Oakland boutique focused exclusively on trust and estate law, serving Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties. Represents trustees and personal representatives through probate and trust administration, including special needs trusts, and handles gift and estate tax planning. Partners Carolyn Henel and Agnieszka Adams are Certified Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning

Roseville firm handling probate and decedent estate administration, including ancillary probate, plus trust administration, conservatorships, and litigation in those areas — will contests and beneficiary disputes. Marlene Sanborn, a retired Air Force flight engineer, opened the firm in 2006 and has practiced law in California since 1998.

Solo PracticeSince 2006Serves 13 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

Brisbane practice with a Central Valley office, serving the Bay Area plus Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties with probate and trust administration alongside estate planning. Emily Wirowek guides executors and successor trustees through inventories, creditor claims, tax returns, and distribution, and makes house calls. Free initial consultation.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs PlanningBusiness FormationBusiness Succession Planning

Woodland firm with a second Fairfield office serving Yolo and Solano Counties — Davis, Dixon, Vacaville, Rio Vista, and Vallejo — with probate, trust administration, conservatorships, and special needs trusts alongside estate planning and long-term-care planning. Barbara Sonin is a certified specialist in estates, trusts, and probate. Meetings are available by Zoom.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipSpecial Needs PlanningLong Term Care Planning

Serves San Diego County and Southern California from Newport Avenue in San Diego, centered on probate and trust disputes. Handles probate and trust administration, contested wills and accountings, trustee removal, and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, plus elder law and Medi-Cal planning. Vincent M. Casiano is a State Bar certified specialist; the first 30-minute consultation is free.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

Riverside practice serving Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles counties. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, trust and will litigation, spousal property petitions, conservatorships, and guardianships. Kristine M. Borgia is a State Bar of California certified specialist in trust, estate planning, and probate law, and is fluent in Spanish.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5