Over the last 10 years, I’ve amassed hundreds of hours behind the microphone on my weekly radio shows and during that time I’ve also had the responsibility of building and keeping the audiences for those shows…

In an exclusive interview with Our Community Now, lawyer Naz Barouti talks leading the charge on estate and financial planning. Naz Barouti is a force to be reckoned with. As an author, entrepreneur, public speaker, media commentator, and a lawyer who specializes in standing up for women when it comes to estate planning, there are few people out there with her tenacity…

I started Barouti Law Corporation almost eight years ago. Initially, I was terrified to start my own business. Typically, new attorneys work for someone else before venturing out on their own, but I wanted to start a practice that would change the industry. My specialty is Estate Planning, which is mostly a male-dominated field…

Naz Barouti is a lawyer, author, and radio host joining me to get us all informed about the world of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Since February is the month of love, I wanted to bring on an expert to give us some insight into why it's so important for us ladies to protect our assets when getting into a legally binding...

No one likes talking about death. No one likes talking about taxes or financial planning. But so many smart, well educated women are blindsided when unexpected curve balls in life throw their personal and financial lives into chaos. Naz Barouti, the author of Love, Death, and Money, believes you need a comprehensive and easy to follow guide to help you get all your legal affairs in order so that you’re ready for anything that life throws your way…

The following is an edited excerpt from the book Love, Death, and Money: A Woman’s Guide to Legally Protecting Yourself by Naz Barouti...

Becoming an adult is terrifying. Though college typically provides young women practice living as an adult while still having a safety net, the prospect of having to make real adult decisions looms over our heads as the end of our four years steadily approaches...

Naz Barouti is releasing her first book entitled “Love, Death, and Money: A Woman’s Guide to Legally Protecting Yourself.” It’s a guide aimed at helping to protect yourself legally before, during, and after a relationship...

It’s a situation Naz Barouti has seen far too often: Well-intended, educated, successful women’s personal lives affected by death or divorce. As an entrepreneur herself…

Love can get complicated. Protecting yourself financially before, during, and after a relationship doesn’t have to be. That’s according to the attorney, radio host, and author Naz Barouti. Barouti is a rising star in the legal world. She’s known to many as the “estate guru.” What makes her different from other lawyers? She’s a fierce advocate for women…

Naz Barouti, an estate lawyer, media commentator and president of Barouti Law Corp. in Los Angeles, is somewhat surprised Franklin didn’t push herself to address her estate planning issues considering she was older, she had pancreatic cancer and she had four sons. Barouti was less surprised with Prince, who was younger and childless…

As a lawyer and entrepreneur my focus in life became my work. Unfortunately, my health suffered as a result. I neglected my diet, sleep and rarely exercised…

“What happens to all my stuff when I’m gone?” If you don’t have your financial affairs in order, the government will decide how your assets get distributed. Imagine a complete stranger coming into your home and dividing your assets among family members you don’t even talk to...

Naz Barouti is a woman that wears many hats. She is a lawyer, author, entrepreneur, media commentator, and public speaker. In the past, she has been featured on platforms such as Fox News Radio, Bloomberg TV, USA Today, and Fox 11 News for legal commentary on matters of death, divorce, or criminal prosecution of high-profile figures...

Naz Barouti is a woman that wears many hats. She is a lawyer, author, entrepreneur, media commentator, and public speaker. In the past, she has been featured on platforms such as Fox News Radio, Bloomberg TV, USA Today, and Fox 11 News for legal commentary on matters of death, divorce, or criminal prosecution of high-profile figures…

"If you have siblings but no spouse and no children," says Barouti, "the siblings inherit everything, so the half siblings could have a claim as well. In the last three days that he's passed, he's sold 600,000 albums, so I mean his estate is worth an estimated $500 million."

It depends on where the alleged crimes occurred and when they occurred. "In California, the victim has eight years from the age of 18 to come forward," says Naz Barouti, a California lawyer and radio talk-show host on legal matters...

Review your prenup. Before you are married, and even after you are married, Barouti suggests creating spousal agreements. “Specifically write down what will and won’t be shared,” she says. “When you first get married, you may not have had wealth, but you may acquire it afterwards.” This will ensure things don’t get split down the middle if divorce is in your future...

Naz Barouti weighs in on the Donald Sterling, "The trust is a revocable trust, and in the document it's reported that if a trustee or the creator of the trust believes that another trustee is incapacitated, she can have two independant doctors...

Perhaps the only thing as shocking as the untimely death of Prince was the discovery a few days later that he died without a will. Nazanin "Naz" Barouti visits Midday Sunday to share her expertise on wills, living trusts and other matters of life and death...