Bay Area General Practice Attorneys
Family Law • Business Litigation • Estate Planning

We are a leading Bay Area small firm located in San Francisco. Our attorneys are experienced as probate and trust attorneys, divorce lawyers, estate planners, and trial attorneys who represent individuals, fiduciaries, and small businesses throughout Northern California.

Experience • Creativity • Personalized Service

Our experience and complementary practice areas, including the following, allow for efficient, creative problem resolution. We focus our practice on providing individuals knowledgeable, cost-effective legal representation with responsive service. Contact Bryan • Hinshaw today.

• Family Law (divorce, legal separation)
• Trust Administration
• Asset Division (stock options, intellectual property rights)
• Estate planning & Probate administration (durable power of attorney; issues of incompetence)
• Support (child and spousal)
• Business Litigation (Real estate, contract disputes)
• Conservatorship, Guardianship administration
• Domestic partnership (formation, termination; with regard to children)
• ADR (mediation, arbitration)

Our attorneys are trained to approach our clients’ matters with the understanding that legal problems arise from broader life situations. We focus on helping clients understand the options available to them to address the reality of their situations and to implement their strategic choices through creative and skilled counseling, negotiation, and advocacy.

Our many years of experience in complementary practice areas gives our lawyers a unique advantage to draw upon knowledge, techniques, and skills developed in the overlapping areas of conflict resolution and problem solving in family law, estates, property ownership, and business disputes. Our attorneys are trained and have specialized experience and knowledge of family and business conflict dynamics, investments, accounting, real estate, marital property, contract law, taxation, retirement assets, and business ownership.

We achieve results for our clients through skilled advocacy in the courtroom, effective negotiation, and empathic counseling. Our lawyers also actively practice mediation, arbitration, and other Alternative Dispute Resolution alternatives. Our emphasis is on practical problem solving backed up by experienced negotiation and courtroom advocacy.