Shihlan Chen

https://www.sclawservices.com/

Areas of Focus: Kids Protection Planning, Life and Legacy Planning

Licensed States: California

What to expect from Shihlan Chen

A 15- minute introductory call to understand your goals and needs.
2-Hour Working Life & Legacy Planning Session: A comprehensive look at your current family dynamics and your assets, including a comprehensive inventory of everything you have so none of it is ever lost.
Education on how the law impacts your family and assets, focused specifically on your County, State and Country of residence.
A transparent discussion of your options to care for what matters most to you, no matter what happens. Planning options that work for you and the people you love. Relational, compassionate counsel to help you make "eyes wide open" choices for yourself and the people you love.
A clear plan (not just documents) for how your assets and those you love will be taken care of, throughout every stage of life, and in the event of your incapacity or death.

About Shihlan Chen

I started my estate planning practice with the passion to help families with different background get protected. I am on a mission to educate my community on the importance of estate planning and how to customize a plan that can help families when really in need.

As a first generation immigrant and a mom with a 5 year old boy, I totally understand the uniqueness of immigrant families. We started a new life here and build up our families and wealth here, but when we want to have a plan in place to protect our loved ones, there is not too much choice for us because our close families are far away from us. However, having a plan in place is especially crucial in this situation because we don’t want to leave our family at risk and have our foreign families come here with no clues on how to gather our wealth and protect our minor kids.

As your personal family lawyer, I value my relationship with my clients. I provide a longterm relationship with my clients so that if something happens, you don’t just have a set of documents and have no ideas on how to get started. You will be supported with a personal family lawyer. This is the way I enjoy serving my clients as a personal family lawyer because I get to listen to my clients’ needs and their goals in having a plan. I know their families and help them organize their finance and get protected.

Attorney Shihlan Chen’s estate planning practice focuses on helping families with minor kids enhance their lives today and secure their future tomorrow. She excels in guiding her clients through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions to create plans that ensure the well-being of their families and foster a reliable client relationship. Her considerable legal expertise includes family protection, wealth preservation, and kids’ protection plan, as well as life time asset protection plan. Whether you are married or single, with a traditional family or blended one, attorney Shihlan Chen can help you to craft a plan that achieves your goals for your loves ones today and for years to come.

Attorney Shihlan Chen graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 2014 and served as an assistant editor of East Asian Law Review, finished several pro bono projects in Immigration. After graduation, Shihlan started to practice law in Financial Banking sector, focusing on consumer protection regulations, fair credit and loan regulations, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and civil litigation. After her son was born in 2017, Shihlan decided to transition into estate planning to help protect family with young kids and secure their assets. Shihlan enjoys educating her community and invite the community to join the family workshops on a variety of topics including family wealth planning session, asset protection of inheritance and correctly naming guardians for minor kids. Shihlan has chosen to concentrate on the Trusts and Estates area because she is passionate about helping families create happy and secure futures. Shihlan can speak English and Mandarin.

Most importantly, Shihlan is the proud mother of Nathan!

Testimonials

I needed to update my trust which was made 10 years ago. Shihlan was extremely organized and listed the holes of my trust in my current situation point by point . She listened to our needs and was very patient to explain some difficult concepts in estate planing to help us make decisions. The most important part was she helped us organize our finance and fund into our living trust which had not been completed in the past ten years. We felt really protected and accomplishing one important thing in our life with her help. I highly recommend her to be your lawyer for life.
P.Y. & David Chang

Shihlan is very professional and knowledgeable. She explained all the benefits of trust thoroughly in layman terms and answered all our questions patiently. She walked us through all the holes we could have if no plan and helped us craft a plan that could protect our assets and kids. She made the whole difficult planning process easy and comfortable. We are glad we have a plan in place and know we can turn to Shihlan for help if we have questions in the future

J.C Lin and the LIN FAMILY

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THE PERSONAL FAMILY LAWYER PROMISE

What makes PFL lawyers different?

How you hire us.

We begin with a comprehensive inventory of everything you own, and everyone you love, and consider it all in a working meeting, called a Family Wealth Planning Session, to guide you to clarify your financial life and legacy goals before we draft a single document.
How we plan.

We work with you throughout every life stage to map out the most likely scenarios for you and the people you love, planning for each as your life, the law, and your assets change over time.
What we protect.

Our Life & Legacy Planning process ensures everything that matters most -- from your financial assets to your values, insights, stories and experience -- are captured and documented during your life and cared for over the generations to come.
What you see.

Transparency in our process, and our fees … all of which are flat fees, agreed to in advance, based on your choices and with no surprises, ensuring we stay on the same side of the table - supporting you to make a lifetime of great decisions - every step of the way.
How we deliver.

Our systems help you get clear and organized, overcoming the exact issues that keep most estate plans from actually working when they are needed most. We help you leave your family with a gift of love, and not a mess.
How our plans work.

One-and-done estate plans focused only on money are a recipe for a big mess. We help you throughout every stage of life and be there for the people you love, when you can’t be.