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Elder Law Lawyers in Los Angeles, California

Searching for a elder law attorney in Los Angeles? Counsel for California's elders: abuse, neglect, and protective arrangements. This page indexes Los Angeles's elder law coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Venue matters. Elder law cases from Los Angeles are ordinarily heard at the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, downtown, serving home to more than 3.8 million people. Los Angeles County Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States, with dozens of courthouses spread across the county and dedicated personal injury, complex civil, family, and probate operations.

The law also keeps time: four years from discovery for financial elder abuse claims under 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. The plaque below carries the citation; the roster and questions that follow carry the rest.

This page is the Los Angeles chapter of the registry's statewide record · Elder Law Lawyers 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 · Los Angeles County

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

Courthouse at the county seat: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

For Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, downtown.

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 · Los Angeles roster

177 active attorneys with an address of record in Los Angeles list elder law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 29,383 active attorneys whose address of record is in Los Angeles.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Los Angeles attorneys are litigation (5,887), business law (5,883), employment (3,463), personal injury (2,627) and real estate (2,497). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

28 of the 29,383 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 3,341 of the 29,383 active attorneys in Los Angeles, the registry holds a language other than English; by count, Spanish (2,262), Chinese (1,272), French (959) and Japanese (634). Attorneys themselves confirmed Spanish (2) and French (1); the rest come from a firm website published in that language, which describes the website, not the attorney.

Reading the roster in Los Angeles. 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 Los Angeles