About me
Bertha Sanchez Hayden serves as a Directing Attorney at Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Bet Tzedek is a nationally recognized premier legal services firm in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Hayden currently oversees Direct Services for Seniors, Dependent Adults, and Caregivers. Ms. Hayden has dedicated her career in legal services to serving older adults, dependent adults and their caregivers navigate elder law issues. Current project highlights include launching the Leaving a Legacy, an estate planning program within Bet Tzedek’s Elder Justice unit providing estate planning services to older adults with the aim of preventing financial elder abuse and building intergenerational wealth for low-income families. Committed to addressing access to justice issues, Ms. Hayden also led the effort to launch an interactive platform to improve accessibility to advance planning tools and expand access to self-help services. In 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Ms. Hayden to the Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee where she currently serves as chair. In 2022, Ms. Hayden served as a delegate at the World Congress on Adult Capacity. In 2023, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero appointed Ms. Hayden to the California’s Judicial Council Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee. Ms. Hayden also selected to serves as stakeholder co-chair of California’s Elder and Disability Justice Coordinating Council (EDJCC) and chair of the EDJCC’s conservatorship subcommittee.
