Tax and Estate Counsel for Northern California Families and Businesses.
Our Sacramento and Walnut Creek attorneys advise on partnership and corporate tax, estate planning, probate, business transactions, and complex civil litigation — backed by the full resources of Fennemore’s national platform.
Concentrated Counsel Across Tax, Estate, Business, and Litigation.
Six disciplines, deeply practiced. Our California attorneys are recognized for partnership tax, estate planning, and tax controversy work that other firms refer to us.
Tax Counsel and Controversy.
Partnership, corporate, nonprofit, federal, state and local, real estate, and estate & gift planning. Audit defense and tax litigation in state and federal courts.
Explore →Estate Planning and Trusts.
Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, probate, trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships. Multi-generational planning for closely held wealth.
Explore →Business Transactions.
Entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, succession planning, and general corporate counsel for California companies and their owners.
Explore →Civil and Tax Litigation.
Tax controversy, business disputes, fiduciary litigation, and trust and probate contests in California state and federal courts. First-chair trial experience.
Explore →Real Estate Counsel.
Acquisitions, dispositions, Section 1031 exchanges, development, leasing, and tax-sensitive structuring across the California market.
Explore →Elder Law and Capacity.
Long-term care planning, Medi-Cal qualification, capacity and incapacity planning, and elder financial abuse litigation. Sensitive family-led representation.
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140+ Years of Legal Counsel Across the West.
Fennemore is a full-service firm with more than 140 years of practice across the Western United States. Our California team delivers concentrated tax and estate counsel — with immediate access to the firm’s broader bench of corporate, litigation, real estate, employment, and regulatory specialists whenever a matter calls for it.
Visit Our Northern California Offices.
Two offices serving the greater Sacramento and East Bay regions. Both staffed by partners and counsel with deep California-specific experience.