Marin is a California Bar Certified Specialist in the area of Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law.  Marin's legal practice focuses on high net worth estate planning, complex trust administration, and trust and probate disputes.  She speaks throughout California on trust and estate topics and has written for national publications.  Marin works extensively with individual trustees and beneficiaries, professional fiduciaries, and their professional advisors. 

She earned her BA degree in Communication Studies with minors in Music and Statistics from Brigham Young University. She received her JD, cum laude, also from Brigham Young University, where she was President of the Public Interest Law Foundation and Associate Editor for the Education Law Journal.  She coaches a local high school mock trial team and regularly donates her time with Public Law Center's immigration clinics.

Ben Schwefel's practice focuses on trusts and estates, including estate planning, trust administration, probate, conservatorships, and fiduciary litigation.

Ben’s practice focuses on trusts and estates, including estate planning, trust administration, probate, and fiduciary litigation. Ben represents a broad range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals and families, trustees, beneficiaries (individuals and charities), entrepreneurs, business executives, and professional fiduciaries. He regularly works with his clients on advanced estate planning techniques that minimize income, gift, and estate tax consequences. He also advises clients in connection with the formation and operation of profit and not-for-profit business entities, including limited liability companies (LLCs), corporations, family limited partnerships (FLPs), private foundations, and public charities.

Ben is a member of the Executive Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the California Lawyers Association (TEXCOM) and the former Education Chair for the New Lawyers Section of the California Lawyers Association. He is also an active member of the Orange County Bar Association and the Orange County chapter of the USD Law Alumni Association. Ben earned his B.A. from UC San Diego and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.
 

Bridgette’s practice focuses on trust litigation, trust administration, and probate disputes. 
 
Bridgette is a 2021 graduate of Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, and earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon in 2016. Bridgette is experienced in trust and inheritance disputes, elder law, and probates. In her short tenure as a litigation attorney, she has already successfully conducted several evidentiary hearings and second-chaired high-stakes trials of trust and inheritance litigation. She is well-versed in this area of law and an excellent counselor able to advocate for and guide her clients in the midst of difficult litigation.
 
Bridgette is a member of the California Bar Association, a Co-Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Section of the Orange County Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division, and she is a member of the Trust and Estates Section of the Orange County Bar Association.