MEG LODISE

Partner Sacks, Glazier, Franklin, Lodise, McMurtrey & Scheerer, LLP

With nearly four decades in practice, Meg Lodise is widely regarded as one of California’s leading trusts and estates litigators, handling some of the most complex and high-stakes disputes through trial and appeal. Her work not only secures critical client victories, but shapes the law itself.

In O’Connor v. O’Connor (26 Cal.App.5th 871), Lodise obtained a precedent-setting published decision that clarified California law on powers of appointment, a ruling that continues to guide courts statewide. Underscoring her respect in the legal community, Lodise was appointed by the Probate Court as Guardian Ad Litem for the minor children of entertainer Michael Jackson, a responsibility she carried out soon after Jackson’s death in 2009. and concluded in February 2020 with his youngest child, Prince Michael Jackson II turning 18.