Crystal Hayes Hill
Crystal Hayes Hill
Biography
Crystal Hayes Hill is Senior Counsel at Keystone Law Group, P.C. A respected probate litigator with over 20 years of experience, Crystal’s approach to probate practice is client-centric and solution-oriented.
Prior to joining Keystone, Crystal maintained a probate, family law and estate planning practice where she successfully represented administrators, trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, and conservators. She is particularly adept at managing probate and family law crossover cases. She handles will contests, trust contests, trustee removals, forced distributions, conservatorships, guardianships, and administrative matters. Her previous experience includes being the Site Supervising Attorney for the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Resource Center and managing the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Probate Clinic.
Crystal is an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School teaching Marital Property.
Awards / Recognitions
- Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine (2023, 2024)
- Top 100 Lawyers by National Black Lawyers
- Top 10 Estate Planning Attorneys, Attorney and Practice Magazine (2022)
Publications / Speaking Engagements
- Probate and Inheritance – Where You Begin, LA Law Library, Speaker (Quarterly)
Crystal Hayes Hill
Senior Counsel
Phone: 310.444.9060
Email: Chayeshill@keystone-law.com
Biography
Crystal Hayes Hill is Senior Counsel at Keystone Law Group, P.C. A respected probate litigator with over 20 years of experience, Crystal’s approach to probate practice is client-centric and solution-oriented.
Prior to joining Keystone, Crystal maintained a probate, family law and estate planning practice where she successfully represented administrators, trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, and conservators. She is particularly adept at managing probate and family law crossover cases. She handles will contests, trust contests, trustee removals, forced distributions, conservatorships, guardianships, and administrative matters. Her previous experience includes being the Site Supervising Attorney for the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Resource Center and managing the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Probate Clinic.
Crystal is an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School teaching Marital Property. She also teaches a quarterly class at the Los Angeles Law Library on Probate & Inheritance.
Awards / Recognitions
- Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine (2023, 2024)
- Top 100 Lawyers by National Black Lawyers
- Top 10 Estate Planning Attorneys, Attorney and Practice Magazine (2022)
Education
Crystal received her undergraduate degree in English from UC Berkeley and her law degree from Cornell Law School.
Bar Admissions
- California
Memberships
- California Lawyers Association, Trusts & Estates and Litigation Sections
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts & Estates and Litigation Sections
- Board Member, Black Women Lawyers Association
- Committee Member, Los Angeles County Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service
- Langston Bar Association
Representative Matters
- Successfully represented the beneficiary in removing the trustee by forcing resignation, thereby securing millions in trust assets for the client.
- Successfully litigated contested conservatorship matter removing temporary conservator and appointing clients to make final life decisions for conservatee.
- Successfully negotiated distribution to previously omitted intestate heirs and prevented spouse from wrongfully transferring assets properly belonging to decedent’s children.
- Successfully represented beneficiaries in action against trustee compelling trust accounting, distribution and preserving transfer of wealth.
- Secured notable business for clients by successfully litigating will contest action.
- Successfully represented spouse, who had previously been involved in unfinished divorce action, in obtaining assets wrongfully taken and included in the decedent's estate which had been open for over 8 years.
- Prosecuted financial elder abuse claims in conservatorship proceeding, successfully surcharging conservator and preserving estate for future heirs.
- Represented clients in conservatorship matters.
- Represented clients in obtaining guardianships.
Interests
Crystal mentors law clerks and young attorneys. She enjoys hiking, biking, working out, and traveling with her husband and children.