Genevieve Pellegrini
Estate and elder law attorney
People call me Gen. I started this practice so families could get a straight answer from the lawyer, not the lawyer’s assistant’s assistant.
Before law school I answered phones at a county records office. People came to the counter carrying shoeboxes, and nobody ever had the one paper the clerk asked for. I went to law school to fix that, and I have been fixing it, one kitchen table at a time, since.
The office is two rooms on Mendocino Avenue, with a kettle and a bowl of lemons on the desk. I take a limited number of families each month, so I can call back the same day and visit a home or a hospital room when a signing can’t wait.
Behind the building there is a strip of poppies and lupine that I never planted. That is where the firm’s name comes from.
What I do
- Wills and trusts
- Powers of attorney
- Probate and trust administration
Where I’m admitted and where I studied
Bar admissions
State Bar of California
Admitted 1979
Courts
Sonoma County Superior Court
Probate and trust matters
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Education
J.D., McGeorge School of Law
1979
B.A., Sonoma State University
1976
Languages
English
Italian
Conversational
Memberships
Sonoma County Bar Association
State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section
Come and sit at the table
Call, and you’ll get me, not a menu.