Professional Experience & Affiliations

Prior to beginning her own law practice, Ms. Honey was an associate for the law firm of Reish & Luftman as well as a consultant for the Family Wealth Planning Group of the Los Angeles office of Arthur Andersen. Ms. Honey is recognized by the California State Bar as a certified specialist in the field of Estate Planning, Trust and Probate. Ms. Honey has served as a tax and estate planning advisor for several of Los Angeles’ largest private foundations as well as high net worth individuals, families, estates, and family businesses, including the Getty and Keck estates. Ms. Honey’s experience includes estate, tax and charitable planning; creation of private foundations; trust planning; family business succession planning; creating and advising family limited partnerships and limited liability companies; post-mortem planning; planning with qualified plan assets; life insurance tax planning; and administration of probates, trusts and estates.

Ms. Honey is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and is a member of the Estate and Gift Taxation and Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Sections of the State Bar of California. Ms. Honey is also a member of the Estate Counselors Forum, South Bay Bar Association and the South Bay Legal Consortium. Ms. Honey is an adjunct professor for Loyola Law School’s LLM program, as well as for the University of California at Los Angeles, teaching estate planning.

Education

Ms. Honey is a graduate of the University of Southern California and received her Juris Doctorate from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Ms. Honey received a Masters of Law degree in Estate Planning and Estate and Gift Taxation from the University of Miami Law School in 1996, where she served as chairperson for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

Publications and Presentations

Ms. Honey has published numerous estate planning articles, including “A Look at the Qualified Personal Residence Trust in 1999″” published by the Journal of Accountancy. Ms. Honey has taught estate planning at Santa Monica College. Ms. Honey is a frequent public speaker and has given numerous presentations to various professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab, Arthur Andersen and Miami Law School.