Publications and Presentations
Ciarán O’Sullivan is a respected speaker and author on Trusts and Estates-related topics, typically presenting a few times each year to State and local Bar Associations:
Sample of Recent Presentations
June 16, 2020, Moderator/Presenter: The Benefits of a Trusts and Estates Practice. California Lawyers Association Solo and Small Firm Summit.
May 20, 2022, Presenter/Panelist: Financial Elder Abuse Symposium. California Lawyers Association.
May 19, 2022, Presenter (with R. Szczepanik): Anti-SLAPP in Probate. South Bay Bar Association.
April 2022, Presenter (with A. Verriere): Attorney Work Product and Trusts and Estates Litigation. East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers.
March 2022, Presenter (with A. Verriere): Attorney Work Product and Trusts and Estates Litigation. California Lawyers Association.
Trust Me Podcast; discussion (with R. Szczepanik and K. Jackson): When They Don’t Clap For Anti-SLAPP, Part 1 (March, 2022).
Trust Me Podcast; discussion (with R. Szczepanik and K. Jackson): When They Don’t Clap For Anti-SLAPP, Part 2 (April 2022).
June 29, 2021, Presenter (with R. Szczepanik): Anti-SLAPP in Probate. California Lawyers Association.
September 2018, Presenter (with D. DeJesus and M. Low): Appellate Issues in Trusts and Estates Litigation. State Bar of California Sections Convention
Recent Articles and Other Publications
Update Author: California Trust and Probate Litigation, Chapter 23 (Appeals) (CEB 2022)
California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (2022), Vol. 28, Issue 1, Author (with R. Szczepanik): When They Don’t Clap for Anti-SLAPP
Daily Journal, December 16, 2021, Author: Top Five Trusts and Estates Cases of 2021.
California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (2021), Vol. 27, Issue 4, Author (with A. Verriere): To Protect And Serve – A Case To Abolish Attorney Work Product Protection As To Estate Planners’ Files In Post-Death Will Or Trust Contests
Daily Journal, January 11, 2021, Author: Top Five Trusts and Estates Cases of 2020
California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (2022), Vol. 27, Issue 2, Author: Tips Of The Trade: New Standard For Appellate Review Of Findings Supported By Clear And Convincing Evidence.
California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (2019), Vol. 25, Issue 4, Author (with H. Kipnis, H. Stroh and B. Phipps): Brief Of Amicus Curiae Executive Committee Of The Trusts And Estates Section Of The California Lawyers Association In Support Of Petitioner (in Barefoot v. Jennings (2020) 8 Cal.5th 822)
California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (2019), Vol. 25, Issue 2: Author: Probate Code Section 1310, subdivision (b): Its Uses and Potential Abuses.
SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY MAGAZINE, Spring 2014 “A Passage to the Statute Books, Questions and Answers about the Process of Writing California Law with Ciarán O’Sullivan” by Ann Murphy
August 1, 2014 Daily Journal, Author: Sterling Saga’s Silver Lining. Concerning the impact of Probate Code section 1310(b) on the Donald Sterling/L.A. Clippers Trust dispute.