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Elder Law Attorneys in Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Venue matters. Elder law cases from Santa Rosa are ordinarily heard at the Sonoma County Superior Court: Hall of Justice, Santa Rosa, serving a city of roughly 178,000. Sonoma County Superior Court sits at the Hall of Justice in Santa Rosa; wildfire recovery since 2017 has made insurance, construction, and property claims a durable part of the local civil docket alongside wine-industry employment and land-use work.

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 Santa Rosa 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 · Sonoma County

Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma.

Main courthouse: Hall of Justice, 625 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

For Santa Rosa: Sonoma County Superior Court: Hall of Justice, Santa Rosa.

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 · Santa Rosa roster

28 active attorneys with an address of record in Santa Rosa list elder law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 905 active attorneys whose address of record is in Santa Rosa.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Santa Rosa attorneys are business law (188), criminal defense (160), estate planning (154), litigation (140) and real estate (139). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

1 of the 905 has claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 89 of the 905 active attorneys in Santa Rosa, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (87), Persian (76), Punjabi (75) and Armenian (72). 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 Santa Rosa. 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 Santa Rosa