The RegistrySacramento Valley · California

Elder Law Attorneys in Sacramento, California

Counsel for California's elders: abuse, neglect, and protective arrangements. In Sacramento, that work runs through Sacramento County's courts. This directory presents elder law records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

As the state capital, Sacramento's bar runs deep in government, regulatory, and writ practice; the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse hears the county's civil docket, and the Third District Court of Appeal and Eastern District of California sit downtown. For elder law cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Sacramento County Superior Court: Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 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.

This page is the Sacramento 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 · Sacramento County

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.

Main courthouse: Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse, 500 G St., Sacramento, CA 95814

For Sacramento: Sacramento County Superior Court: Gordon D. Schaber 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 · Sacramento roster

98 active attorneys with an address of record in Sacramento list elder law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 7,854 active attorneys whose address of record is in Sacramento.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Sacramento attorneys are litigation (1,111), employment (998), business law (966), criminal defense (690) and real estate (600). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

8 of the 7,854 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 446 of the 7,854 active attorneys in Sacramento, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (252), Punjabi (85), Armenian (56) and Persian (55). 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 Sacramento. 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 Sacramento