Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Representation for fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and contestants in will and trust contests, accounting disputes, probate petitions, conservatorship matters, and related fiduciary litigation.
Bay Area litigation counsel since 2011
Litigation counsel for disputes that need judgment, not noise.
Representing Bay Area clients, principally in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County, in contested trust, estate, probate, fiduciary, financial elder abuse, conservatorship, and civil matters.
Practice areas
Focused representation in Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and the surrounding Bay Area.
Financial Elder Abuse
Help with suspected exploitation, contested transfers, fiduciary duties, and claims affecting vulnerable adults and their estates.
Civil Litigation
Counsel for civil disputes that need disciplined assessment, negotiation, motion practice, trial preparation, or a sensible path to settlement.
Approach
The useful question is what will move the case.
Every case has pressure points: family dynamics, fiduciary obligations, financial records, court deadlines, settlement leverage, and the cost of delay.
The work is to find those points early, use the right procedural tools, and keep the matter moving toward a result that is durable, not merely dramatic.
Attorney
Jeremy Aaron Burns
Jeremy Burns has practiced law since 2005, after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Before founding his own firm in 2011, he practiced at large firms and spent five years at KPMG LLP.
His work includes disputed probate, conservatorship, powers of attorney, trust and estate matters, financial elder abuse claims, and civil litigation. He earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University.
Contact
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2625 Middlefield Road No. 655
Palo Alto, California 94306 Meetings by appointment only. Open Client Portal