Melanie Emmons | Estate Planning

Kato, Feder & Suzuki, LLP

Melanie Emmons | Kato, Feder & Suzuki, LLP

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Melanie J. Emmons is an associate attorney with Kato, Feder and Suzuki, LLP. Ms. Emmons concentrates on conservatorships, limited conservatorships, guardianships, trust and probate administration and litigation, long-term care planning and estate planning, including estate and special needs trusts. She represents professional and non-professional fiduciaries, as well as interested third parties. Before starting her career at Kato, Feder & Suzuki, LLP in February 2017, Ms. Emmons received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2011 with a concentration in Public Interest law. Before passing the California State Bar, Ms. Emmons gained legal experience and familiarity with the California Court system while interning at the Office of the Public Defender in Contra Costa Country, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, and a San Francisco boutique firm focused on Estate Planning and Tax law. Additionally, Ms. Emmons had the honor of externing for the California Superior Court in the Unified Family Division, under then Supervising Judge Patrick J. Mahoney. She also had the honor of externing, and later clerking for Chief Judicial Magistrate Maria-Elena James of the Northern District Court in Federal Court. Following law school, Ms. Emmons gained valuable experience helping people resolve tense legal situations while working for nonprofit organizations such as East Bay Children’s Law Offices and Legal Advocates for Children and Youth in Silicon Valley. She provides workshops about limited conservatorship at Support For Families of Children with Disabilities. Ms. Emmons is a Bay Area native, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a concentration in American Culture. Ms. Emmons earned two minors, including a minor in Professional Writing with a specialization in professional editing and a minor in Global Peace and Security.