
Meet Our Professionals
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Bradley R. Kirk, Esq.
Lead Litigation Counsel
Bradley R. Kirk is the lead litigation attorney at the firm. He is a certified specialist in trust and probate law, and over his 29-year career, Mr. Kirk has tried over 100 trust/probate cases in the Southern California Courts. Mr. Kirk manages a team of skilled trust/probate litigators and handles all manner of complex trust/probate cases.
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Jacob C. DeVilliers, Esq.
Senior Associate — Managing Attorney
Jacob DeVilliers is the firm’s senior managing attorney. He joined Bradley R. Kirk & Associates, Inc. as an associate attorney in 2001 and was admitted to the California Bar in 2002. Mr. De Villiers’s practice now focuses on Probate and Trust Administration and pre-litigation matters.
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Larissa L. Abruscato, Esq.
Associate Attorney — Trust/Probate Litigation
Larissa Abruscato is an associate attorney at the firm. Ms. Abruscato joined Bradley R. Kirk & Associates, Inc. in 2017 and since then has been practicing exclusively in the areas of Trust and Probate Litigation. Her practice focuses on trust and probate litigation, including legal disputes concerning trust and will contests, fiduciary accounting disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and financial elder abuse.
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Evan A. Basakis, Esq.
Associate Attorney — Trust/Probate Litigation
Mr. Basakis has been an associate attorney of the firm since 2018. His practice focuses on trust and probate litigation, including legal disputes concerning trust and will contests, fiduciary accounting disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and financial elder abuse.
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Christiaan Vasquez
Senior Managing Paralegal
In 2012, Mr. Vasquez joined Bradley R. Kirk & Associates, Inc. as a trust/probate litigation paralegal. Since joining the firm, Mr. Vasquez was promoted to and now serves as the Firm’s Senior Managing Paralegal exclusively in the areas of Trust and Probate Litigation.
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Lorraine Pasillas
Associate Paralegal
In 2017, Ms. Pasillas joined Bradley Kirk & Associates, Inc. as an associate paralegal. Her practice focuses on all aspects of trust/probate litigation.
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Cliff Harris
CJ Enterprises
Cliff Harris, part of the team that runs CJ Enterprises, works for the firm as a document processing specialist. He is an expert in processing these documents to make it more time-efficient and more cost-efficient for the Firm’s attorneys/paralegals to utilize the case documents in the course of litigation.
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Shelly Terrigno
Accounting Department
Ms. Terrigno heads up the Firm’s accounting department. She handles all bookkeeping and accounting matters.


Real Clients. Real Reviews.
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“Brad is exceptionally bright, intuitive, and compelled to constantly think out of the box, thus ultimately saving the clients huge sums of money in the long run! I cannot say enough good things about Mr. Kirk, and glad he represented me in an ugly family t”
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“If I hear of anyone in the OC that needs a good attorney, I will definitely recommend you and Brad.”
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“Bradley Kirk is a joy to watch at what he does best - a trial attorney. He can judge people fast and respond appropriately on the spur of the moment. One couldn't be in better hands.”
- Linda -
“The team approached the case objectively, for a win for all parties involved. Jacob, Christian, and the entire team were patient and knowledgeable, putting us at ease. We trusted we were in the best possible hands given this unfamiliar territory.”
- Anne-Marie -
“Bradley Kirk & Associates is a finely tuned, well-oiled machine that represented me brilliantly. They are very knowledgeable, professional, and thorough in every aspect of dealing with Trusts and Estates. Mr. Kirk is dedicated to his clients and goes t”
- Rin -
“Needless to say with Brad's help we got the results we were hoping for! Thank you again.”
- John -
“The like-mindedness of your faith was extremely comforting to us and we completely trusted you with all that we have. It is with great pleasure that I can highly recommend you to anyone who needs help with probate litigation.”
- Elizabeth -
“Every person in the firm is sharp, competent, friendly, has great follow thru, is knowledgeable in the most current Trust law, provides honest and insightful answers to legal questions, and personally are terrific individuals.”
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In addition to being a stellar attorney, he was always sensitive to my needs during a very difficult three-year period. With great confidence, I highly recommend his firm.
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“There was an outstanding debt due to the Estate that posed a more complicated issue, but Jacob’s experience, knowledge, and communications skills continue to help me work the issue. I appreciate the integrity of Bradley Kirk & Assoc. and recommen”
- Former Client