Top probate Lawyers in Tustin | 5 available

5 probate lawyers are available in Tustin, california, including Catherine Kim, David Jones, Ernest Kim, and Leslie-Mar Louise Niven. These lawyers are rated between 3.2/5 to 3.6/5 and 61% provide free consultation.

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Tustin, California ZIP 92780 0.0 mi away 6 lawyers

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Catherine Kim

17541 17th Street, Suite 100 , Tustin , California 92780

Practice Areas: Probate, Litigation, Trusts, Estate Planning

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“ndividuals on my behalf, and she had a big hand in saving my sanity. She often had to deal with me”

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“I completely endorse Cathy. She's intelligent, personable, and thoughtful.”

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“I was raised in a family of doctors, and as a doctor myself, I knew that doctors are notorious for poor financial planning and management. After getting married and having children…”

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David Jones

Firm: The Law Firm of David Dunlap Jones, A Professional Law Corporation

250 El Camino Real , Tustin , California 92780

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Constitutional , Construction , Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Elder , Estate Planning, Franchise , Health Care & Hospitalization, Housing & Construction Defects, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Lemon , Probate , Real Estate , Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Wills, Business

I have been practicing law for 20+ years and litigated over 75 cases involving wills & trusts, real estate matters, business and tax disputes. My office has handled hundreds of probates and prepared over hundreds of different kinds of trusts. I have a specialty in tax law (L.L.M.). The best part of what I do is working with people and providing solutions to those in need. Usually by the time people come to me, a legal crisis has already happened and they need direction, a road map and somebody to help get them there without breaking their bank. They need a loyal advocate, a person who can shoot straight and give them easy-to-understand answers without legalese or legal arrogance. I am that person. I have seen the inside of more courtrooms than I care to count. And I strongly believe that litigation makes an attorney better equipped to handle transaction on behalf of his or her client. My clients vary from Homeowner's Associations to elderly mothers, from multiple franchise owners to children who just lost a parent. I look forward to hearing from you.

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“dibly intelligent and knowledgeable, and I felt extremely lucky to have had him by my side throughou”

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“We had a complicated and quite frustrating complaint against my late father and his Trust. David took this case on and was exceptional with his knowledge...”

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“David is an excellent attorney committed to providing the highest quality representation to clients. I endorse this attorney without reservation.”

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“HE IS THE BEST ATTORNEY EVER”

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Ernest Kim

Firm: Law Offices of Ernest J. Kim

17541 17th Street, Suite 100 , Tustin , California 92780

Practice Areas: Probate

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“In my case involving a family trust, they went to work immediately, with Mrs. Kim taking down my det”

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Leslie-Mar Louise Niven

17821 Seventeenth Street, Suite 190 , Tustin , California 92780

Practice Areas: Family, Probate, Personal Injury, Business, Litigation

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Steven Giammichele

Firm: Tustin Law Group, APC

17592 Irvine Blvd , Tustin , California 92780

Practice Areas: Probate

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“iewing, making corrections, emailing, and speaking in person, trying to get the drafts close to what”

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“Mr. Giammichele is a great attorney. He does his research and he is compelled to achieve the best for his clients. I have had the privilege of knowing Mr. Giammichele in law school…”

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Recent Q&As in California (probate)

California probate — minor child denied family allowance despite Estate of Jameson; looking for insight on whether ruling is legally supportable | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: California I’m involved in a contested probate matter involving a minor child of the decedent. I was appointed Guardian ad Litem for the minor. I am not an attorney, but the probate court allowed me to appear in pro per as GAL, file pleadings, and argue the minor’s family allowance request. I have since learned there may be a separate issue about whether a non-attorney GAL can properly represent a minor in litigation without counsel, so that is now something we are also trying to sort out. The immediate issue is a family allowance under California Probate Code § 6540. Before the father’s death, the household had approximately $13,790/month in resources from both parents’ employment income plus $1,000/month rental income. When he died, his income and the rental income stopped being available to the household, which was a loss of more than 52% of the household’s pre-death resources. The child remained in the same home with substantially the same housing and maintenance expenses. She later began receiving approximately $1,693/month in Social Security survivor benefits. I recommended a $2,750/month family allowance after considering the child’s circumstances, the surviving parent’s continuing income, Social Security, the estate’s solvency, pre- and post-death household resources, and recurring expenses. I expressly did not claim that there was a mathematical formula for arriving at $2,750. The estate administrator opposed the amount and argued, among other things, that the minor’s directly attributable expenses were less than her Social Security benefit. Their calculation assigned no meaningful amount to…

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