Wills, Trusts, & Probate Law
Serving clients throughout California via Zoom
Offices in the Bay Area and Carmel
Advising and guiding clients since 2011
Detailed planning, handled for you quickly and efficiently. No meetings that could have been a short email. Let’s get to the point and get it done.
Want it handled even faster? We offer expedited planning, done in 1-4 weeks..
Want to do it yourself? Explore our DIY estate plans, already customized to your situation, with the option of attorney review.
Whether we’re handling your estate planning, trust administration, or probate, our goal is to give you the information you need to make quick decisions, and execute them for you, taking as much of the process off your plate as we can, so you can get back to doing other things.
Estate planning is a revolutionary act. It’s how we exercise our rights to choose not only who inherits our stuff and who gets to live in our home, but who gets to visit us in the hospital, who makes decisions about our care, who takes care of us, our kids, our pets, and anyone else depending on us.
If you’re concerned about your rights or the rights of those you love, now is the time to make sure your estate plan and legal documents are in order.
No one is illegal. Women’s rights are human rights. Gender is a social construct. Love is love. Black Lives Matter. Our laws should protect and support all living beings, but our system wasn’t designed to do that.
Legal documents - estate planning - wills, trusts, guardian nominations, powers of attorney, health care directives - may not sound exciting or life changing, but they are a critical way to exercise our rights and empower the people we trust and care about at the times it matters most. These documents are one of the best tools we have to provide for ourselves and the people and animals we care about, the land we steward, the causes we champion.
If you’re ready to get started providing for those you care about, schedule now.
Don’t wait for that medical emergency, death, or unplanned travel, or spend another vacation with that pit in your stomach as the plane takes off.
Woman-owned and Operated Estate Planning Law Firm
We help with wills, trusts, and probate — both in planning ahead and in the aftermath of a medical emergency or death. Marisa’s role is to make difficult legal situations clearer, more manageable, and less stressful by helping you put the right plan in place, or by guiding you through what needs to happen next.
As a team, we are committed to listening, learning, and acting every day to eliminate systemic racism. We continue to fight for marriage equality and equal rights and treatment for LGBTQIA+ human beings in every aspect of society.
We don’t believe that being “professional” means being impersonal. We keep it real, and serve our clients and our team members with warmth and compassion.
We make it easy and straightforward to work with a lawyer.
Through our work, we can reduce and even eliminate the intimidation, overwhelm, confusion, and fear often associated with wills and trusts, and with lawyers. It is no accident that our legal system provokes these feelings, and we are working to change that. Access to legal advice is essential, and only truly exists when we remove those barriers as well as more visible ones.
Our Estate Planning Law Firm’s Mission
Whether you need to create your own will and trust, or execute someone else’s trust or probate estate, we simplify the process and guide you step by step to provide for the people, pets, and charities most important to you.
We listen, educate, and provide solutions to create comprehensive results, thorough, high-quality estate documents that meet your personal and financial needs and goals, and true peace of mind.
We focus primarily on full service estate planning, including knowledge of laws impacting LGBTQIA couples, planning for pets, and probate & trust administration services. Get more details below.
“Marisa helped me at a very difficult time after my husband died, sorting through an outdated trust and helping me put together a new one. She was helpful, compassionate, and extremely knowledgeable, and kept me from having to endure probate! I cannot thank her enough, and she checks in yearly to make sure I am up to date on everything!”
— Judith M.