Benjamin James Sowards
Campbell, CA
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Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Estate Planning
Language
English
About
Mr. Sowards helps his clients transfer wealth from one generation to the next through living trusts, wills and other advanced planning techniques. We use a wide range of estate planning techniques to help our clients meet their estate planning needs and wealth transfer objectives. As trust and estate litigation attorneys, we focus on will and trust contests, fiduciary litigation, and financial elder abuse actions. Our practice further includes representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in fiduciary disputes, trust and probate petitions and trust administrations.Prior to opening the Sowards Law Firm, Mr. Sowards was an associate attorney at the international law firm of Morrison Foerster LLP and started his career at San Diego's oldest and largest law firm, Luce Forward Hamilton and Scripps LLP. His experience working with the Fortune 500 has taught him how to address complex challenges in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Mr. Sowards received his B.S., magna cum laude, from San Jose State University where he was a President’s Scholar. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law where he was a member of the U.C. Davis Law Review and the Senior Articles Editor of the U.C. Davis Business Law Journal. He is also a recipient of the Witkins Award for Securities Regulation. While in law school, Mr. Sowards was a law clerk with the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and also worked for the California Resources Agency in Sacramento. Prior to law school, Mr. Sowards worked in the notebook computer industry.Memberships: The California Bar Association American Bar Association UC Davis Alumni Association San Jose State Alumni Association WealthCounsel - the premier organization for estate planning attorneys The Surfrider Foundation
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
Probate
Elder Law
Language
English
Contact
Sowards Law Firmwww.sowardslawfirm.com2542 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 200Campbell, CA, 95008
Office: (408) 556-9742
Website: N/AReviews
My company hired Ben to create a contractual agreement, which he did promptly and at a great value. Ben was great to work with and was responsive to all of our needs. Highly recommended.
Mr. Sowards was extremely helpful in setting up a Trust which was a bit complicated. Because of his care and expertise, he saved our family much grief. Since setting up the Trust, when I've had any questions or issues I needed help with, he promptly got back to me with what I needed.
I had the opportunity to work with Mr. Sowards as his intern for about 4 months. I was given the opportunity to have an insider’s view on how he works with his employees and clients. In his mind the client comes first, he does everything he can to help his customers to have the proper legal care that they need. His employees are treated with respect and are expected to deliver only the highest quality work for his customers. He has a good grasp of new technologies and implements them in order to benefit his clients.
I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with Ben for several months now. If you're looking at these reviews to see if you might want to hire a lawyer then look no further. Ben is an all around great guy: hardworking, intelligent, a family man, and willing to make sure everything is clear and concise. He is a man of morals that isn't going to let you down.
Mr. Sowards works hard to meet his clients needs. I have worked with him for several months. He is up to speed on all the important legal matters. His webstore offers a convenient effective way to interact with him for those who cannot reach his office. He has great values, serves his community, and is a family man.
As an out of state resident, Mr. Sowards treated our case professionally and efficiently. Very happy with his services and results.
Went to him to create a trust. This was about a 6 month process for a non-complicated matter. He further later refused to create another trust without a valid reason. Sowards himself is very knowledgeable and personable but you have to deal with his staff who are late to respond.
I received several documents on different occasions from Mr Sowards office that contained errors which had to be corrected based upon my discovery. It appears there was was a lack of proof reading and reliance on templates. I also felt there was questionable billing that he refused to correct. I would not recommend this attorney.
My company hired Ben to create a contractual agreement, which he did promptly and at a great value. Ben was great to work with and was responsive to all of our needs. Highly recommended.
Mr. Sowards was extremely helpful in setting up a Trust which was a bit complicated. Because of his care and expertise, he saved our family much grief. Since setting up the Trust, when I've had any questions or issues I needed help with, he promptly got back to me with what I needed.
I had the opportunity to work with Mr. Sowards as his intern for about 4 months. I was given the opportunity to have an insider’s view on how he works with his employees and clients. In his mind the client comes first, he does everything he can to help his customers to have the proper legal care that they need. His employees are treated with respect and are expected to deliver only the highest quality work for his customers. He has a good grasp of new technologies and implements them in order to benefit his clients.
I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with Ben for several months now. If you're looking at these reviews to see if you might want to hire a lawyer then look no further. Ben is an all around great guy: hardworking, intelligent, a family man, and willing to make sure everything is clear and concise. He is a man of morals that isn't going to let you down.
Mr. Sowards works hard to meet his clients needs. I have worked with him for several months. He is up to speed on all the important legal matters. His webstore offers a convenient effective way to interact with him for those who cannot reach his office. He has great values, serves his community, and is a family man.
As an out of state resident, Mr. Sowards treated our case professionally and efficiently. Very happy with his services and results.
Went to him to create a trust. This was about a 6 month process for a non-complicated matter. He further later refused to create another trust without a valid reason. Sowards himself is very knowledgeable and personable but you have to deal with his staff who are late to respond.
I received several documents on different occasions from Mr Sowards office that contained errors which had to be corrected based upon my discovery. It appears there was was a lack of proof reading and reliance on templates. I also felt there was questionable billing that he refused to correct. I would not recommend this attorney.