If you need legal help with elder law matters in California, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. California attorneys handle cases involving Medicaid planning, long-term care planning, guardianship, elder abuse protection, and veterans' benefits, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Superior Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

The statute of limitations for elder law matters in California is generally 2 years (CCP § 335.1), though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on elder law in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

When selecting an elder law attorney in California, consider their specific experience with cases like yours, their familiarity with Superior Court procedures, and their track record. The attorneys listed on this page serve clients throughout California and have profiles that include their credentials, practice areas, office locations, and client reviews. Comparing multiple attorneys helps you find the right fit for your situation and budget.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to elder law law in California for an in-depth look at California's statutes, court procedures, and what outcomes are possible. When you're ready, use the profiles below to compare attorneys and schedule a consultation.

Steven Peter Small - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Steven P. Small
 2509 Santa Clara Ave Alameda CA 94501
(510) 865-2038
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #39869
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Criminal Law
Ted Khalaf - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Khalaf Law Group
 6300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90048
(213) 550-4600
La Sierra Univ
English, Spanish, Spanish
Bar #206518
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Criminal Law
James Wohl - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of James P. Wohl
 1925 Century Park East Suite 2140 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 557-2839
Stanford Univ
Bar #34866
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Legal Malpractice
Vernon Louis Ellicott - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Vernon L. Ellicott
 3435 Thousand Oaks Blvd #4361 Westlake Village CA 91359
(818) 914-7322
Southwestern University School of Law
Bar #175334
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Criminal Law
Karyne Ghantous - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ghantous Law Corporation
 2603 Camino Ramon, Suite 200 San Ramon CA 94583
(925) 242-2431
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (1994)
English
Bar #191309
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Asbestos & Mesothelioma Business Law
David Milton Hellman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 851 Irwin St # 205 San Rafael CA 94901
(415) 457-4411
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Bar #53736
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
William Richard Conklin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of William R. Conklin
 643 Bair Island Rd Ste 200A Redwood City CA 94063
(650) 361-1163
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Bar #33779
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Richard James Molin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Stewart Humpherys & Molin, LLP
 PO BOX 720 CHICO CA 95927
(530) 891-6111
San Francisco State Unv
Bar #66894
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Consumer Law Criminal Law
Peter Vlautin III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Peter P. Vlautin, J.D. LL.M.
 1020 Suncast Lane Suite 101 El Dorado Hills CA 95762-9335
(916) 365-9734
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1980)
Bar #54733
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Timothy Kent Hobbs II - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hobbs Law Group
 250 West 1st Street Ste. 316 Claremont CA 91711
(626) 782-4520
University of La Verne College of Law (2006)
Bar #268532
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Construction Law Consumer Law
Joel Steven Weissler - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Weissler Law Group
 2635 Camino Del Rio S. #301 San Diego CA 92108
(619) 281-1888
University of San Diego School of Law
Bar #140894
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Beth Wolf Mora - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mora Employment Law
 18 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 145 San Ramon CA 94583
(925) 820-8949
Golden Gate University School of Law
Bar #208859
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Elder Law
Jason T. Kandah - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP
 401 W A Street Ste 2600 San Diego CA 92101
(619) 236-1551
University of San Diego School of Law (2019)
English
Bar #345335
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Probate
Brian L Coggins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Coggins Law, P.C.
 9001 Foothills Blvd # 110 Roseville CA 95747
(916) 270-2895
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Bar #239481
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Neil Alan Harris - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Harris & Plottel, LLP
 3120 Cohasset Road Suite 10 Chico CA 95973
(530) 893-2882
California St Univ Chico
English
Bar #125205
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning Probate
Rivers Judson Morrell III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Firm of Rivers J. Morrell III
 27201 Puerta Real Mission Viejo CA 92691
(949) 305-1400
Golden Gate University
English, Spanish
Bar #57849
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Elder Law
Dmitriy Cherepinskiy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cherepinskiy Law Office, PC
 1180 S. Beverly Dr, Suite 405 Los Angeles CA 90035
(310) 694-0317
University of California, Davis, School of Law (1999)
Russian, Ukrainian
California Bar
Active License
Agricultural Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Business Law
T Troy Otus - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Otus Law Group
 7901 Oakport St 4300 Oakland CA 94621
(510) 250-2298
Trinity Univ
Bar #148411
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Consumer Law Criminal Law
Oliver Alexander Greenwood - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Oliver Greenwood
 367 Civic Drive, Suite 2 Pleasant Hill CA 94523
(925) 957-1030
Univ of California Berkeley
English
Bar #236267
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Entertainment & Sports Law Estate Planning
Christopher Quinn Heckman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
SacValleyLaw LLP
 445 Normal Avenue Chico CA 95928
(530) 846-5691
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Bar #300526
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Environmental Law
Jennifer Lynn Field - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Jennifer L. Field
 405 N Indian Hill Blvd Claremont CA 91711
(909) 625-0220
University of La Verne College of Law
Bar #236565
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Michael Lee Carver - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Labor Law Office, APC
 1395 Ridgewood Drive, Suite 300 Chico CA 95973
(530) 891-8503
Bar #173633
California Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
Curtis Robert Quay - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3393 14th Street Riverside CA 92501
(619) 525-7007
Temple Univ
Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Yisrael Gelb - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gelb Law, APC
 9465 Wilshire Blvd 300 Beverly Hills CA 90212
(323) 632-6864
Southwestern Law School
Hebrew
Bar #344924
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Civil Rights
Daniel K Marvin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Sherwood & Marvin; Graham & Associates
 225 W. Oak Ave. Visalia CA 93291
(559) 733-3900
Northwestern California University School of Law (2011)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Michael Dennis Iverson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Michael D. Iverson, APC
 38975 Sky Canyon Drive Suite 207 Murrieta CA 92563
(951) 418-2770
California Southern Law School (2006)
English
Bar #249372
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Adam Stoddard - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Zenere Cowden & Stoddard APC
 2005 De La Cruz Blvd., Ste. 240 Santa Clara CA 95050
(408) 475-5575
Lincoln Law School (2006)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Construction Law
Mirko Ivanovic - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ivanovic & Lucius, P.C.
 649 Mission St., 5th Floor San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 843-4815
Concord Law School At Purdue University Global (2011)
Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish
Eastern District of California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Consumer Law
Sara Rose Diamond - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Sara R. Diamond
 3150 Hilltop Mall Rd Richmond CA 94806
(510) 548-4844
Brooklyn Law School
Bar #226998
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning
Dana Louise Curtis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dana Curtis Mediation
 4000 Bridgeway Suite 401 Sausalito CA 94965
(415) 331-5158
Univ of Montana
Bar #132474
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Divorce
Richard Morse III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morse Injury Law
 1230 Columbia St Ste 560 San Diego CA 92101
(619) 525-7007
California Western School of Law (2009)
English
California Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Robert Edward Blythe II - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nordstrom, Steele, Nicolette and Blythe
 777 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Suite 200 Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 837-1884
University of Southern California (1965)
English
Bar #97433
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Asbestos & Mesothelioma Civil Rights
Rand L. Stephens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Rand L. Stephens
 1155C Arnold Drive Suite 278 Martinez CA 94553
(925) 757-1700
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
William Martin Burbank - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
OC Elder Law
 619 N. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton CA 92832
(800) 220-4205
Regents College
English, Korean, Spanish
Bar #226091
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning Tax Law
Guy Ellery Louie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Louie & Jimenez, LLP
 225 West Winton Avenue- Suite 200 Hayward CA 94533
(925) 234-1440
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (1990)
Bar #158008
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Donald Bruce Marks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Marks & Brooklier, LLP
 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite# 300 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 772-2287
Queens Coll
English
Bar #43538
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Taylor Ernst - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ernst Law Group
 1020 Palm St San Luis Obispo CA 93401
(805) 541-0300
University of San Diego School of Law
English, Mandarin
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Elder Law Personal Injury
Alec Brian Wisner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 18375 Ventura Blvd, Suite 275 Tarzana CA 91356
(818) 776-1813
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Bar #63221
Nevada Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Collections Communications & Internet Law
James Julio Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Valley Law Center, Inc.
 10455 Torre Ave Cupertino CA 95014
(408) 252-5211
Santa Clara University School of Law
Bar #173002
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning Real Estate Law
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