Cunningham Legal

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Cunningham Legal, founded in 2005, has 8 offices throughout Northern and Southern California dedicated to helping clients with estate planning and administration, guardianships, business law and a variety of elder law matters. Founding attorney James Cunningham is certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Estate Planning and Trust and Probate Law. He and his legal team possess more than 70 years of combined experience. Among the many valuable services we provide, we help clients by establishing living trusts, drafting wills, powers of attorney and other advance medical directives. The Cunningham Legal team will help you to maintain control over your assets while alive and ensure they will ultimately be distributed according to your wishes upon your death, all while minimizing estate taxes. Take the first step to obtaining a customized plan designed to accomplish your estate planning goals by contacting Cunningham Legal for an in-person, Zoom, or phone consultation.
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Areas of Practice (9)

  • California Estate Planning
  • California Living Trust
  • Trust Administration
  • Asset Protection California
  • Legacy Care Program
  • Elder Law
  • Medi-Cal Planning
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Estate Taxes California

People (5)

James L. Cunningham, Jr.: Attorney with Cunningham Legal
James L. Cunningham, Jr.
CEO and Lead Attorney
4.7
18 Reviews
Auburn, CA , 
Folsom, CA , 
Huntington Beach, CA , 
Oakland, CA , 
Pasadena, CA , 
Roseville, CA , 
Sacramento, CA , 
San Francisco, CA , 
San Rafael, CA , 
Westlake Village, CA , 
Woodland Hills, CA
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Estate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Probate, Contested Wills, Trusts & Estates, Business Law, Corporate Law, Elder Law, Litigation, Taxation, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Power Of Attorney View More

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Jason Barmasse: Attorney with Cunningham Legal
Jason Barmasse
Associate
No Reviews
Auburn, CA , 
Oakland, CA
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Employment & Labor, Personal Injury, Construction & Development, Construction & Development, Arbitration View More

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Rachelle Lee-Warner: Attorney with Cunningham Legal
Rachelle Lee-Warner
Associate
No Reviews
Auburn, CA , 
Oakland, CA
+ 1 more

Estate Planning, Trusts

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Janice Lee Shen: Attorney with Cunningham Legal
Janice Lee Shen
Associate
No Reviews
Auburn, CA , 
Oakland, CA
+ 1 more

Trusts & Estates, Taxation

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Lisa Cellar-Mann, Esq.: Attorney with Cunningham Legal
Lisa Cellar-Mann, Esq.
Attorney
No Reviews
Auburn, CA , 
Oakland, CA
+ 1 more
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Peer Reviews

4.9/5.0 (14 reviews)

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.9/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.9/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.9/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.9/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Attorney on 08/10/22 in Trusts and Estates

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Partner on 08/10/22 in Estate Planning

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Attorney on 07/28/22 in Trusts and Estates

    Highly professional and responsive.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Of Counsel on 07/28/22 in Trusts and Estates

    James "Jim" L. Cunningham, Jr. not only has excellent legal knowledge and experience in trusts, estates, wills, probate and trust and estate administration, he has taken full advantage of modern social media to share his knowledge with clie... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Managing Partner on 07/27/22 in Trusts and Estates

    I understand that James has acquired several estate planning practices over his many years and therefore gained tremendous skill sets not only in the various transactional aspects this would entail but the variety of clientele and issues they could p... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Managing Partner on 07/27/22 in Estate Planning

    Excellent attorney

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Attorney on 07/27/22 in Trusts and Estates

    Jim is well known in the legal community where his energy is contagious and his passion to educate clients far exceeds most.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Partner on 06/05/21 in Estate Planning

    I have known Jim Cunningham for many years. Through that time I have worked with him on many cases and discussed countless cases with him. He is an excellent estate planning attorney. He thinks about all the issues to come up with the best recomme... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Attorney on 02/10/21 in Trusts and Estates

    Mr. Cunningham knows the substantive law well and thoroughly. But more than that, he has the ability to communicate that knowledge in a way lay people can understand.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for James L. Cunningham Jr. by a Attorney on 01/27/21 in Trusts and Estates

    Jim is a thought leader in the T&E area and a master at managing law firms. His marketing and biz dev skills are lengendary. He is the complete lawyer. Honored to support him for this.

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