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Estate Planning Attorneys in Marin County, California

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

The county just north of the Golden Gate; its superior court sits in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, and trust, estate, and real property matters run heavy in its civil docket. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Marin · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

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 Marin County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Lawyers 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 Marin.

County seat: San Rafael

Courthouse at the county seat: Marin County Superior Court, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903

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.marin.courts.ca.gov

Estate Planning · Marin County roster

235 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list estate planning among their practice areas with an address of record in Marin County.

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

The roster concentrates in San Rafael (97), Novato (35), Mill Valley (29) and Bel Tiburon (16).

23 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 1, 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 1960 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP (7), DeMartini Walker & Ghaedi LLP (4) and Epstein Holtzapple Christo LLP (4).

The full Marin County roster · 216 attorneys with an active license and a estate planning practice area: is listed by surname in the 1 sections below.

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Estate Planning matters in Marin 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 Marin County, by surname

Aarsheim – Wolberg216 attorneys

Related counsel in Marin County

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

Estate Planning in nearby counties

Estate Planning in Sonoma County275 attorneysEstate Planning in Solano County69 attorneysEstate Planning in Contra Costa County449 attorneysEstate Planning in San Francisco County636 attorneysEstate Planning Lawyers 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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