Ambrecht & Associates is a boutique law firm in the Montecito area of Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1980 by tax and estates and trusts attorney John W. Ambrecht. Ambrecht & Associates protects family wealth and minimizes family conflict by combining estate, business and property tax planning with asset transition and succession strategies for family businesses. We serve both domestic and international clients with unique and complex needs. We also assist other attorneys, CPAs and financial planners as part of a team. We focus our efforts on creative estate planning for the protection of the family and its assets with an all-inclusive, holistic approach integrating multi-situs trusts, legal requirements and estate, gift and property tax-saving challenges together with the predictable family dynamics faced in all asset and family power shifts.