Michael N. Balikian
Founder/Principal
(818) 347-3700
mike@balikianlaw.com
Attorney Michael N. Balikian has been practicing law since 1994, specializing in estate planning, post-death estate administration, business formation and representation, real estate, and tax. His comprehensive legal expertise ensures clients receive well-rounded and effective counsel.
During his law school years, Mr. Balikian gained invaluable experience serving as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Lynn Compton in the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals, providing him with a solid foundation for his distinguished legal career.
Awards
Mr. Balikian has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in the Estate Planning category for eight years in a row. Such recognition is limited to five percent of lawyers in each area of law “who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.”
Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D.
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Master’s in Business and Tax
- University of Arizona, B.S. in Business Administration
Bar Admissions/Memberships
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Founding board member of First Generation Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing financial resources to low-income seniors
- Former Vice-President of the local chapter of Gideons International
- Former member of the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Foundation Estate and Tax Planning Advisory Committee
- Vice-Chair of Planned Giving for the Board of the Arthritis Foundation
- Volunteer high school basketball coach
- Assistant Scout Master in Boy Scouts of America
- Board Member at Calvary Chapel Thousand Oaks