About Us
Professional Estate Planning in your own home or business.
Hi. I’m Art.
Art Pauly obtained his Juris Doctor degree and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1987, after spending 18 years as an insurance claims professional. He holds degrees in General Insurance and Associate in Claims with the Insurance Institute of America. He was a Professor of Law teaching contracts, trusts and ethics, and enjoys cars, dune buggies and aviation.
Art opened his Estate Planning practice in 1992. Art Pauly, recognized as an outstanding communicator and as an authority in estate planning, business continuity planning and asset protection, has been a contributing speaker at the Advanced Skills Workshops sponsored by the National Network Of Estate Planning Attorneys, an international organization of Estate Planning Professionals.
He is a CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR of the book “GENERATIONS, Planning Your Legacy”, Practical Answers from Americas Foremost Estate Planning Attorneys”, 1999. Available through Borders and other fine booksellers.
Current Affiliations
Private Pilot since 1970
WealthCounsel Founding Member
Volunteer Law Enforcement Chaplain, Placer County Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Senior Chaplain designation, International Conference of Police Chaplains
Volunteer as a National Litigation Academy Allied Attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, defending our First Amendment Rights and Freedoms
Past Affiliations
Former Insurance Industry Inter-Company Arbitration Panel Member
Student Senate President in my last year of law school
Accomplished Toastmaster Designation. Former Chapter President Toastmasters International.
Past Board Member and Board President River Oak Center for Children.
Past member of the Special Olympics Advisors Counsel
Experimental Aircraft Association Advisors Counsel.
Flew as a Warrant Officer for the California State Military Reserve
Former Board Member San Jose Christian College. ( now William Jessup University).
Former Staff Trial Attorney for CIGNA and then the Hartford Insurance Company
Former Author and Educator in the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys.
Former Pro-Tem Settlement Conference Judge in both Placer and Sacramento Counties
Art Pauly is the co-author of
Estate Planning Strategies: Collective Wisdom, Proven Techniques of WealthCounsel Attorneys
(Second Edition)
The strategies presented in this book will empower readers with knowledge about estate planning techniques that span the full continuum of the estate planning process, from the goals of estate planning and the documents generated in the process to planning for incapacity, tax minimization, charitable giving, retirement, and business succession.
