Bryan Phipps is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Sacramento office, and a member of the Litigation and Tax, Benefits, and Estate Planning practice groups. Mr. Phipps focuses his practice exclusively on helping individuals and families avoid and resolve inheritance disputes. He regularly assists and advises clients on proactive estate planning techniques, diligent administration of trust and probate estates, and ardent representation in court.

Mr. Phipps’ clients value him for his creative and effective advocacy in trust and estate disputes, including will and trust contests, fiduciary accountings, breach of trust, financial elder abuse, and court-supervised protective proceedings such as conservatorships. He is also a Certified Special in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and is consistently named by his peers as a Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in the area of Trust & Estate Litigation.

Mr. Phipps has been recognized as one of Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers in the field of Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning since 2022.

Bar Admissions

• California

• Undue Influence: Pressure Brought to Bear Directly on the Burden of Proof
• Bien-Venue: Commencing Breach of Trust Litigation in the Proper County
• In re Williams Securities Litigation—WCG Subclass: How Dura Met Daubert
• U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Inherited IRAs Highlights the Benefits of IRA Trusts
• Celebrity Trusts & Estates: Paul Walker Leaves His $25 Million Estate to His Teenage Daughter
• Celebrity Trusts & Estates: Another Battle in the Saga of Bing Crosby’s Right of Publicity Comes to an End
• Celebrity Trusts & Estates: Casey Kasem Conservatorship Battle Highlights the Need for Clarity Regarding Control Over Visitation
• Avoiding Acceleration: How to Put the Brakes on Due-on-Sale Clauses when Funding Your Revocable Living Trust with Encumbered Real Property
• When Applying the 120-Day Statute of Limitations under Probate Code § 16061.8, When is a Trust Contest “Brought?”