Eric R. Bardwell

Eric R. Bardwell is a distinguished attorney located in Irvine, California, with a focus on comprehensive wealth transfer planning. His expertise spans estate planning, charitable planning, business succession planning, and post-death administration. Mr. Bardwell is adept at helping individuals and families minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes through strategic creation of wills, trusts, business entities, and charitable organizations. He employs a range of wealth-transfer strategies, including gifts and sales, to achieve clients' goals.

Collaborating closely with clients' advisory teams—comprising accountants, investment advisors, and insurance agents—Mr. Bardwell ensures that personal planning and wealth preservation objectives are met in a coordinated manner. He also provides guidance on estate and trust administration, probate administration, and the preparation of gift and estate tax returns.

Mr. Bardwell is recognized as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. His excellence has been acknowledged by Super Lawyers Magazine, naming him among the Southern California Rising Stars from 2014 to 2019, an honor reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys under 40 in the region.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Bardwell served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gary Allen Feess at the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He also contributed as the Literary Editor for the Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law during his law school tenure.