Amy Fike Peters

With a primary focus in estate planning, I have practiced law for over 30 years. My career started as a student at California Polytechnic State University, where I graduated magna cum laude. After completing my education there, I went on to graduate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. In 1986, I was admitted to the California State Bar, and I am also am a member of the San Diego North County Bar Association.

I have enjoyed long-term relationships with many of my clients and have helped many to cope with some of life's most trying challenges. I am committed to providing each client the highest level of professionalism and concern that I would expect from an attorney hired to represent my interests.   My greatest satisfaction has come from receiving notes or calls of gratitude  from those clients who take the time to let me know how much they appreciate what we accomplished during our work together.  I have received many such communiques through the years and they remind me of why I work so hard in my daily practice.  Every client has a different situation and so, each estate plan is tailored to meet that client's needs and anticipate contingencies and minimize adverse consequences whenever possible, while providing a comprehensive plan that stands the test of time to the extent possible. I work with all different family situations: including designing a plan for a blended family that provides for a current spouse after the death of the grantor, but allows for an inheritance from the grantor's estate for children from a previous marriage.  I enjoy working with clients whose charitable goals allow us  to implement those goals for giving and which employ the most advantageous tax consequences. I work with single mothers, elderly couples working to secure long term care; families with minor children and those in the middle of health care crises.  Some of my strategies with these clients includes implementing:

• Premarital agreements
• Separate property agreements
• Generation-skipping trusts
• Charitable remainder trusts
• Asset protection tax-exempt trusts
• Family partnerships

Estate Planning & Trust Administration

There are many factors at play when designing your estate plan. The plan itself includes the trust, the will, the advance health care directive with the appropriate HIPAA waivers, and Powers of Attorney (necessary for financial affairs). If you are a parent or legal guardian, your estate plan also includes placement and support of minor children and transferring your assets into the trust.

I have years of experience dealing with real property transactions and business succession planning. Some aspects of business succession planning involve supplying clients with counsel in order to ensure their small business enterprise is properly formed as well as any legal issues the business may face.