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Estate Planning Lawyers in Santa Rosa, California

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

Sonoma County Superior Court sits at the Hall of Justice in Santa Rosa; wildfire recovery since 2017 has made insurance, construction, and property claims a durable part of the local civil docket alongside wine-industry employment and land-use work. For estate planning cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Sonoma County Superior Court: Hall of Justice, Santa Rosa · which is why 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 and questions that follow carry the rest.

This page is the Santa Rosa chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Lawyers 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 · Sonoma County

Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma.

Main courthouse: Hall of Justice, 625 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

For Santa Rosa: Sonoma County Superior Court: Hall of Justice, Santa Rosa.

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 · Santa Rosa roster

154 active attorneys with an address of record in Santa Rosa list estate planning among their practice areas on the registry, out of 905 active attorneys whose address of record is in Santa Rosa.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Santa Rosa attorneys are business law (188), criminal defense (160), estate planning (154), litigation (140) and real estate (139). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

1 of the 905 has claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 89 of the 905 active attorneys in Santa Rosa, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (87), Persian (76), Punjabi (75) and Armenian (72). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Santa Rosa. 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 Santa Rosa