About
Kathleen D. Crane, A Law Corporation, founded in 1980 and based in El Segundo, California, serves individuals and families across the Los Angeles area with estate planning, probate, and post-death trust administration. Attorney Kathleen D. Crane is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law through the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, and Ohio, as well as before the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. The firm helps clients structure effective estate plans and guides trustees and executors through trust and estate administration during times of transition. Crane is a past president of the South Bay Estate Planning Council and a frequent lecturer on estate planning topics. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Torrance Memorial Medical Center (chair from 1993 to 1997) and has chaired the John Gogian Family Foundation for the past 12 years, with additional civic involvement at The Lundquist Institute, H.E.L.P., and the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center. Honors include selection as a California Super Lawyer every year from 2004 through 2024 and recognition among the Top 50 Women lawyers in Southern California in 2008. She holds degrees from Boston College (BA, summa cum laude), Emory University (JD), and George Washington University (LLM in Taxation, highest honors).