Probate law in California covers estate administration, will contests, trust disputes, guardianship, and conservatorship proceedings. When these legal matters arise, having the right attorney can make a significant difference in the outcome. California has its own statutes, court procedures, and legal standards that apply specifically to probate cases, and attorneys who practice in Superior Court regularly understand the nuances that affect how these matters are resolved.

The statute of limitations for probate matters in California is generally 4 years written, 2 years oral, 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 probate in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right probate attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

Want to understand your legal rights before contacting an attorney? Read our complete guide to probate 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.

Hesam Ferdows - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Sam Ferdows
 1290 Howard Ave Burlingame CA 94010
(650) 348-1600
San Francisco Law School (1992)
Bar #163769
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Estate Planning Probate
Darshan Patel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
DPA Attorneys at Law
 1650 Hotel Circle North Suite 120 San Diego CA 92108
(760) 372-0007
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Spanish
Bar #312423
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
David C. Hawkes - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
David C. Hawkes, Esq.
 800 Silverado St 2nd Floor La Jolla CA 92037
(858) 775-7515
University of San Diego School of Law
English
U.S. District Court Southern District of California Bar
Active License
Business Law Consumer Law Employment 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
Michael J Maloney - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Michael J. Maloney, P.A
 5450 Telegraph Road Suite 100 Ventura CA 93003
(805) 804-5393
Stanford University (1979)
Bar #90452
Florida Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Construction 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
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
Daniel Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Legal Norcal P.C.
 110 Amber Grove Drive Suite 110 Chico CA 95973
(530) 999-2679
Bar #314586
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Probate
Kristiana Erthner - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Grossman Law Office, APC
 6370 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 320 Riverside CA 92506
(951) 683-3704
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2011)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Probate
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
Scott Jordan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jordan Law Offices
 18 Crow Canyon Court Suite 280 San Ramon CA 94583
University of Southern California Gould School of Law (2003)
German
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
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
Micheal Anthony Thompson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Micheal A. Thompson, APC
 410 Tuolumne St Vallejo CA 94590
(707) 643-2122
Univ of San Francisco
English
Bar #120424
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Estate Planning
Dmitriy Aristov - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Forward Estate Planning, A Law Corporation
 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 2000 El Segundo CA 90245
(424) 259-3550
Golden Gate University School of Law (2009)
Russian
Bar #298467
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Robert Wong Gin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Griswold LaSalle Cobb Dowd & Gin LLP
 111 E 7th St Hanford CA 93230
(559) 584-6656
California Polytechnic St U
Bar #105431
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Probate
R. Grace Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 21000 Devonshire St Suite 111 Chatsworth CA 91311
(818) 734-7223
Western State College of Law at Argosy University (1993)
Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
Rahav D. Aharoni - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Aharoni Law Office
 9440 Santa Monica Blvd Suite 301 Beverly Hills Beverly Hills CA 90210
(310) 978-5599
English, Hebrew
Israel Bar Association Bar
Active License
Business Law Probate Real Estate Law
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
Kevin R. Martin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Martin APC
 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 290 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 444-7600
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
English
California Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
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
Michael Rinne - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rinne Legal
 3478 Buskirk Ave. Suite 1000 Pleasant Hill CA 94523
(925) 932-7086
Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen
German, Russian, Spanish
Bar #242579
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Energy, Oil & Gas Law Foreclosure Defense
Timothy Mark Hyden - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hyden-Zakheim, LLP
 18 Crow Canyon Ct STE 380 San Ramon CA 94583
(925) 831-0636
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1986)
English
Bar #124733
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Family Law
Jonathan David Leventhal - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Leventhal Law Group, P.C.
 5850 Canoga Ave. 4th Floor Warner Center Towers Woodland Hills CA 91367
(818) 347-5800
University of West Los Angeles
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Estate Planning
Robert Lewis Firth - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Robert L. Firth
 68910 Adelina Rd. Cathedral City CA 92234
(760) 770-4066
Washington University School of Law (1972)
Bar #231432
Missouri Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Estate Planning
Kathleen Hunt - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Unique Law
 6002 Barrett Ave El Cerrito CA 94530
(510) 289-2288
Hastings College of Law
Bar #230678
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Dirk Deverne Potter - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jacobs, Anderson, Potter & Chaplin, LLP
 20 Independence Cir Chico CA 95973
(530) 342-6144
University of California, Davis, School of Law
Bar #107091
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Landlord Tenant Probate
Wayne Kenneth David McIntosh - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Marin Family Lawyers
 4040 Civic Center Drive Suite 200 San Rafael CA 94903
(415) 454-2361
Foreign School
English
Bar #219820
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Divorce Domestic Violence
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
Thomas Owen Rassman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Opelon LLP
 1901 Camino Vida Roble Ste 121 Carlsbad CA 92008
(760) 278-1118
Univ of California at Los Angeles
English
Bar #236974
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Estate Planning Probate
Herman Chatrath - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP
 499 W. Shaw Ave. 116 Fresno CA 93704
(559) 248-4820
California Bar
Unknown Status
Agricultural Law Business Law Construction Law
James Struck - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Struck Firm
 1120 13th Street, Suite K Modesto CA 95354
(200) 574-1440
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1980)
Bar #94544
Active License
Verified
Business Law Insurance Claims Personal Injury
Luis Esparza - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1129 State St 13 Santa Barbara CA 93101
Concord Law School (2011)
Spanish
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal 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
Ravi Patel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Ravi Patel
 1999 Harrison St. Suite 1800 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 443-0443
Duke University School of Law (2011)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Probate
James D. Miller - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Raimondo & Associates, ALC
 7110 N. Marks Avenue Suite 104 Fresno CA 93711
(559) 432-3000
University of San Diego School of Law (1996)
English, Spanish
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Employment Law
Gregory Sowder - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sowder Law Office, APC
 1300 Clay Street Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 400-4969
Rutgers School of Law-Newark (1994)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Personal Injury Probate
Doris Mitchell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1320 Solano Ave., #203 Albany CA 94706
(510) 525-8282
Occidental College
Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Probate Real Estate Law
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