A boutique Los Angeles firm reimagines estate planning for the families that actually exist today.
How Lars Kushner and Kushner Legal Corporation approach estate planning in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs
Almost no one walks into a lawyer’s office because they want to think about dying. They come because a parent got sick, or because a friend’s family spent two years tangled in probate. That quiet fear — the wish to spare the people you love from chaos — is where Lars Kushner begins. “My job is to make the conversation ordinary,” he says, “and then make sure the documents actually work when the family needs them.”
That philosophy anchors Kushner Legal Corporation, a boutique estate planning firm serving Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and communities across Southern California. Estate planning here is not a form to sign; it is a relationship built to last.
From the courtroom to the planning table
Lars Kushner did not start out drafting trusts. He began his legal career in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2010, practicing family law, estate litigation, and professional regulation, and appearing in court on a weekly basis. It was there that he watched, again and again, how estate plans fail — families fractured by unclear documents, grief compounded by legal battles that careful drafting could have prevented.
Those years shaped a conviction: prevention matters more than litigation. A plan built with foresight spares a family the pain Lars saw firsthand.
In 2019 he obtained licensure with the State Bar of California and moved to the state he had long wanted to call home. In 2020 he founded Kushner Legal Corporation, dedicated to bespoke and secure estate planning. What began as a single office in Beverly Hills now includes a satellite office in Palm Springs, bringing the practice closer to clients across Southern California.
Planning for the family that actually exists
Much of estate law was written for a world that no longer reflects how people live, and Lars sees the consequences every day. “The families I see today rarely look like the ones the statutes were written for,” he explains. “There are second marriages, adult children from three households, partners who never married, property in another state or another country. A form document does not hold up under that. The plan has to be built for the family that actually exists.”
That insight defines the firm’s identity. Kushner Legal focuses on the LGBTQ+ community and on chosen families — people whose most important relationships the statutes may not recognize on their own. Lars builds documents that account for those relationships rather than assuming them away.
His cross-border work adds another dimension. Licensed in both British Columbia and California, he advises Canadian owners of California property and clients holding assets on both sides of the border, where two legal systems have to be made to work together.
What working with the firm looks like
Clients work directly with the attorney who knows their story, their priorities, and the people they want to protect. There is no layer of separation and no big-firm overhead.
That access starts with listening. Lars takes time to learn each client’s relationships, values, and long-term goals before drafting a single page, so the plan fits the life it is meant to protect.
Pricing is flat-fee and quoted up front, so clients know the cost from the beginning and receive no surprise invoices. The firm sets clear timelines, uses technology to keep the process moving, and offers in-house notarization — less running around at the point when the paperwork is most tedious. Efficiency never replaces care; it removes friction from an already emotional process.
Lars also plans for the contingencies that are easy to overlook. His background in estate litigation gives him a working knowledge of the disputes that arise when planning is incomplete or ambiguous, and he drafts with those disputes in mind.
A lawyer for life
A signed estate plan is not the end of the relationship. Families grow, move, marry, separate, and relocate, and a plan drafted today may not fit the circumstances of a decade from now.
That is why Lars works to become each client’s “Lawyer for Life.” The firm offers complimentary estate plan reviews every three years to keep documents aligned with a client’s goals and situation, turning a single transaction into a continuing relationship.
The approach resonates. Kushner Legal has earned dozens of five-star client reviews praising Lars’s responsiveness, clarity, and compassion, and he has been recognized as a Lawyer of Distinction for three consecutive years. The firm also publishes articles, ebooks, and a digital magazine for clients who want to understand the process before they begin.
The person behind the practice
Lars brings warmth to a field many people find intimidating. Outside the office he is usually on a tennis or pickleball court in West Hollywood, cheering for the Minnesota Vikings, or planning his next trip abroad. That energy carries into the work. He makes difficult conversations feel human and treats every client as a person rather than a file.
It is a combination of the instincts of a former litigator and the patience of an advisor — the legal machinery understood, without losing sight of the people it serves.
Protect what matters most
Estate planning is not about dwelling on the end. It is about giving the people you love clarity and security at the moment they will need it.
If you have been putting off the conversation, consider making it an ordinary one. Reach out to Lars Kushner and his team in Beverly Hills or Palm Springs to talk about a plan built for the family you actually have.
Your loved ones deserve documents that hold up, and you deserve the relief of knowing they will. Connect with Kushner Legal, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.
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