Kelley & Farren, LLP, is an estate planning law firm that provides personalized legal services covering all aspects of estate planning, probate and trust law. This is our exclusive focus, and partners John Kelley and Carolyn Farren are both certified by the State Bar of California as specialists in probate, estate planning and trust law.
Our attorneys are:
*John P. Kelley
*Carolyn M. Farren
*Elizabeth R. Arnold
*Jane Grant Kerr
*Christine E. Hoburg
*Randall B. Schmidt
All our attorneys have broad, in-depth experience in the field of estate planning, trusts and probate. Areas of expertise include:
*Revocable Living Trusts
*IRA Planning
*Trust Distribution and Administration
*Tax Planning and Savings
*Many more...
The firm has been serving estate planning clients in the Bay Area from San Francisco and Marin County since 1974.
Areas of Estate Planning Practice
The practice of estate planning, probate and trust law encompasses many diverse areas of law, from taxes and trusts to conservatorships and medical privacy, and intrinsically involves dealing with some of life's most sensitive issues and difficult circumstances.
Our services are completely personalized to the needs and circumstances of each client, and always performed with the utmost care and sensitivity to the situation at hand.
Please feel free to contact us to set up an initial consultation to assess your estate planning needs.
ASSOCIATION
Certified Specialists in Probate, Estate Planning, and Trust Law by the State Bar of California; Lang:English, French, Spanish. With their many years of exclusive commitment to this complex and ever-changing legal practice,the Kelley & Farren team of attorneys has extensive experience in all elements of estate planning,probate and trust law,including:
*All aspects of Revocable Living Trusts
*Trust administration and distribution after death
*Using trusts to save taxes
*Avoiding litigation
*Powers of attorney and healthcare directives
*Representing trustees in all aspects of trust administration
*Representing clients in alternative relationships
*Advising clients regarding domestic partnership laws
*Avoiding family conflict in estate administration
*Preparation of estate and gift tax returns
*Advice regarding minimizing taxes
*Charitable gifts and trusts
*Long term care / nursing home issues
*Medi-Cal eligibility
*Planning by parents of minor children
*Special Needs Trusts
*Planning for incapacitated or needy beneficiaries
*Generation-skipping tax issues
*Second marriages,planning for the "blended family"
*Planning IRA distributions
*All aspects of Conservatorship proceedings
*All aspects of Probate proceedings
*Probate / after-death litigation
*Will contest / trust contest - evaluation and representation