Background
Weinstock, Harold was born on November 30, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Elias and Sarah (Singer) Weinstock.
Weinstock, Harold was born on November 30, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Elias and Sarah (Singer) Weinstock.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, New York University, 1947. Juris Doctor, Harvard, 1950.
Worked at Weinstock, Manion, Reisman, Shore & Neumann, A Law Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Estate Planning Law, Probate Law, Taxation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Connecticut. 1951, Illinois; 1953, United States.
Tax Court.
1955, United States. Supreme Court. 1958, California. Recipient, Arthur K. Marshall Award for outstanding contribution in Trust and Estate Law, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1996.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Author: Planning an Estate A Guidebook of Principles and Techniques, Clerk, Boardman & Callaghan, 4th edition 1995 (Supplemented annually).
"Grats, Gruts and Grits," 51 New York University of Federal Taxation, 16-1.
"Factors to Consider in Selecting a Trustee," University of California, Los Angeles Estate Planning Institute 193, 1991. "Why Exempt Interstate Commerce?," 19 George Washington Law Review 613. "Buy-Sell Agreements," 105 Trusts and Estates, 338.
"Considerations in Designating the Beneficiaries Under A Life Insurance Policy," 105 Trusts and Estates, 679.
"How to Avoid Probate A Tax Analysis," 26 Journal of Taxation 38. "Charitable Gifts and Trusts," 30 Journal of Taxation 238.
Company-Author, "Accumulation Trusts and Charitable Remainder Trusts," 23 United States.C. Tax Institute 501. "The A B C"s of Generation Skipping Trusts," 52 Taxes 68.
"Trusts: Planning Foreign College Education of Children," 1 University of California, Los Angeles Estate Planning Institute 59.
"Beyond Freezes: Planning to Reduce the Taxable Estate," 16 Miami University Institute on Estate Planning 500. "The Marital Deduction: Beyond The Basics," 35 United States.C. Tax Institute 1000. "Private Lead Trusts and Life Estate-Remainder Interest Purchases," University of California, Los Angeles Estate Planning Institute 409, 1983.
"Irrevocable Insurance Trusts," 10 Estate Planning 258.
"Nontaxable Grantor and Beneficiary Powers," 43 New York University Institute. on Federal Tax. 51-1; "Sales and Purchases of Remainder Interests and Grantor Income Trusts," 45 North.Y.U Institute. on Federal
Tax. 28-1; "The Marital Deduction: A Planning Update," 41 United States.C. 18-1.
Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1950-1952. Special Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1952-1956.
Member: Beverly Hills (Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee, 1967-1968), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
(Certified Specialist, Taxation Law and Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).
National trustee Union American Hebrew Congregations, 1976-1979. Trustee Jewish Community Foundation, Los Angeles, 1993-1999. Advisory board Estate Planning Institute University of California at Los Angeles Law School, 1979-1992, New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, 1986-1995.
Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association (chairman probate and trusts committee 1967-1968), Los Angeles Bar Association, Beverly Hills Estate Planning Council (president 1968-1969), Estate Counselors Forum of Los Angeles (president 1963-1964).
Married Barbara Lans, August 27, 1950. Children– Nathaniel, Michael, Philip.