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Estate Planning Lawyers in Fresno, California

Counsel for wills, trusts, and probate: the paperwork that outlives you, done right. In Fresno, that work runs through Fresno County's courts. This directory presents estate planning records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

Venue matters. Estate planning cases from Fresno are ordinarily heard at the Fresno County Superior Court: B.F. Sisk Courthouse, serving a city of roughly 545,000. 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.

The law also keeps time: 120 days to contest a trust after the trustee's statutory notice under Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8. A trustee's notification under Prob. Code § 16061.7 starts a 120-day contest window. Creditor claims in probate are generally barred one year after death (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster and questions that follow carry the rest.

This page is the Fresno chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Lawyers in California collects every county and city.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

120 days to contest a trust after the trustee's statutory notice.

Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8

A trustee's notification under Prob. Code § 16061.7 starts a 120-day contest window. Creditor claims in probate are generally barred one year after death (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2).

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.

Estate Planning · Fresno roster

150 active attorneys with an address of record in Fresno list estate planning 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 118 of the 1,790 active attorneys in Fresno, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (108), Punjabi (52), 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. For planning, look for attorneys who practice estate law day in and day out; ask whether the fee is flat, what the package includes (trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney, health care directive, deed work to fund the trust), and how updates are handled after marriages, births, or moves. For probate or trust administration, ask about experience in the county's probate department, statutory fees under Prob. Code § 10810, and expected timelines.

Address of record in Fresno