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Estate Planning Attorneys in Los Angeles, California

Looking for a estate planning attorney near you in Los Angeles? Explore the Los Angeles County record for estate planning attorneys on the State Bar of California's official roll and review each profile for yourself.

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. For estate planning cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, downtown · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

One date controls everything that follows: 120 days to contest a trust after the trustee's statutory notice, per 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). Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the Los Angeles chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Attorneys 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 · 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.

Estate Planning · Los Angeles roster

1,003 active attorneys with an address of record in Los Angeles list estate planning 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. 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 Los Angeles