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Estate Planning Attorneys in San Francisco County, California

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

The state's only consolidated city and county, and the seat of the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the State Bar of California. Venue for most estate planning matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, seated at San Francisco.

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 Francisco 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 Francisco.

County seat: San Francisco

Main courthouse: Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

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: sf.courts.ca.gov

Estate Planning · San Francisco County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in San Francisco (656), San Franciscoq (1), San Jose (1) and San Luis Obispo (1).

52 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 37, 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 1961 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Shartsis Friese LLP (17), JKZ LLP (15) and Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP (14).