Paul J. Barulich
- Director & Of Counsel
Location:
Burlingame, CA
Phone:
Fax:
650-292-2901
Email:
Paul J. Barulich is the Founder, Director, and Of Counsel at Barulich Dugoni & Suttmann Law Group, Inc. Paul's law practice focuses on estate planning clients with high net worth, business owners, and people with significant financial interests in high-tech, wholly-owner, and start-up companies. He specializes in representing individual and corporate executors and trustees, and conservators in administrations of estates in contested and non-contested matters.
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Admissions
- California, 1985
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1984
- University of California, Berkeley
- A.B. - 1981
Published Works
- CEB Action Guide, “Handling Postmortem Trust Administration: A Checklist”, September 2009
- CEB California Trust Administration, Chapter 2, "Overview of Trustee's Duties, Standards, and Powers", Author
- Guide to the California Rules of Professional Conduct for Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Counsel, Contributing Commentator, State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section, 1997
- The Estate Administration of Contaminated Property, California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 2000
- A Practitioner's Guide to Drafting Shared Equity Financing Agreements, Tax Management Memorandum, Bureau of National Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 2, February 7, 1990
Classes/Seminars
- Presenter, Best Practices in Estate Planning and Administration, San Mateo County Bar Association, 2013 to 2013
Honors and Awards
- Published in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
- Northern California Super Lawyers, San Francisco Magazine
- “Top 100” Super Lawyer
- AV Preeminent, Martindale.com
- Selected by the Presiding Judge, San Mateo County Superior Court
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County
- National Center for Equine Facilitate Therapy, Board of Directors
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Member
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Chair, 1995 to 1995
- San Mateo County History Museum, Board of Directors, Chair
- San Mateo Police Department Police Activities League, Board of Directors
- State Bar of California, Trust and Probate Law Section, Executive Committee, 1997 to 2003