Stephanie Berardino

Stephanie Berardino helps individuals, families and charitable institutions resolve complex trusts and estates disputes, including will and trust contests, breach of fiduciary duty matters and elder abuse claims. Based in Los Angeles, Stephanie represents high-net-worth clients and their entities in litigation that protects family wealth.

Before joining the Firm as an attorney, Stephanie was a summer associate in its Los Angeles office. She also served as a judicial extern to Judge Scott C. Clarkson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, gaining a view of federal court practice from the bench.

During law school, Stephanie was a research fellow and competed in the school's Moot Court Competition. That combination of research, advocacy and judicial experience informs the careful, well-prepared approach she brings to fiduciary disputes.