Joseph A. Lumsdaine is senior partner at Tredway Lumsdaine & Doyle LLP (TLD). He serves a wide range of clients in all matters related to probate, trusts, business and estate planning, elder law and related litigation.

Mr. Lumsdaine joined TLD in 1979 after working as a trial attorney for the federal government and at a labor law firm in Los Angeles. He was named partner at TLD in 1981 and senior partner in 2011. In his more than 35 years of legal practice, Mr. Lumsdaine has concluded more than fifty state and federal jury and court trials to verdict, involving business disputes, personal injury, real estate and probate and trust litigation.

He has been appointed numerous times by the Los Angeles County Superior Courts to serve as a Probate Volunteer Panel attorney, as Judge Pro Tem and as Mediator. He has been certified by the Pepperdine University School of Law for the completion of their mediation training program. Mr. Lumsdaine regularly attends either the USC or the UCLA Probate Update Conferences.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Elder Law
• Probates, Conservatorships and Trusts
• Estate Planning
• Litigation
• Mediation

Recognition & Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
• Southern California SuperLawyers
• YMCA Distinguished Service Award
• LA Magazine Top Lawyers in Southern California
• Southeast District Bar Association’s 2009 Attorney of the Year
• ARC’s Community Service Award

Professional & Community Involvement

• Member, Orange County Bar Association
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Downey Family YMCA Board Member(1982-present), Chairman (2000-2001)
• Downey Chapter Habitat for Humanity President (1987-88)
• Los Angeles County, Southeast District, Bar Association President (2005) and Board Member (1999-2007)
• ARC Southeast Los Angeles County President (1987) and Board Member (1983-1991)
• Deacon, Archdiocese of Los Angeles (2010-present)
• Coach and manager, East Long Beach Pony Baseball League teams (Dates 2002-2004)

Education

• University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1973)
• University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1976)
• Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (M.A. 2006)

Bar Admissions

• California, 1976
• U.S. District Courts, 1976
• U.S. Appellate Courts, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004