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If you are out of state and have a probate, estate, or trust case in California, Michael Hackard at Hackard Law has the level of skill and experience to represent your interests. With 40 years of experience, Michael Hackard is a veteran litigator in estate law and a decorated...
For clients in estate cases, probate litigation can be confusing and difficult in its terminology. Some times lawyers even have a hard time with the finer points of probate. Yet attorney Michael Hackard, a 40-year veteran of estate, probate, and trust litigation, can translate complex cases to clients and...
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