F. Bentley Mooney, Jr. is an av-rated California attorney, in practice since 1972. He holds a master of laws degree in taxation (LLM (Tax)) and is certified by the Board of Legal Specialization (State Bar of California) as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. His practice is limited to domestic and international business, estate planning, trusts, probate and related taxation. He lectures frequently on those topics.

Major practice concentrations are in Medi-Cal eligibility planning (shifting the costs of long term nursing home care while preserving economic security), asset protection planning (estate planning taking litigation exposure into account) and foreign private annuities (removes the exchange property from the annuitant’s gross estate without wealth transfer taxes, while retaining an income and keeping the principal in the family).

Mr. Mooney receives calls for expert comment from Forbes, Medical Economics, The Los Angeles Business Journal, Wall Street Journal and more than a dozen other publications.

He is the author of numerous articles and books. Among the latter are Handcuff the Tax Man, Going Bare, The Artful Use of Offshore Tax Havens, Cluster! A Flexible Approach to the Cluster Agency Maze, When Health is Lost: Providing for Long-Term Nursing Care (1988), Creating & Preserving Wealth and Preserving Your Wealth. Newly-released in 2001 are When Health is Lost (an update of the 1988 book) and Critical Planning for Target Defendants.

Professional associations include numerous leadership roles in the Los Angeles County, California and American Bar Associations, Lawyers' Club of Los Angeles County, Conference of Bar Delegates, Glendale Estate Planning Council, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Mr. Mooney has also provided leadership to many civic and charitable organizations. They include Kiwanis Club of North Hollywood, Universal City-North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, San Fernando Convention & Visitors Bureau, No Ho Regional Center for the Arts, North Hollywood Community Forum, St. Anne’s Foundation and the Mooney Foundation.