About Jan Ellen
Jan Ellen Copley is a certified attorney licensed to practice law within the State of California. She was licensed to the California State Bar in 1981 and holds bar quantity 100613. Her license is currently in active standing. Ms. Copley is the principal attorney at Pasadena Law Group, a law company positioned in Pasadena, California. She has been working as an attorney for over forty years, serving clients across the higher Los Angeles area.
Ms. Copley earned her Juris Doctor diploma from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, the place she graduated in 1981. Prior to law school, she completed her undergraduate education at Occidental College, receiving an A.B. in American Studies, cum laude, in 1977. During her time at Loyola, she used to be on the Dean’s List for 2 of her three years and served on the legal journal body of workers.
Ms. Copley concentrates her practice within the regions of property making plans, enterprise making plans, senior law, asset safety making plans, trust management, and probate instances. She represents people and businesses in matters involving fitness care directives, trusts, wills, and business succession making plans. Her practice encompasses all levels of legal work, including initial case evaluation, document preparation, bargaining sessions, and court hearings in each state and federal courts.
Throughout her career, Ms. Copley has handled cases within the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She has additionally appeared before the California Court of Appeal on more than one occasions. Prior to founding Pasadena Law Group, she founded her personal company in 1993, built it right into a profitable regulation practice with a sterling reputation, and successfully sold her enterprise at the start of 2010. She then worked as a Certified Practice Advisor for Atticus, Inc., coaching successful lawyers who desired to make more cash and take extra time off. After two years, she returned to working as an attorney in 2013 and resumed her role as principal of Pasadena Law Group.
Ms. Copley is an active member of the California State Bar Association. She has been acknowledged as a Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine in 2013, 2015, and 2016. She is likewise a contributing author to "Business Succession Planning: Strategies for California Estate Planners and Business Attorneys" (CEB 2013), writing the materials in Chapter 17 on succession making plans for medical practices. Ms. Copley is fluent in English and Spanish, permitting her to serve the diverse groups of Los Angeles County successfully.
