Probate lawyers in California Lucas Woodward to Marvin Pederson

Firm: Goodwin, Brown, Gross & Lovelace, LLP

4350 La Jolla Village Dr , San Diego , California 92122

Practice Areas: Probate

My practice focuses on estate planning, probate and trust administration, and probate and trust litigation.  I am licensed in California and Nevada.  I have diverse experience in the areas of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, probate estates, trust administration, trust and estate litigation, business formation, and federal and state taxation. Past litigation clients include individual and professional trustees, beneficiaries, surviving spouses, care givers, omitted heirs, competing wills, adopted out children, intestate claims of predeceased spouse to real property, spousal property petitions, partition actions, undue influence and elder abuse claims, and representation of a co-administrator/co-executor in a 13 year probate.  Prior to joining Goodwin, Brown, Gross & Lovelace, APC, I was an attorney with Albence and Associates, APC, for nearly 5 years in the same practice area.  Before Albence & Associates, APC, I was an attorney at a major securities litigation firm headquartered in San Diego.  With securities litigation I was involved in a variety of complex litigation cases, including mortgage backed securities cases and post-merger derivative suits.  I believe my diverse litigation experience in a wide variety of trust and probate litigation matters, all the way to multi-party, national scale cases, give me a unique perspective in my estate planning, affording my estate litigation clients exceptional representation and my estate planning clients practical experience of the implications of how documents are drafted and the situations they create.. I earned my law degree from the University of San Diego, where I also earned a Master of Laws in Taxation, with an emphasis on complex estate planning and business planning.  Prior to law school, I earned my B.A. in Economics from UC San Diego.  I am licensed to practice law in California and Nevada, and to appear in the Southern District of the United States Federal Court.. I am very proud to be a current board member with the San Diego Council on Literacy and a strong supporter of the San Diego Equality Business Association. Some of my past philanthropic activities include the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, Habitat for Humanity, and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer program.

Firm: Esparza Law Group, P.C.

1129 State Street , Santa Barbara , California 93101

Practice Areas: Administrative , Assault & Battery, Business & Commercial, Construction , Labor , Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Probate , Products Liability, Traffic Violations, Wrongful Death, General Practice

Attorney, CA State Bar #229054 Real Estate Broker, CA BRE #01394464 Proprietary Private Security Officer, CA BSIS PSO #6905

21st Floor   199 Fremont Street  9410 , San Francisco , California 94105

Practice Areas: Estate Planning,Probate ,Trusts

Firm: Feinberg & Waller, APC

23501 Park Sorrento #103 , Calabasas , California 91302

Practice Areas: Adoption, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Divorce, Elder , Estate Planning, Family , Probate , Trusts, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

I’m Marshall Waller, a director and principal shareholder at Feinberg & Waller, APC, and a California Certified Family Law Specialist (CFLS). For decades, I’ve represented clients in complex divorce, custody, support, and high-asset property matters, earning a reputation for strategic thinking and strong courtroom advocacy.. I hold an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell and have been named a Super Lawyer for over 15 years, including being ranked among the Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California. I am proud to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), honors reserved for the most respected leaders in the field. I’m also a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a distinction held by only 1% of U.S. attorneys, recognizing exemplary professional and public service.. Beyond the courtroom, I’m a legal educator and published author. I wrote Essentials of California Family Law, a study guide for CFLS candidates, and a law school textbook in the area of California Family Law, published by Aspen Publishers. I’ve taught law at the university level and have been a Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) speaker for the Regents of the University of California.. At Feinberg & Waller, we’re a full-service family law firm focused on divorce, property division, financial issues, support, attorney’s fees, and custody. My personal practice often involves Hague Convention matters, international child abduction, and jurisdictional conflicts.. I earned my B.A. with highest honors from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, my J.D. from Loyola Law School, and pursued postgraduate tax studies at USC and USD. I remain active in bar associations and give back through volunteer work, including as a mock trial coach for Teach Democracy.

Firm: Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman LLP

16133 Ventura Boulevard (ENCINO) , Encino , California 91436

Practice Areas: Probate

Marshal A. Oldman is an attorney at Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Birnberg, Coleman, & Gold LLP and helps clients address Estate Planning & Probate legal issues. He also assists clients regarding Estate & Trust Litigation issues.. Super Lawyers is a designation of top-rated practicing attorneys selected through extensive evaluation. He was awarded this distinction for 2004 - 2021.. Marshal Oldman was admitted to practice law in 1976. He represents clients in the Encino area.

Firm: Law Offices of Mark E. Swatik, APC

21250 Hawthorne Blvd, Ste 500 , Torrance , California 90503

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate

Mark Swatik is a Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law under the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, which is a distinction held by less than 1% of California attorneys. Mr. Swatik practices in the area of Estate Planning, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Probate, and Trust Administration.  Mr. Swatik’s practice also includes advanced tax planning, Asset Protection, Special Needs planning, and Elder law, as well as civil litigation with an emphasis in Trust and Will contests, Personal Injury & Wrongful Death.. Mr. Swatik also works with financial advisors and CPA’s to assist their clients in drafting complex irrevocable trusts, including Dynasty Trusts, Grantor Retained Trusts (GRATS/GRUTS), Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (IDGTS), Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTS), Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITS), Family Limited Partnership Trusts (FLPS), Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (SLATS), and Charitable Remainder/Lead Trusts (CRATS/CRUTS/CLATS).. Mr. Swatik was a partner at the firm of Sanders, Montalto and Swatik, LLP, and in 2015, Mr. Swatik was invited to join the premier estate planning, business and real estate law firm in the South Bay, Burkley & Brandlin, where he was named as a partner and the new firm name has now become Swatik & Brandlin LLP.. Mr. Swatik is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker, which has been very beneficial in overseeing dozens of real estate transactions during probate and trust administrative matters.. Mr. Swatik brings an extensive background in business management to the firm’s Estate Planning practice, differentiating him from many other Estate Planning attorneys. Additionally, because Mr. Swatik not only drafts trusts and Estate Plans, but litigates them in court, he is provided a unique perspective in understanding the shortcomings of many trusts, and how to perfect them whether it be in the area of tax avoidance, creditor protection, or simply protecting the client’s wishes from being successfully challenged later in court.. In addition to his legal experience in areas of estate planning and administration, Mr. Swatik is an honorably retired Police Sergeant, who managed Internal Affairs, Detectives, Training and Hiring, Administration and served as the Team Leader for the SWAT/Hostage Crisis Negotiations Team.  Mr. Swatik has extensive experience and training in Risk Management and civil liability pertaining to Public Sector employment.  Mr. Swatik has provided “Use of Force” expert testimony and has been the designated City representative regarding policies and procedures in Federal and State courts.  Mr. Swatik also assisted in multiple federal and state civil litigation matters pertaining to municipal defense against civil rights and tort claims. Mr. Swatik has also testified before State Senate and State Assembly Committees for Senate Bill 506 (2005) and Assembly Bill 1595 (2005), and assisted in the drafting of these documents, both of which have been passed into current laws regarding Public Safety Professional’s Privacy Rights.. Mr. Swatik has authored Risk Management newsletters and offered instruction to police agencies on administrative, legal and procedural matters.  Mr. Swatik had been the Department’s designated investigator/facilitator during 4 Civil Service Commission disciplinary hearings involving excessive force and police misconduct.

Firm: Hillman, Lucas & Canning, PC

2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 , Fairfield , California 94534

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Estate , Estate Planning, Land Use & Zoning, Mediation, Probate , Real Estate , Trusts

Firm: The Law Office of Mark Gullotta

1575 Bayshore Hwy , Burlingame , California 94010

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate , Trusts

Family oriented attorney providing personal legal advice and services to ordinary people who need help with Wills, Trusts and Probate.

Firm: Drobny Law Offices, Inc.

4180 Truxel Road , Sacramento , California 95834

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Estate Planning, Probate , Taxation - State & Federal, Estate Planning

Mark S. Drobny was born and raised in Bettendorf, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1977 (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and General Sciences), UOP McGeorge Law School in 1980 (J.D.) and 1981 (LL.M-Taxation). He is a California State Bar Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California of Legal Specialization. He is a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Estate Planning and is a member of the California State Bar, American Bar Association and Sacramento County Bar. He was sworn in to the United States Supreme Court before all nine Justices on June 9, 2003, in Washington D.C. Mark has served on the boards of most major Northern California charities, including The American Cancer Society, The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Boy Scouts of America, Sutter Hospitals Foundation, Stanford Settlement, St. Hope Academy, McGeorge School of Law and California State University, Sacramento Foundation and is co-chair of California State University Sacramento’s Endowment Committee. He received the CSUS president's medal for Distinguished Service in June of 2014. Mark has formed or chaired the planned giving committees for many major Northern California charities and is widely regarded as one of the region’s top experts on Charitable Remainder Trusts and other Planned Giving concepts. Mark has been a member of The Sacramento Estate Planning Council since 1982, was the founding editor of their monthly newsletter, a member of their Board of Directors for eight years, and President in 1992 and 1993. Mark has practiced law for over 35 years, and founded DROBNY LAW OFFICES, INC. in 1989. He limits his practice to Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Probate, Business Planning and Taxation, and has offices in Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, San Diego. Palo Alto and San Ramon. Mark has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Sacramento Superior Court’s Probate division for over 20 years. Mark S. Drobny is a frequent speaker on Estate Planning matters, having given over 1,000 presentations in an entertaining and informative format. Mark has 2 children: Dane, 29, is the manager and lead trainer for West Hollywood's Barry's Bootcamp San Diego facility and certified yoga instructor in Del Mar. Danielle, 23, is a recent graduate of Seattle University and is also a certified yoga instructor.

Firm: Cederborg and Bret LLP

1299 Newell Hill Pl Ste 203 , Walnut Creek , California 94596

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Probate , Trusts

550 West "C" Street   700  9210 , San Diego , California 92101

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance,Business ,Corporate ,Probate ,Real Estate ,Securities

Firm: Bidwell Mark A Law Corporation

4952 Warner Avenue , Huntington Beach , California 92649

Practice Areas: Probate

Attorney prepared affidavits, deeds, trusts, court motions and probate petitions for California real property, real estate and home transfers due to marriage, divorce, or the death of spouse, parent or relative.

Firm: Law Office of Marisa Nelson, PC

1300 Industrial Road , San Carlos , California 94070

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts

We guide our clients through the creation and implementation of comprehensive wills and trusts so that you can provide for your treasured people, pets, and charities with confidence and ease.. We offer full service estate planning as well as DIY options. We focus solely on non-taxable estates (less than ~ $12.9 million per person as of 2023).. We believe that pets are an important part of our families and should be included in estate planning, in order to reduce the risk that pets will end up in shelters or worse. The best person to provide a home to your pets is not necesarily the same person you would choose to manage your finances.. Check out the FAQs on our website, follow us on social media, or schedule a call or zoom at to learn more. We look forward to hearing from you.

Firm: Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn, Professional Law Corporation

216 Park Road , Burlingame , California 94010

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate , Trusts, Business

Firm: Anderson, Zeigler, Disharoon, Gallagher and Gray, A Professional Corporation

50 Old Courthouse Square   Fifth Floor , Santa Rosa , California 95404

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor ,Estate Planning,Probate

1900 Avenue of the Stars (Century City)21st Floor , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: Estate Planning,Prenuptial Agreement,Probate ,Trusts

Firm: Allard Smith A Professional Law Corporation

5857 Owens Avenue, Suite 300 , CARLSBAD , California 92008

Practice Areas: Probate

Firm: Sutton Law Firm

1570 The Alameda   224 , Capitola , California 95010

Practice Areas: Arbitration, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Civil , Mediation, Probate , Real Estate , Trusts, Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant, Lawsuits & Disputes

Firm: Marvin Pederson, Attorney

755 Baywood Drive , Petaluma , California 94954

Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Probate, Business

I am a graduate of Empire College of Law in Santa Rosa, and have been practicing law since 1979. Initially a partner in the firm of Daniels, Pederson, Passarino & Luty, and I have been a solo practitioner since 1984.  I am licensed to practice in all of the Superior Courts of California, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  I have served as a Settlement Conference Panelist for the Superior Court of Sonoma County for over 25 years and have been a member of Consumer Attorneys of California since 1986.  I am rated "BV" by Martindale Hubbell, who receives it's reviews from judges and other attorneys who are familiar with my work.

Firm: Hillman, Lucas & Canning, PC

2420 Martin Road , Fairfield , California 94534

Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates Taxation, Trust Planning, Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Estate Administration, Probate, Trust Litigation, Estate Litigation, Business Transactions, Real Estate, Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Elder Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use