

Seymour
This is Seymour - my indestructible office plant. He and George (the stuffed peacock in the lower left corner, named for the peacock on NPS that sticks his head in the Trident Room window looking for popcorn) are my officemates. Though my office is within the patent law offices of LaRiviere, Grubman, Payne LLP in Ryan Ranch, I am a solo practitioner. I am part general practitioner (think family doctor) and part small business and estate law focused. My practice is effectively
Getting Started
When I was 15, my grandmother died. At the time, my grandfather was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and was being taken care of by my grandmother and my aunt. My grandparents had a living trust created but had failed to sign and fund it during my grandmother’s lifetime. So after she passed my grandfather hired a lawyer to redraft the trust, and with the help of my dad and his siblings, chose my aunt to act as trustee to administer the trust and conservator to help my grand