Top best Estate Lawyers in Santa Cruz | 54 available

We help small business owners and families protect their assets. Whether it is a will, a trust, an LLC, an S-Corp or a real estate transaction we want you to know that the paperwork is in place so you can focus on what you do best. Our clients are entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, innovators, loving parents, grandparents, and everything in between-- but the one thing they all have in common is that they've worked hard to build their nest egg and they want to protect it.

Teresa (“Terry”) is a 1982 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law.  She has been licensed to practice law in Arizona since 1982 and in California since 1984.  Terry is AV Preeminent® rated in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, with over 30 years' experience in real estate law and public agency law.  Our practice is limited to transactional matters.

Steven D. Penrose is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, focusing his practice primarily in estate planning,  probate and trust administration, business succession planning, and estate and trust litigation.  Mr. Penrose has extensive experience assisting clients with the initiation and review of estate plans, including simple wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and complex estate tax planning. Mr. Penrose also routinely handles the probate of estates as well as the non-probate post-mortem administration of living trusts.  In the business succession planning arena, he has successfully assisted generations of families in planning for the successful transition of their closely held businesses and assets from older to younger generations. He has the knowledge and experience needed to provide business succession planning assistance to businesses and families in a range of industries.

Monica Vantoch is a family law attorney, who has specialized and dedicated her practice to  divorce mediation. She was a family law litigator and quickly saw the negative impact on families and children. She no longer litigates simply because she does not believe in it. Since then, she created an efficient divorce mediation method that has helped hundreds of parties reach resolution outside of court. With this method, she founded and directed a divorce mediation program being implemented throughout California.

Jeffrey Killeen is the founder and principal attorney of this family-oriented law practice.  He has lived and practiced in the Bay Area since 1980, consulting for nearly a decade to top accounting firms & corporations before shifting his primary focus to helping families preserve their hard-earned wealth.  Jeffrey began his legal career in Japan working internationally with Japanese corporations, universities, and a top American law firm on International Technology Transfer Licensing.  Jeffrey is a graduate of theUniversity of Michigan Law School.

I look forward to helping my clients with their very important paperwork!. Along with being a lawyer, I am also a licensed Notary Public, which is very convenient for my clients.. I also have a CA Real Estate Salesperson license.. I sing, play flute, alto sax, and electric bass; let's jam sometime (nowadays only by Zoom)..

Harriet Brown has been practicing law since 1972. She has been
zealously serving her clients in Santa Cruz County and throughout the
greater Central Coast area since 1995 as an estate planning attorney.
With a rich and varied background in civil litigation and business law,
she specializes in crafting estate plans that address both complex
legal issues and sensitive family dynamics.

Founder of Heit Law Group, P.C., Brian began the firm to ensure his clients’ matters were resolved with their interest in mind and the freedom to do everything possible to help his clients succeed. Brian’s diverse background in public and private enterprise, criminal justice, non-profit, and government allows him to address a wide range of client matters. After working in other firms, Brian Heit founded Williams Heit Law Group, P.C. to provide effective representation to clients and personalized service. Brian values his clients’ and takes an innovative approach to litigating omplex matters in a cost-effective and efficient manner. All too often, legal matters can draw out for years. Brian consistently tackles this problem head-on strategically to obtain fair and reasonable resolutions. Moreover, Brian’s experience in transactional work and litigation affords him insight while performing the other skill, whether drafting agreements and other legal documents or taking a case to trial. Brian's ultimate goal is to ensure as much legal protection as possible and support his clients' long-term success.

As a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Dennis Lippitt has the skill, capability and experience to assist clients with all of their estate, trust and wealth preservation needs. Additionally, he represents trustees and beneficiaries in all aspects of estate and trust administration. Mr. Lippitt is also a seasoned business attorney, representing individuals, corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies in addressing their various business and tax issues. Mr. Lippitt is furthermore a California Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest attorney rating, AV.