Ms Erin A. Norcia
Experience:
19 years
Ms Erin A. Norcia | Partner
Main Office
40 Oak Ct
Danville, CA 94526
Office Hours
Monday - Friday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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About Erin
Erin A. Norcia is a partner at Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP. She joined the firm in 2005. Ms. Norcia's practice focuses on trust, probate, and conservatorship litigation, including but not limited to will contests, trust contests, financial elder abuse, fiduciary removal and surcharge, accounting disputes, reformation, modification, and interpretation of estate planning documents, disputed real property claims, contested conservatorships, and related civil litigation.
Ms. Norcia handles every stage of litigation, including pre-lawsuit negotiation, discovery, law and motion, mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, trial, and appeal. Ms. Norcia is admitted to practice law in all superior courts of California, all appellate courts of California, the Supreme Court of California, and all federal district courts in California.
In addition, Ms. Norcia represents trustees, executors, agents, and beneficiaries in contentious trust and estate administrations, as well as assists clients with preparation of their personal estate plans, including living trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney, advance health care directives, nominations of guardians, and all property transfer documents.
In 2019, Ms. Norcia was elected on to the California Lawyers Association Trusts and Estates Executive Committee which reviews and proposes revisions to the California Probate Code, and she is an editor of the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, a scholarly journal. In 2022, Ms. Norcia . Ms. Norcia was selected as a fellow of the prestigious American college of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACETC). Ms. Norcia is also an Adjunct Professor of the Wills & Trusts Course at Santa Clara University School of Law.
Ms. Norcia handles every stage of litigation, including pre-lawsuit negotiation, discovery, law and motion, mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, trial, and appeal. Ms. Norcia is admitted to practice law in all superior courts of California, all appellate courts of California, the Supreme Court of California, and all federal district courts in California.
In addition, Ms. Norcia represents trustees, executors, agents, and beneficiaries in contentious trust and estate administrations, as well as assists clients with preparation of their personal estate plans, including living trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney, advance health care directives, nominations of guardians, and all property transfer documents.
In 2019, Ms. Norcia was elected on to the California Lawyers Association Trusts and Estates Executive Committee which reviews and proposes revisions to the California Probate Code, and she is an editor of the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, a scholarly journal. In 2022, Ms. Norcia . Ms. Norcia was selected as a fellow of the prestigious American college of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACETC). Ms. Norcia is also an Adjunct Professor of the Wills & Trusts Course at Santa Clara University School of Law.
Admission
California
2006
Education
San Jose State University
B.A. (Biology)
2002
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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California Lawyers Association Trusts and Estates Executive Committee, –2019 / Present
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Diablo Valley Estate Planning Council, –2018 / Present
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California Lawyers Association, – (Trusts and Estates Section, Member)2013 / Present
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Contra Costa County Bar Association, – (Member, Estate Planning & Probate Section)2013 / Present
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Tri-Valley Estate Planning Council, – (Member, Former Board Member)2013 / Present
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California Dept. of Real Estate, – (Broker)2005 / Present
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Phi Delta Phi, – (Legal Honor Fraternity)2005 / Present
Honors / Awards
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Northern California Super Lawyers list –2018 / Present
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Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC) to2022 / present
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Superlawyer Trusts & Estates Litigation –2021-present
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Superlawyers Rising Star –2018-2020
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Witkin Award – Estate Planning and Taxation –2006
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Santa Clara University School of Law – Best Oral Advocate –2005
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CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Legal Research and Writing –2004
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Oxford University Comparative Intellectual Property Law Program –2004
Notable Work
Publications
Co-Author, “Additional Property Transfer Obstacles for Married Persons and Registered Domestic Partners,” CEB California Estate Planning, May & Updates
2021 / 2020
Co-Author, “How to Invade Someone’s Privacy 101,” California Trusts and Estates Quarterly,
2021
Co-Author, “The Planning, Administration, and Litigation of the ‘HEMS’ Standard,” California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, March,
2017
Author, “Grandma Got Scammed by a Reindeer”, Contra Costa Lawyer Magazine, December,
2015
Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP Highlights
Estate, Trusts, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Estate Administration
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Languages:
English