We had an excellent experience working with Steve Mattia he is very professional, caring and very…read moreknowledgeable. I also get my paperwork notarized when needed. The staff and the lawyers are very professional and I highly recommend them. thank you so much for the best service always

Steve and Team are super professional and responsive . It's great to know you have them on your…read moreside.

Meggin Hurlburt was amazing, I called her to get information about getting my divorce started and…read moreshe called me right away. She did all my paperwork via email and through phone conversation. which was nice because due to my work schedule it would've been hard for me to meet her during business hours. she made everything super super simple. She was able to explain to me step-by-step. What was going to happen throughout the time the divorce was taking process. Her prices are extremely reasonable. And she also was able to help me answer questions if I got paperwork. I will definitely recommend her to anyone that needs help regarding divorce, she is also pretty fast on getting everything done on time. I am extremely satisfied and I thank her so much for helping me through this time of need.

Meggin handled my divorce filling. Communication was easy and she explained everything. You…read moredon't need an attorney if you and your partner agree on most major things. I would highly recommend this company! Thank you!

My mother needed to do her estate planning and Sam put together a comprehensive package after our…read moremeeting with him. Sam is a down to earth, detailed and thorough attorney who seems to genuinely care about his clients. After initially dealing with over priced arrogant firms who only seemed to care about their fee- it was really refreshing to meet with Sam. He has a nice office that is easy to get to with plenty of parking. I highly recommend McGovern Law for your estate planning needs.

Sam McGovern is a great guy who knows his stuff! He has been very helpful with estate planning,…read moreanswering loads of questions that we had, and helping us with our Living Trust document. Sam is so thorough, and available to answer any questions as we went through this process. You can tell he's an honest man from the get go. His prices are fair and his expertise is wonderful! Sam is my guy for this stuff!

Niles Sharif was just the right person to help us with our complex trust and living will. While we…read morehad a rudimentary will in place from many years ago, it was time to update it. Niles was always available for the meetings setting up the rough draft and produced a trust that clearly spells out our intentions and directives. His ideas and suggestions were informative and shared to us in layman terms. Our life and plans continue to be in flux, and I am comforted with the assurance that Niles can make amendments to our plans in a professional and timely way. Additionally, Niles has offered to review and guide us in a few contractual matters if it became necessary to address them legally. With such an important document every person should have, I highly recommend Niles!

Niles assisted me with estate planning following the passing of my mother. I had no Will or formal…read moredirections in place and in dealing with my loss, it became very apparent how important it was for me to do this. From my first meeting with him and through out the whole process, he was thoughtful, compassionate, professional, and knowledgeable. He answered all my questions and concerns and made it simple for me to understand. I appreciated his flexibility and kindness. His services helped give me peace of mind.

Jennifer was a delight to work with. She helped us navigate through a difficult financial…read moresituation with our brother-in-law. He had a massive stroke at 61 yrs of age, with no trust, a two month old child and a wife who spoke little English and no access to any financial accounts. She patiently worked with us as conservator of health and managed some mismanaged financial accounts, with risky investments. She is extremely knowledgeable about finances in general and truly has the client's best interests at heart.

From the owner: Jennifer Feehan is a California Licensed Professional Fiduciary. She owns a private fiduciary…read moremanagement firm dedicated to helping with our clients' day to day estate management in accordance with the terms of the trust, will, court orders, state laws or fiduciary standards of practice. Who Needs a Fiduciary? An individual or Trustor may hire a Professional Fiduciary in order to avoid burdening family and friends with his/her care and financial management when they feel they are not able to do so anymore themselves. Additionally, in the event of incapacity or death there may be no family or friends around to handle these matters, or the duties required may be beyond the skill-set necessary for prudent administration. Further, in the event of conflict families may seek out or a court may appoint a Private Professional Fiduciary to intervene as a neutral third party to preserve the estate assets. We specialize in: Conservatorship of the Estate and Person (as Conservator) Court & Trust Accounting Estate Administration (as Probate Administrator) Guardianship Ad Litem Guardianship of the Estate Medi-Cal and SSA Benefits Qualification Power of Attorney for Finance Representative Payee Special Needs Trust Administration (as Trustee) Trust Administration (as Trustee) Trust Protector Appointment

I am a Certified Public Accountant. Beth is my go to Lawyer for Estates Trusts, and Real Estate…read more She is an expert and gets right to the matter. Her fees are very reasonable.

If you want to an attorney who is one-on-one and not in some 21st floor big firm with pressure to…read morefill billable hours, Beth is the person for you. I came to see Beth with my friend who had a complicated legal matter and she was very pleased with Beth. She spend a lot of time explaining my friend's options, and quickly made her feel like she had found the champion she was looking for. Supportive and yet an aggressive advocate, Beth's many years of experience mean a lot.

I hired Ms. Franks to help with a complicated conservatorship filing. She traveled to a hostile…read moreenvironment to the criminal friendly liberal Berkeley Municipal Court for my case. She worked with the court investigator and opposing attorney to resolve the issue before we even set foot in court. The judge ignored all parties involved and continued the case despite Ms. Franks filing everything properly. At the next hearing she aggressively argued to the Court that we had met all the requirements, as we did before, and have gone above and beyond all Court instructions. With the Judge still wavering she interrupted him and asked, "What else would you like us to do? We have exceeded the instructions!" This was the turning point, she made the Judge realize his error, our motion was granted. I hired her office for some additional probate work as well, and so far that has gone well too.

I don't know where to start. I retained this office when my father's passed last year. I met her…read morein person to sign the retainer and then never heard back from her. I hoped to arrange a meeting with my 2 siblings to get an idea of what to expect in the probate process. They never seemed to want to meet the other parties involved. My father's house had a reverse mortgage and I was hoping to purchase his home but haven't gotten any advise from the firm and had to hire my own realtor to list the property to prevent the trustee's foreclose sale which is still pending after 3 postponements and I was even told this property should have never been eligible for probate. Then I was advised by another attorney that the appraisal had been done (without my knowledge) - nobody went up the drived (it's chained), onto the premises or into the property. How does an appraisal get done without going onto the property? And it was appraised for S200K less than Zillow and Redfin appraisals. I was also told the inventory and expense was done - I never was informed and have no idea what items are still in his home since his girlfriend still lives there and refuses to move out and has given away most of his possessions. It took months of requests to have her served with eviction notices so I'm afraid of the damage she could have done to his property. It was my hopes this would all have been handled by this office and the house would been vacant and empty when listed but that wasn't the case. I don't know if his vehicle is still on the premises or anything about his bank accounts - this ALL should have been handled professionally. I have been left in the dark to do everything on my own. Even contacting the mortgage company for his home - I had to submit a letter of intent stating my intentions with his property. I submitted the first letter incorrectly and the foreclosure almost went through. I assumed a probate attorney would have prepared and submitted this on my behalf. Do not use this office. You have to deal with the staff and never get to see or speak with the attorney. Waste of time and money. They only thing they did was file for the letter of administration. VERY disappointed. My father's home may still be sold at auction in 2 months and I am clueless what to expect next. Ugh.