Dawn Hall Cunneen
Partner
Dawn Hall Cunneen brings over 30 years of experience to each trust and estate client matter. She has extensive experience in high net worth estate planning; complex trust administration, with an emphasis on significant real estate holdings; and trust and estate litigation. Ms. Cunneen served as a co-Chair of the local bar association Trusts and Estate Section for over a decade and is a frequent guest lecturer and author. Ms. Cunneen was a partner in an Am Law 100 firm before forming a boutique trusts and estates practice. She and her partner focus on providing Am Law 100 caliber of expertise and service in a user friendly and cost efficient manner. Ms. Cunneen served as a guest lecturer for the UCLA/CEB annual updates program for trust and estate legislation and case law changes for many years. She served as an author for a Matthew Bender publication concerning complex trust accountings. Ms. Cunneen has authored publications for Lexis, and is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as complex trust litigation, complex trust accounting disputes, and family office matters.
Gary S Cunneen
Senior Counsel
Gary S. Cunneen practices in all aspects of estate planning, trust & estate administration, tax planning, and family office advisory services. He handles estate matters ranging from simple wills to complex trusts and his firm litigates cases involving all aspects of estate and trust matters. Mr. Cunneen is a 1998 graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and a 1991 graduate of the University of California, Riverside. He also studied at the University of Sussex, England from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Cunneen's prior work experience includes working for a few of the largest financial and insurance firms in the world. He has extensive experience representing private and publicly-listed companies with respect to executive liability issues, as well as individuals and family office clients on business, insurance, and estate planning and administration issues.
