Hartog, Baer and Zabronsky (HBZ) is pleased to announce their 2nd annual Diversity Scholarship. The scholarship is a one-time award of $5,000. The scholarship will be given to a law student from an underrepresented community who is from or resides in Contra Costa or Alameda County, or is interested in practicing law in Contra Costa or Alameda County after graduation.
To be eligible, students must meet the following requirements:
Application Instructions:
HBZ will review the applications and select finalists to interview with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at HBZ. The scholarship award winner will be announced in the Winter of 2022.
Hartog, Baer & Hand (HBH) Principal Ryan J. Szczepanik has been elected as president of the East Bay Trust and Estate Lawyers (EBTEL). Effective Jan. 1, Szczepanik succeeds HBH Principal David D. Little in the role.
Married couples often don’t give much thought to the characterization of their property as community or separate. In general, community property is all real or personal property acquired by a married person during the marriage. Separate property is all property owned by the person before the marriage, all property acquired by the person after marriage by gift, bequest or devise, and the rents and profits from the person’s separate property.
Principal Ryan Szczepanik’s latest article, “Numbers Game: Handling Disputes to Fiduciary Accountings,” published in CalCPA’s November issue.