The attorneys at the Sacramento Estate Planning Group have decades of combined legal experience and are highly motivated, well educated and provide immense value to clients of all types with varied needs. They are able to understand their clients and their legal issues by really listening to them, and by knowing the right questions to ask and the correct steps to take. They stay abreast of legal trends and emerging issues. The law firm’s vision is to demonstrate to the disenchanted client how highly motivated and service oriented attorneys can provide immense value and service to the client, making the clients experience as pleasant as possible depending on the circumstances.

Sacramento Will and Trust Attorney Profiles

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Laurie Alexander, Esq.

Ms. Alexander is a native Sacramentan and proud mother, and has lived in the area all of her life. Ms. Alexander graduated from Sacramento State University and attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento. Ms. Alexander has extensive experience in many areas of law; including real estate law and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy, and estate planning and trust administration. Ms. Alexander is very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts. She is a trusted counselor and advisor for her estate planning clients and is able to guide them through planning for the inevitable as well as dealing with some of their darkest times with a compassionate nature. She has been with the firm since 2007 and has counseled and advised thousands of clients.

Ms. Alexander has a great depth of experience, and in the past has worked at some of the finer law firms in the Sacramento area. She enjoys assisting clients in their hour of need; whatever the area of law.

Also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California including their Estate Planning sections, the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, WealthCounsel Estate Planning Group, and other applicable membership groups, Ms. Alexander enjoys remaining up to date and educated on a variety of topics that impact our clients today. She prides herself on being a counseling-oriented attorney and maintains contact and even friendships with many of her past clients.

Sarah Litchney, Esq.

Founder, real estate attorney and Realtor/Broker, Sarah Litchney’s past experience includes, among others, assisting as counsel for a Bay Area chemical company and a prestigious fellowship with the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C working with some of the nation’s top attorneys, CEO’s, heads of prestigious Universities and scientists. She also spent some time working with a Northern Californian Superior Court and District Attorney’s Office, for broad exposure to the many faces of the law before starting her own law firm in 2006.

A native Californian, Ms. Litchney attended the prestigious Cornell University, an Ivy League University, located in upstate New York. During her time at Cornell University Ms. Litchney achieved high marks and was the recipient of many distinguishing awards and scholarships. She was active on campus serving as University ambassador as well as within the Greek community and the associations affiliated with her area of study.

She returned to Northern California to attend law school at the highly regarded and esteemed University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, a top tier law school. Ms. Litchney obtained a certificate in Intellectual Property, was the recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and was nominated by the Dean and awarded the American Bar Associations Intellectual Property award for academic excellence in Intellectual Property studies. She was active on the campus in organizations affiliated with her area of study, as well as with the law school’s student bar association.

Her law firm places emphasis on the issues that are most relevant in today’s economy including Real Estate/Foreclosure including short sale negotiations and buying/selling real estate, Business and Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Estate Planning, and Probate and Trust Administration.

Her experience in bankruptcy, real estate and short sales have made her someone who is sought out for interviews and to speak at many events, educational seminars etc. She has been interviewed for many articles by publications such as the Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, BBC, Mortgage Banking, Fox 40, Sacramento Parent, Sacramento Business Journal, THE Registry, Style Magazine and others. She was voted #7 (out of 50) in 2011 by Sacramento Business Journal and made the Inc. 500 list (#350 overall, #23 for consumer services) for 2011. She has also been voted the #1 Favorite Attorney in the area by Style Magazine readers 5 years in a row!

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends and family and being active in the outdoors.