Michael Krumme

Michael has been an estate planning paralegal for over 23 years. He has experience working in firms small, medium, and large, from international firms to “boutique” estate planning practices.

In addition to preparing straightforward revocable trust-based estate plans, Michael has experience drafting irrevocable life insurance trusts, gifting trusts, confidential residence-holding trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts. He has also prepared applications for exemption from state and federal tax for private foundations and charitable trusts. He most enjoys drafting intricate custom provisions for trusts that express clients’ desired terms of distribution.

Michael is a native of Los Angeles and received his B.A. in English Literature from the University of California – Los Angeles in 1987 and obtained his paralegal certification through UCLA Extension in 1999.