Bakersfield · Shafter · Delano · Tehachapi
Two hard tasks, made simple.
Estate planning is the one you do before. Probate is the one your family faces after, if you don’t. I handle both for Kern County families — at flat or statutory fees you know in advance, usually with an appointment inside of a week.
- Flat or statutory fees, known before we start
- An appointment inside of a week
- 20+ years in Kern County
I’m planning ahead
Estate planning
A living trust, a will, and the two documents that let someone you trust act for you if you can’t. Done properly, your family never sees the inside of a courthouse.
- Revocable living trusts
- Wills
- Powers of attorney & health care directives
- Trust funding — the step most people skip
Someone has died
Probate
If there was no trust, the estate usually has to go through the Kern County Superior Court. It is slow and it is paperwork-heavy, but it is not something you have to understand. That’s my job.
- Full probate administration
- Petitions to appoint an executor or administrator
- Small-estate shortcuts, where they apply
- Trust administration after a death
Meet Brandon
You will work with me, not a file number.
I spent more than twenty years practicing at some of California’s most respected firms before opening this office. The work is the same caliber; the difference is that you get me on the phone, you get a straight answer, and you know the fee before you agree to anything.
Known fees
Flat fees for planning, statutory fees in probate — in writing, before any work begins.
Within 7 days
Most new clients are sitting down with me inside a week.
20+ years
Practicing California law, now serving all of Kern County.
Ten minutes on the phone, at no charge.
It is a short call to work out whether I'm the right person for what you're facing — for your sake as much as mine. No sales pitch, no obligation. If it's a fit, we'll set a real appointment.
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