Robin H. Balsam P.S. has been providing quality legal services in Pierce and surrounding counties since 1989. Attorney Robin H. Balsam and her associates have over 45 years of combined experience, and have developed a reputation as dedicated, aggressive, and experienced counsel.
- The firm’s practice has focused on complex guardianship, probate, and trust litigation since 1993, with particular experience in handling cases involving elders who have been victimized by undue influence, abuse and exploitation.
- Robin H. Balsam P.S. has a long history of representing clients with special needs, and frequently acts as associate counsel to other attorneys who are representing elderly, incapacitated, and disabled people in legal matters such as personal injury, medical malpractice, contracts and domestic litigation.
- Ms. Balsam is a Washington State certified professional guardian and experienced trustee. She is experienced in representing fiduciaries such as guardians, personal representatives, and attorneys-in-fact.
The firm strives to provide a uniquely collaborative and resourceful approach to legal issues that confront elders, disabled people and their families by providing a range of solutions from negotiated out-of-court agreements to aggressive legal representation in court. The means of resolving a matter is dictated by the facts and client goals.
- Through collaboration clients benefit from the diverse backgrounds and experience of the firm’s attorneys, along with accessibility to more than one attorney who is familiar with their matter.
- This approach often lends itself to quicker resolution of matters and creative, thorough solutions which, depending on the facts and client’s goals, may avoid traditional adversarial litigation.
As a whole, the attorneys and support staff can assist in all aspects of guardianship, trust, elder law and probate matters, whether straightforward or complex.
- The law firm has a partner professional guardianship agency, Commencement Bay Guardianship Services (“CBGS”), which employs four professional guardians and multiple support staff.
- Partnership with the guardianship agency gives clients access to staff who are experienced in care management as well.
