
Dustin D. Sichon
Partner
TRUST & PROBATE LITIGATION
As a Partner at Ferruzzo, Dustin Sichon has been integral to growing the Trust and Probate Litigation Group into what it is today. Dustin joined Ferruzzo in 2014 with a wide range of experience that enabled him to respond to the ever-changing needs of his clients. While his scope of practice has broadened over the course of a varied career, providing advice and assistance to families, estates, and businesses remains his focus.
Dustin is experienced in advising clients across a broad spectrum of legal issues to meet their personal and business needs. Dustin handles estate, probate, trust litigation, professional and fiduciary liability, civil litigation, and construction litigation. He is also experienced in transactions involving contracts, business formation, succession, and preparation of wills and trusts for individuals and business owners.
After graduating from law school, Dustin began his career with a group of certified specialists in estate planning, drafting estate plans for mid to high-wealth families. Dustin also served as the attorney for trustees, executors, and private fiduciaries for estates in contested and uncontested matters across Southern California.
Dustin was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Marin County, California. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. Following graduation, he worked for a claims administrator, handling nationwide class action suits. During this employment, he chose law as a career and received his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University, School of Law in 1997.
In Dustin’s free time, he loves to fish, play poker with friends, and travel.
- Estate, Probate & Trust Litigation
- Estate, Probate & Trust Administration
- Civil Litigation
- Construction Law
- Business and Commercial Law
- California State Bar, 1997
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2010
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2013
- Pepperdine University School of Law
Malibu, 1997
Juris Doctorate - University of California at Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, 1992
- Avoiding Malpractice For The Transactional Attorney
- Avoiding Malpractice For Small Firms
- Estate Planning Myths, Modifications, and Misconceptions
- Estate Planning for Business Owners
- Why Successful Businesses Fail
- Business Succession Planning
- California Bar Association: Trust & Estate Section Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Trust & Estate Section Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Judicial Liaison 2018-2022
- South Orange County Estate Planning Council, Member
- Estate Planning Group Network, Member
- Banyard Inn of Court, Member
- Provisors
Charitable Activity
- Alzheimer’s Association, The Longest Day Member
- Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
- Boys and Girls Club of Central Orange Coast
- Goodwill Industries of Orange County
- Pretend City Children’s Museum
Charitable Giving
- Boys Hope, Girls Hope
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Grandma’s House of Hope