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Estate Planning Lawyers in Los Angeles County, California

Every estate planning attorney and estate planning lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to estate planning matters arising in Los Angeles County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Venue matters. Estate planning cases from Los Angeles County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. Home to roughly a quarter of all Californians, Los Angeles County operates the largest unified trial court in the nation, with dozens of courthouses from Lancaster to Long Beach.

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 that follows carries the rest.

This page is the Los Angeles County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.

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

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

County seat: Los Angeles

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

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.lacourt.ca.gov

Estate Planning · Los Angeles County roster

3,284 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list estate planning among their practice areas with an address of record in Los Angeles County.

3,177 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Los Angeles (1,030), Pasadena (221), Long Beach (160) and Torrance (140).

236 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 157, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1951 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Loeb & Loeb LLP (23), Keystone Law Group, P.C. (19) and Lagerlof, LLP (18).

Jason A. Rastegar

Estate Planning · Torrance · Los Angeles County

Bar #355141 · Admitted 2024

Speaks Spanish, Persian, French, Japanese, Tagalog, Vietnamese · Taking new clients (attorney stated)

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Call(310) 961-9600

Michael S. Nakh

Estate Planning · Glendale · Los Angeles County

Bar #356320 · Admitted 2024

Speaks Arabic, American Sign Language, Spanish, Persian, French, Hindi, Armenian, Japanese, Korean, Punjabi, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Chinese · Taking new clients (attorney stated)

Identity verified · View the record →

Call(855) 615-1218

The full Los Angeles County roster · 3,177 attorneys with an active license and a estate planning practice area: is listed by surname in the 16 sections below.

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Estate Planning matters in Los Angeles County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • wills and living trusts
  • probate administration
  • trust administration
  • will and trust contests
  • powers of attorney and health care directives
  • conservatorships
  • estate tax planning
  • special needs trusts
  • small estate procedures
  • trustee and executor disputes

From the answer files

How much do probate attorneys charge in California?Cal. Prob. Code § 10810When can a California estate skip probate?Cal. Prob. Code § 13100How long do I have to contest a trust in California?Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8

Every estate planning attorney in Los Angeles County, by surname

Abadia – Bass197 attorneysBauer – Bury199 attorneysBush – Copans198 attorneysCopley – Eshoe202 attorneysEskander – Glickatalla200 attorneysGlowa – Hess199 attorneysHeywood – Kartchner196 attorneysKartin – Lawrence200 attorneysLawrencehughes – Mariajimenez197 attorneysMarinaccio – Morton198 attorneysMoses – Payne200 attorneysPearce – Roche200 attorneysRodarte – Shaw196 attorneysSheffield – Talei197 attorneysTalt – Wasserman201 attorneysWasvary – Zwierlein197 attorneys

Estate Planning by city in Los Angeles County

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Related counsel in Los Angeles County

Elder Law Attorneys in Los Angeles CountyCal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15657.7Tax Attorneys in Los Angeles County26 U.S.C. § 6501Real Estate Attorneys in Los Angeles CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)All practice areas in Los Angeles CountyCounty record

Estate Planning in nearby counties

Estate Planning in Kern County105 attorneysEstate Planning in San Bernardino County282 attorneysEstate Planning in Orange County1,505 attorneysEstate Planning in Ventura County352 attorneysEstate Planning Attorneys in CaliforniaStatewide record

Source: Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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