Janet's Portfolio
Professional and Community Activities
Janet provides legal counsel services to V-Day, a non-profit corporation that distributes funds to grassroots, national, and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best Charities" in 2001.
Janet also volunteers her services as legal counsel to The Muktabodha Indological Research Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study, preservation, and dissemination of the ancient scriptural wisdom of India.
Janet has testified as an expert witness regarding trusts and conservatorships. She is interviewed and extensively quoted regarding trusts in the popular books written by Suze Orman 'You've Earned it Don't Lose It' and 'The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom'. She has presented estate planning seminars with Suze Orman for public television in Detroit, Michigan, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, California, and Denver, Colorado and Champagne-Urbana, Illinois.
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Janet
Riksen of WETA-TV, Janet L. Dobrovolny and Suze Orman take a break
during a special estate planning seminar for WETA-TV supporters. |
Janet is the estate planning consultant for Suze Orman's latest projects, Suze Orman's Will and Trust Kit™ and the Ultimate Protection Portfolio. The easy-to-use software utilizes a simple questionnaire process to take you step-by-step through the creation of your own fully customized legal documents. These state-of-the-art programs contain more than 50 forms that cover practically every aspect of your financial life.
Education
University of California,
Hastings College of the Law, J. D. 1978
Stanford University,
A.D. 1971 (Clinical Psychology)
Presentations/Seminars
Trusts for Low-Income Residents, Judicare - Northern
California
Your Financial Future and Early Retirement, 1st Interstate
Bank seminars for Chevron, PG&E and the Veterans Administration
Estate Planning and Trusts, Summit Bank- Northern
California
Financial Health and Wealth, Public Broadcasting Service
seminars with Suze Orman in Denver,
Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, San Francisco, California, and Washington,
D.C.
Memberships/Associations
California Bar Association
Stanford
Cap & Gown
Professional
Interests
Legal Counsultant, Suze Orman Media, Inc.
Community
Involvement
Legal
Counsel, V-Day
Legal Counsel, Muktabodha
Indological Research Institute
Janet's father, Jerry S. Dobrovolny taught at the University of Illinois in the Department of General Engineering for over forty years! He was such a distinguished and successful educator that the Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professorship in Entrepreneurial Engineering has been established to recognize his contributions to the university. You can learn more about Jerry S. Dobrovolny and the professorship in his name by clicking here.
Janet, Jerry and Jo Dobrovolny in the garden
Alan Beaven is one of the heroes of September 11, 2001. Janet serves as the Trustee for the Alan Beaven Family Fund. You can find out more about Alan Beaven and the fund by clicking here.
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