Professionals

David Kim Managing Partner of Wright Kim Douglas, is an experienced litigator with an extensive business and real estate background, and handles exclusively probate and trust matters, both litigated and non-litigated.

Mr. Kim has successfully conducted several notable trials involving probate and trust disputes on behalf of Private Professional Fiduciaries and individuals.  He also counsels clients in all phases of trust administration, conservatorships and probate matters. | Read More

J. Andrew Douglas has extensive experience in handling a diverse array of business and real estate matters, specializing in complex business, real estate and probate/trust matters.

Mr. Douglas is licensed to practice in California, Colorado and Arizona. He is admitted to practice before the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California. | Read More

Jennifer Vane  is Of Counsel with WKD, specializing in probate and trust administration and litigation.  She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Government with a minor in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from the University of Notre Dame, graduating with honors. 

She received her law degree (J.D.) from the USC Gould School of Law in 1990. She has been licensed to practice law since 1990. | Read More

Rosa Fregoso is a trusts and estates attorney with experience in estate planning, trust administration, and probate proceedings.  She has been an attorney, licensed to practice law in the State of California, since 1992.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. She received her law degree from the Berkeley School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. | Read More

William Smyth is a Senior Associate with Wright Kim Douglas, ALCMr. Smyth received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Sociology from the University of California, Irvine and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. | Read More

Savannah Brutto is an Associate at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC, and has over 6 years of experience in probate, trust, and conservatorship administration and litigation as well as estate planning.

Mrs. Brutto received her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School in 2014 and was admitted to the California Bar in December 2014. | Read More

Marie Mondia is an Associate at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC. Ms. Mondia received her Bachelor’s Degree in English, with a minor in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. 

She has been admitted to practice law in all California state courts since 2014. | Read More

Tamra Otten is an Associate at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC. Ms. Otten received her J.D. from the City of New York School of Law and a Bachelor’s Degree in Justice Studies, with a minor in Political Science from San Jose State University. She was admitted to the California Bar in January 2015. | Read More

Paralegals

Kacie Akau is a Certified Paralegal with 20 years of total paralegal experience, including civil litigation, employment law, and probate experience. | Read More

Myrna Sandoval has over a decade of legal experience.  She has successfully assisted attorneys in conservatorship, | Read More

Daniela Hernandez is a Law Clerk at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, Berkeley and received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in May 2018. | Read More

Vaibhav “Vinni” Kaushik is an legal intern at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC. | Read More

Vanessa Gonzalez is a Legal Assistant at Wright Kim Douglas, ALC. She graduated California State University Northridge. Ms. Gonzalez hopes to attend law school in the near future. | Read More

Sara "Grace" Emamaullee Sara "Grace" Emamaullee is a current undergraduate studying at the University of Southern California. | Read More

Kim Kemp joined WKD in February 2021.  She brings 17 years of experience working in the legal field and in office administration. | Read More