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Estate Planning Attorneys in Sonoma County, California

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

Wine country's most populous county; wildfire recovery has kept insurance, rebuilding, and property matters prominent on the Santa Rosa docket since 2017. Venue for most estate planning matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma, seated at Santa Rosa.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 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).

This page is the Sonoma 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 Sonoma.

County seat: Santa Rosa

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

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: sonoma.courts.ca.gov

Estate Planning · Sonoma County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Santa Rosa (163), Petaluma (37), Healdsburg (17) and Sebastopol (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 2, 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 1965 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Friedemann Goldberg Wargo Hess LLP (8), Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP (4) and Anderson Zeigler (3).

The full Sonoma County roster · 275 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 Sonoma 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 Sonoma County, by surname

Adams – Zatman275 attorneys

Estate Planning by city in Sonoma County

Estate Planning in Santa RosaSonoma County

Related counsel in Sonoma County

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

Estate Planning in nearby counties

Estate Planning in Mendocino County37 attorneysEstate Planning in Lake County9 attorneysEstate Planning in Napa County64 attorneysEstate Planning in Solano County69 attorneysEstate Planning in Marin County216 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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