverside Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, San Bernardino Bar Association, Western San Bernardino Bar Association, and American Bar Association. Heather is licensed to practice in California.

Buzzi L. Shindler is the Litigation Chair of the Scottsdale office. He has extensive experience and tried-and-true expertise handling a broad range of commercial, transactional and litigation matters, with an emphasis on real estate and business transactions, business formation, governance and operations, estate planning, outside general counsel, and commercial, real estate and construction litigation. With respect to the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Shindler represents a wide variety of clients, including individuals, small and large businesses, banks and financial institutions in diverse business and commercial matters and has vast experience in limited liability company and corporate governance, commercial property acquisitions, retail leasing, asset sales and purchases, loan transactions, financial dispute resolution, and contract drafting and negotiation. Mr. Shindler also handles an array of conservatorship and estate planning matters, including drafting of revocable living trust agreements, wills, durable financial and healthcare powers of attorney, and living wills. With regard to the litigation side of his practice, Mr. Shindler handles primarily commercial, real estate and construction disputes, including breach of contract actions, business torts, creditors’ rights and post-judgment enforcement, landlord/tenant matters, mechanics’ lien, and construction defect claims. Mr. Shindler was recognized and selected by his peers for membership in Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, as well as the Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Litigation Real Estate, for 2023.

Attorney Francis J. Slavin practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate purchase contracts, loan foreclosures and loan workouts, condemnation/eminent domain, design and construction defect litigation and real estate development. He holds both an undergraduate and J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati. He was admitted to the Bar in Ohio in 1968 and in Arizona in 1972 and is currently a member of both State Bar Associations. He is an AV Rated lawyer for over 25 years. Mr. Slavin moved to Arizona from Ohio in 1971 to become vice-president and general counsel of a multi-discipline homebuilding, land development and residential lending company. He joined the Fennemore Craig law firm in 1973 and became a shareholder and director. In 1983 he formed the predecessor to his current firm, and then founded Francis J. Slavin Law Firm in 1990. Active in the national and Arizona legal community, he serves on committees for the American Bar Association including the Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, State and Local Government Law. For the State Bar of Arizona, Mr. Slavin served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee (1974 to 1990), chairing that committee from 1976 to 1980, and the Disciplinary Commission (1976 to 1983), chairing that Commission from 1981 to 1983. In addition he has been a member of the Real Estate and Construction Law Sections. Mr. Slavin is a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi. He is the author of Construction Law and Mechanics’ Liens in Arizona, published annually by Professional Educational Systems, Inc. (1980-2006). He served as Judge Pro Tempore, Superior Court of Arizona in the County of Maricopa from 1980-1990. From 1981-1989 he was a member of the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance Revision Committee.

DUI Defense Attorney Brian Sloan is a Criminal Defense Lawyer SOLELY Focused on DUI Defense Representation. Mr. Sloan has been defending DUI cases since 2004, and has defended more than 2,900 DUI cases, with incredible results. A partial list of accomplishments can be viewed at Mr. Sloan’s website: www.ArizDUI.com. Mr. Sloan is a Founding Member of The Arizona DUI Team; is one of the most award-winning DUI Defense Lawyers in the state, and has an impressive resume of accomplishments. Mr. Sloan is rated 10-out-of-10 on AVvo.com; 4.9-out-of-5.0 on Martindale Hubbell; was awarded the SuperLawyers Southwest Rising Star Award for five years in a row for DUI Defense; and in 2019, he was named a SuperLawyer in DUI Defense, which was given to only 7 people in Arizona and New Mexico combined. Mr. Sloan prides himself on being the ‘Best Value in the State’ when it comes to DUI Defense Representation, due to his years of experience, sole focus on DUI Defense, and what he charges.