About Estate Planning Attorney Eric Ridley

Estate Planning Attorney Camarillo CA

I was twenty-six when I watched a stranger steal my father's life.

Dad died thinking he was smart. Will? Check. Basic docs? Check. Family protected?

Wrong.

His wife remarried before his headstone was even set. Twelve months later, she was dead too.

Thirty years of my father's sweat. Every overtime shift. Every sacrifice. Every dollar he saved instead of spent.

Gone.

Not to his children. Not to his grandchildren. To her new husband. A man who showed up after my dad was in the ground and walked away with everything.

Here's what nobody tells you: estate planning isn't about documents. It's about predators.

There are people who hunt widows. People who marry grieving spouses and wait. People who know exactly how to strip wealth from families who think they're protected.

My father handed them a road map.

That day I learned there are only two types of families: hunters and prey.

My family became prey because my father thought good intentions and basic documents were enough.

They weren't.

I became a hunter.

Not of widows. Of the system that failed my dad. Of the loopholes that let strangers steal from families. Of the mistakes that turn a lifetime of work into someone else's payday.

Your family has a target on its back. Every day you wait, every month you delay, every "I'll get to it later" makes you easier prey.

I don't just practice estate planning.

I wage war against what happened to my family.

And I win.

Legal Issues I Handle

• Your Estate Planning
  • Wills,
  • Healthcare Power of Attorney,
  • Healthcare Advanced Directives,
  • Powers of Attorney,
  • Declarations of a Pre-Need Guardian,
  • Living Wills)
• Family Asset Protection
• Financial Advising
• Wealth Management

Legal Issues I DO NOT Handle

• Anything else!

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys:
  • Money Magazine recognized AAEPA multiple times as a consumer legal source
  • Suze Orman in her book "9 Steps to Financial Freedom" recognized AAEPA as a consumer legal source
  • Consumer Reports recognized AAEPA as a resource for attorneys and consumers
  • Integrity Marketing Group recognized AAEPA as "a respected force in the industry" in their 2023 partnership announcement

The AAEPA maintains high standards for its member attorneys, requiring us to complete 36 hours of continuing legal education annually in estate planning, elder law, probate, or trust administration

• American Academy Wealth
• Ventura County Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association