Partner
I help people solve inheritance problems.
My practice focuses on trust and estate law. I represent trustees, beneficiaries, business partners, parents, children, and siblings who face difficult family, fiduciary, or property conflicts.
Many of my clients find themselves in a lawsuit they didn’t expect or want. I hear their story, find their best options, advocate for their rights, and work toward resolution. I’ve guided hundreds of clients to successful outcomes – some without any litigation, most through settlement, and some at trial, including one of California’s largest jury verdicts of 2025 (Singh v. Singh).
I’ve practiced trust and estate law here in San Francisco’s East Bay for 23 years. In that time, laws have changed, probate judges have come and gone, courts have moved to Zoom, documents have gone electronic, and AI has revolutionized the flow of information. Yet families still need help making way for new generations, trustees still need seasoned counsel to guide them through their duties, and courts still need reliable help judging which story is most true.
I graduated with honors from Oak Brook College of Law in 2003. I passed the California bar on my first taking and was among the five youngest attorneys admitted in California that year. During law school I worked in religious liberty litigation at Pacific Justice Institute. I later served as a judicial extern at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. After working at two East Bay firms, I co-founded Seto Wood & Schweickert LLP. I am admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and all other California state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
I am a native of Walnut Creek. Around the time I was born, civic leaders launched an initiative to buy up open space in the hills around our city. Their foresight preserved the natural beauty that I enjoyed as a boy, and that we still enjoy today. These and more distant mountains often call, and I’ve loved exploring dozens of other countries, but home is here in the East Bay.
I’m married to Kaitlin, who is also an attorney. We wake each day with a little less time to leave our children a better world. In addition to my trust/estate and business practice, I handle pro bono free speech and religious liberty cases and work with several local nonprofits that serve our most vulnerable neighbors.
