Kathleen Hunt
Top rated Estate Planning & Probate attorney in El Cerrito, California
Practice Areas:
Estate planning & probate
Education Qualification:
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Practice Areas:
Estate planning & probate
6002 Barrett Avenue El CerritoEl Cerrito, California, 94530
First Admitted: 2004
Professional Webpage: https://uniquelaw.com/about-kathleen-hunt/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Judge Pro Tem (Probate, Contra Costa County), 2017
- Judge Pro Tem (Probate, Contra Costa County), 2016
- Judge Pro Tem (Probate, Contra Costa County), 2015
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Represented an internationally-known author against his former business manager; obtained a judgment in excess of $300,000 for fraud, elder abuse, defamation, and more, 2019
Videos:
Representative Clients:
- Estate planning for a young couple with minor children, 2024
- Estate planning for unmarried adult, 2024
- Estate planning for a retired child-free couple, 2024
- Helped transgender client obtain legal name change, 2023
- Assisted with adult adoption, 2023
- Estate planning for a 94-year-old widowed individual, 2022
- Estate planning for a polyamorous family, 2022
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Green Business, 2015-present (the first attorney in West Contra Costa County to qualify); re-certified every two years., 2024
- Notary public 2008-2024 (consecutive commissions), 2024
- Certified Mediator: BBB Auto Line, 2008
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Member, Contra Costa County Bar Association Pro Bono Honor Roll Selected for inclusion every year since this award was inaugurated - currently five years, 2024
- Berkeley Animal Care Services - volunteer weekly, 2022
- Pro bono Wills Clinic (Contra Costa County Senior Legal Services), 2020
- Sponsor, Rotary Club of El Cerrito "Sip and Savor" fundraiser each year
- Speaker, Rotary Club of El Cerrito, 2019
- Member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Sex and Culture (San Francisco, CA)
- Member of El Cerrito Rotary Club (and past board member)
- Member: Paul Harris Society (Rotary International), 2014
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Feilding Foundation
Honors/Awards:
- Best Attorney, Best of El Cerrito, 2023
- Best Attorney, Best of El Cerrito, 2022
- Best Lawyer, Expertise.com, 2022
- Named Best in the East Bay in the only year that this category has ever been included in the East Bay Express' annual round-up., Best of the East Bay: Attorney-Trusts & Estates, East Bay Express, 2021
- I was named among the top probate attorneys based on my expertise and professionalism, among other criteria., Best Probate Attorney, Expertise.com, 2021
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014
- Top Women Attorneys, Northern California, Super Lawyers, 2014
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012
Educational Background:
- Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal,, 2002
- M.S. in Education, as well as Single Subject and Multiple Subject teaching credentials - California State University, Hayward, 1993
- B.A. in English - University of California at Berkeley (having been admitted as a freshman at age 14), 1990
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Office of the Circuit Executive - I wrote this guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Office of the Circuit Executive. It was distributed to every federal judge in the entire Circuit., ADR Guidebook, 2003
- Guarding the Schoolhouse Gate - This was an overview of the state of then-current law related to creationism and intelligent design in the public schools. It was intended to help school districts deal with threats to the teaching of evolution., National Center for Science Education, 2001
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