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Estate Planning Attorneys in San Diego County, California

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

Venue matters. Estate planning cases from San Diego County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. California's second-most-populous county; its superior court hears matters at the downtown Central Courthouse and regional centers in Vista, El Cajon, and Chula Vista.

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 San Diego 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 San Diego.

County seat: San Diego

Main courthouse: Central Courthouse, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101

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.sdcourt.ca.gov

Estate Planning · San Diego County roster

1,381 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list estate planning among their practice areas with an address of record in San Diego County.

1,327 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Diego (818), Carlsbad (91), La Jolla (66) and La Mesa (44).

134 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 49, 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 Goodwin Brown Gross & Lovelace LLP (9), Buchalter (8) and Weiner Law (8).

The full San Diego County roster · 1,327 attorneys with an active license and a estate planning practice area: is listed by surname in the 7 sections below.

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Estate Planning matters in San Diego 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 San Diego County, by surname

Abbott – Cardin188 attorneysCarey – Feder188 attorneysFerrante – Howe189 attorneysHsiao – Marin190 attorneysMarkee – Pennelle190 attorneysPerez – Smykowski193 attorneysSnow – Zweig189 attorneys

Estate Planning by city in San Diego County

Estate Planning in San DiegoSan Diego CountyEstate Planning in Chula VistaSan Diego County

Related counsel in San Diego County

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

Estate Planning in nearby counties

Estate Planning in Orange County1,505 attorneysEstate Planning in Riverside County424 attorneysEstate Planning in Imperial County17 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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