After seeing several very positive recommendations on Next Door, I met with and decided to work…read morewith Brittany Birnie Greene on a restatement of my will and living trust. This is the third will/trust restatement/update I have done in the last 30 years and I found Brittany to be the most responsive, knowledgable, detail oriented, engaged. Also the first woman I've worked with, which was not a criterion but felt like the right choice. I found Brittany to be completely prepared to explain in clear language all the nuances and legalities of the process....or to not overexplain whenever I said I was pretty familiar with the various sections of the documents. I truly enjoyed working with her and was impressed not only by the reasonable fee but by her firm's (Just Brittany and sister Tate) generous policy with respect to updating certain parts of the trust and/or taking brief phone calls at no charge. I'm delighted that I chose Birnie Law and highly recommend them to others. BTW, I'm surprised there are so few reviews on Yelp. Probably just that most people are so glad to have this process 'done' that they don't want to think about it once it is. Worth noting that they do no advertising but are always very busy just from word of mouth. Again, just the kind of firm I like.

I needed a few legal questions answered concerning my mom's estate, but was having a devil of a…read moretime finding an attorney willing to sit down with me for an hour or so to resolve them. One cretin (name withheld out of courtesy) tried to get me to pay a $3,500 deposit up front, and he had the people skills of a sixth grade remedial student. Very lucky to have had a friend recommend Tate Birney in Sebastopol. I cannot remember the last time I felt so comfortable in a lawyer's office; and I left feeling like with a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders and that I really had found a caring and smart advocate, should I require services in the future. Very reasonable rates, especially for one who is clearly so capable and qualified. Even from just my one meeting with Tate Birney, I can, with intuitive confidence, recommend her highly.

I was having problems assuming my deceased mother's mortgage. Mark Kelly corrected a number of…read more assumptions I had and mapped out a succesful plan. I was able to pay off the mortgage He put a watchful eye on the whole procedure. He is informed , empathetic , a good talker. I would suggest you hire him to handle estate, trust, wills, and mean mortgage servicing companies. The money I paid Mark was well worth the cost.

I hired him to help me with my brother's estate. He did almost nothing and stalled for 8 months,…read morenever returning documents I requested. The one thing he actually did, create a letter to access my brother's bank account, he misspelled my brother's name. He promised to redo it and send another copy but never did. He lied repeatedly about sending documents, told me he had mailed them, then charged me for phone calls when I called to tell him I had not received them. This went on for 6 months. When he finally did send a packet of all the work he did my name was incorrect on EVERY document. I would not recommend him to my worst enemy.

James has done a lot of work for me from helping write my new Trust, Durable Power of Attorney, and…read moreWill. He also got all the paperwork done with changing the Title on my house in spite of some problems that came up do to my past mistakes. James is an excellent communicator, and has a great understanding of complex issues that shows up in the work he does. He's patient, efficient and very reasonable! A very nice guy who is a perfectionist!

Great communication! Always got back to me quickly and were so awesome…read more I highly recommend James and Dina.

Just as you would expect, overpriced. Outrageous price just to fill in the blanks on a form. All of…read morethe work was done. All they had to do was put it in the computer in proper order. Can't possibly be more than 15 minuits work, and they asked $250.00

I contacted Mendo to process a couple of restraining orders for me. I was not able to give him…read morecomplete information on either one of the parties. He agreed to help me in spite of those gaps. I was pleased by his willingness to work with me in spite of the fact that I was not the most prepared of clients.