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Diedre Wachbrit Braverman is an estate planning attorney and attorney mentor in Westlake Village, California.

Educational Background

She is a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, Certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. A graduate of University of California, Irvine, she obtained her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she was Chair of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance [1].

Special Needs Planning

As one of three founders of The Academy of Special Needs Planners [2], the country's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the needs of special needs planning attorneys, Mrs. Braverman co-hosts Special Needs Radio, a national podcast that is hosted on special needs planning attorneys' websites across the country.

A special needs planner herself, Diedre Wachbrit Braverman is a contributing author to the first national treatise: Special Needs Trusts: Planning, Drafting and Administration published by Continuing Education of the Bar of the State of California and the Regents of the University of California. [3]

Most recently, Mrs. Braverman was interviewed on for DisabilityScoop on "The Dollars and Cents of Disability"[4]. She wrote a follow up article to answer reader's questions. [5]

She has also been quoted in Autism Digest on special needs trusts.

Estate Planning

Diedre Braverman, under the name Diedre Wachbrit, contributed two chapters to the reference book, Estate Planning Strategies: Collective Wisdom, Proven Techniques. "Special Needs Planning" and "Probate: Pros and Cons" are the titles of her two chapters in the book, which is available from Amazon and other major booksellers.[6]

Her primary business is an estate planning, trust and probate law firm that focuses on special needs planning and asset protecion: Wachbrit Braverman PC, located in Westlake Village, California. [7] [8] She is author of two legal blogs: one on estate planning and asset protection [9] and another on special needs planning [10]. Her firm was named one of America's Top 20 Small Companies by Working Mother magazine in 2006.

She has been quoted on estate planning by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Time, and other national publications.

Mentoring Estate Planning Attorneys

The Strategic Attorney Mentoring Initiative by Strategic Attorney LLC [11] is a nationwide service for estate planning attorneys who are switching into estate planning, have new solo or boutique practices or who are changing their practice models. As a founder, Diedre both mentors and tweets [12] for Strategic Attorney Mentoring.

National Speaker

Wealth CounselWealth Counsel, the California CPA Education Foundation, the Society of Financial Service Professionals, Lorman, NBI, Merrill Lynch, Union Bank, Wells Fargo, the Southern California Institute, and many regional Estate Planning Councils have hosted Diedre Braverman as a speaker on estate planning and special needs trusts topics.