Anca

Estate Planning Attorney

In every elderly client, I see my own parents and grandparents. I get to learn about their lives and their families. In many ways, Bayview is similar to my home in Romania: access to legal aid is limited, and if we don’t help, no one else will.

“I’m from Romania originally but moved to the U.S. in 2001 to study law at Hastings. Growing up in a communist society, I saw a lot of injustice and corruption all around me. People would go to court but never actually achieve anything because the entire system was stacked against them. I hated that. These people had no one on their side.

After law school, I worked for a bit in the corporate world. It wasn’t for me, though, because I had to go against the little person. I didn’t want to fight for people with power; I wanted to fight for those without it. I had seen so much unfairness growing up, and it reminded me too much of that.

I left the corporate world to pursue estate planning. I’m working on establishing my own firm, but right now I’m a contract attorney at Open Door Legal. I help clients with wills, trusts, and power of attorney. It gives them peace of mind when they know what will happen after they die.

I just opened a probate case for one of my older clients. Probate is long and tedious, but I knew that if I didn’t help, no one else would. He could lose everything, including his house, and end up homeless. I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I didn’t help him.

In every elderly client, I see my own parents and grandparents. I get to learn about their lives and their families. In many ways, Bayview is similar to my home in Romania: access to legal aid is limited, and if we don’t help, no one else will.”

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