Jackson Lewis Joins Terri Hilliard, P.C.
(Westlake Village, CA) Carí Jackson Lewis, Esq., has joined Terri Hilliard, P.C. in Westlake Village, CA. Jackson Lewis worked as a Legal Extern with the firm, while attending Loyola Law School’s Master of Laws (LL.M., Taxation) Program, which she recently completed. She was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1996 and is expected to be admitted to the California State Bar Association in January 2018.
In making the announcement, Terri Hilliard, Esq., the law firm’s principal, noted, “From her previous legal experience, Carí already brings with her a wide range of expertise. She is a proven, skilled practitioner and an extraordinary legal talent, who will serve our clients’ needs very well.”
Over the past 20 years, Jackson Lewis has been involved in a number of practice areas, including estate planning and probate, estate litigation, elder law, special needs law, and planned giving. She has worked with prestigious law firms in New York and London. She has also been active in philanthropy management and consulting in Melbourne, Australia and special education programs in the San Fernando Valley.
Jackson Lewis earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her law degree from Fordham Law School. At Fordham, Jackson Lewis was the editor of the Mentor Metropolitan Moot Court Competition for New York City high school students, an oralist in the J. Braxton Craven, Jr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, and a summer law clerk for a United States Federal District Court judge.
Jackson Lewis earned her LL.M. with distinction and was the Graduate Tax Program President of the Loyola Law School Tax Law Society (2016-17). In addition to her license with the New York Bar, she is a member of the American Bar Association, Dartmouth Lawyers Association, and the Fordham Law School Alumni Association.
Terri Hilliard, P.C. practice areas include estate, elder care, and special needs planning, business succession planning, asset protection, special needs trusts, living wills and trusts, healthcare directives, family protection planning, planned giving, and general business formation and facilitation. The law firm also serves as a private mediator, assisting families, elders, individuals, and businesses in resolving disputes.
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