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Elder Law Attorneys in Fresno, California

Every elder law attorney and elder law lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to elder law matters in Fresno. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Fresno is a city of roughly 545,000, and its elder law matters are heard at the Fresno County Superior Court: B.F. Sisk Courthouse. Fresno is the legal center of the San Joaquin Valley: the B.F. Sisk Courthouse carries one of the state's heavier per-judge caseloads, the Fifth District Court of Appeal sits downtown, and agricultural employment and immigration practice run deep.

One date controls everything that follows: four years from discovery for financial elder abuse claims, per Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15657.7. Physical elder abuse and neglect claims follow the two-year injury period (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1). The Elder Abuse Act's enhanced remedies (§ 15657) require clear and convincing evidence of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice. Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the Fresno chapter of the registry's statewide record · Elder Law Attorneys in California collects every county and city.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Four years from discovery for financial elder abuse claims.

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15657.7

Physical elder abuse and neglect claims follow the two-year injury period (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1). The Elder Abuse Act's enhanced remedies (§ 15657) require clear and convincing evidence of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice.

Court of record · Fresno County

Superior Court of California, County of Fresno.

Main courthouse: Fresno Superior Courthouse Downtown Location, 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93724

For Fresno: Fresno County Superior Court: B.F. Sisk Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Elder Law · Fresno roster

27 active attorneys with an address of record in Fresno list elder law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 1,790 active attorneys whose address of record is in Fresno.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Fresno attorneys are criminal defense (340), litigation (257), business law (254), employment (214) and real estate (179). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

None of the 1,790 has yet claimed and verified their record here; every listing is the official record as published.

For 117 of the 1,790 active attorneys in Fresno, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (107), Punjabi (51), Persian (14) and Russian (5). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Fresno. Elder matters split into two crafts: protective litigation (financial abuse, nursing home neglect (often contingency-fee, with the Elder Abuse Act's fee-shifting) and planning (conservatorship alternatives, Medi-Cal long-term-care planning) typically flat or hourly fees). Look for attorneys who practice in the county's probate department for conservatorships, ask how they handle capacity evaluations, and act quickly where assets are moving; pre-judgment attachment and account freezes can preserve what a lawsuit would otherwise chase.

Address of record in Fresno