Ramon Lamelas is certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law—a designation held by approximately one-half of one percent (0.5%) of all attorneys in California. As of May 1, 2024, he is one of only 12 Spanish-speaking Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law attorneys in Los Angeles County. He has also been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers® for 2023 and 2024, an honor awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys. He practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, trust settlement, legal entities, probate, and conservatorships.
He is committed to the legal community in Santa Monica and helps to foster attorney networking and professional growth through his work on the Board of Trustees of the Santa Monica Bar Association, where he currently serves as its President-Elect and Co-Chair of its Probate & Trust Law Section, providing regular formal and informal social events and continuing legal education throughout the year. Ramon will be sworn in as President of the Santa Monica Bar Association in October 2024. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trusts & Estates Law Section), State Bar of California (Trusts & Estates Law Section), and the American Bar Association (Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section).
Ramon graduated cum laude from the University of La Verne College of Law and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California in Political Science and Spanish. He is also a graduate of Loyola High School of Los Angeles.
Ramon is an active member of the ProVisors Professional Network Group and the University of Southern California Latino Alumni Association (Scholarship Review Committee).
He has authored the modules listed below for CEB Practitioner. Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) provides practice books and other written resources for California attorneys. It was founded in 1947 and continues to set the standard for the finest research, writing, and presentation by the top lawyers in the state. Ramon’s CEB Contributor Profile can be found at https://contributors.ceb.com/contributor/ramon-lamelas.
- Lamelas, Qualified Personal Residence Trust (2023), CEB, Practitioner
- Lamelas, Strategic Considerations for Digital Assets (Advanced Estate Planning) (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Gun Subtrust (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Checklist of Initial Estate Planning Interview Questions: Married-RDP Clients (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, How to Use the Optional Notice of Proposed Action Procedure (NOPA) in a Trust Administration (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, How to Use an Small Estate Affidavit (Prob C 13100-13117) (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Estate Representatives Final Report and Accounting and Request for Its Settlement, Request for Final Distribution, and Payment of Ordinary and Extraordinary Fees (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Proposed Order Approving Estate Representative’s Final Report and Accounting (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Client Intake Questionnaire for Initial Post-Death Steps (2022), CEB, Practitioner.