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California Estate Planning Attorney
Planning With Heart. Protecting What Matters.Planning for the future should give you peace of mind, not add to your stress. With a thoughtful, personalized approach, our California estate planning attorney can help craft a plan that clearly documents your wishes for the people who matter most.
Planning ahead gives you more control over your legacy and helps safeguard your family's privacy and financial security for generations.
Special Needs Planning, Trust Administration, and Probate Lawyer in CA: Here for Every Chapter of Your Family's Story
Estate planning is about more than preparing legal documents. It's about making thoughtful decisions that protect the people you love, whatever your family looks like. Chaney Counsel works with families across Los Angeles County, Ventura County, and the surrounding Southern California community, from parents planning for young children to those caring for a loved one with special needs, navigating a blended family, or settling a loved one's affairs after a loss.
Every plan we build is genuinely tailored, whether that means a trust-based plan, a will-based plan, or a combination of both, matched to your specific goals and relationships rather than a one-size-fits-all template. As your California estate planning attorney, we bring that same personalized approach to every stage: creating your plan, updating it as your life changes, and guiding your family through trust administration or probate when the time comes.
Why Los Angeles and Ventura County Families Trust Chaney Counsel
01. A Plan Built Around Your Family
Before we recommend anything, we take the time to understand your family, your goals, and what matters most to you. Your plan reflects your actual situation, not a template with your name filled in.
02. Support That Doesn't End at Signing
Life changes, and your plan should change with it. Beyond the initial planning process, we offer ongoing support to help you update your plan as your family, finances, or wishes evolve.
03. Care for Life's Harder Moments
Not every family's situation is simple. Whether you're planning for a loved one with special needs, navigating a blended family, or stepping into trust administration or probate, we bring that same care to the harder questions.
Free Consultation
No pressure, no obligation
Clear Pricing
Know what you'll pay and why
Flexible Meetings
Virtual or in-person, your choice
Southern California Coverage
LA, Ventura, and beyond
Planning for Every Stage of Your Family's Life
Not sure where to start? Whether you're planning ahead or already in the middle of settling a loved one's affairs, there's a path forward here.
Special Needs Planning
Protecting Their Future Starts With Planning Today
Planning for a loved one with disabilities involves more than preparing legal documents. It means building a strategy designed to support long-term care, help preserve eligibility for essential public benefits, and provide greater stability for your loved one throughout their life. Attorney Lindsey Chaney brings a personal understanding to this work, shaped by her own family's experience navigating disability planning, not just legal training. That perspective shapes how we listen, what we anticipate, and how we build your plan.
Every family's situation is different, which is why we take the time to understand your specific goals and concerns first. From special needs trusts and benefit preservation to Letters of Intent, trustee selection, and long-term care planning, we help you put a coordinated strategy in place designed to protect your loved one’s interests and give your family greater confidence about the years ahead.
Attorney Profile
Meet the Attorney Guiding Your Family's Estate Plan
Experience You Can Trust, Care You Can Feel
Lindsey Chaney is an estate planning, special needs planning, trust administration, and probate lawyer in CA. As the owner of Chaney Counsel, she helps individuals and families navigate estate planning, special needs planning, probate, and trust administration. She earned her Juris Doctor from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and is admitted to practice law in California.
Before becoming an attorney, Lindsey spent years working in corporate human resources and client relations, where she developed a deep appreciation for clear communication, responsiveness, and genuinely supportive client relationships. Those values continue to shape her practice today, in a law firm experience that feels approachable, personal, and grounded in trust.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Services
More Than a Plan for Someday
Protecting You, Not Just Your Legacy
The decisions you make today don't only shape what happens after you're gone. They can protect you right now, while you're still here to benefit from them.
A power of attorney lets you choose, in advance, who can step in to handle your financial and legal affairs if you're ever unable to manage them yourself. An advance health care directive lets you document your medical wishes and name someone you trust to make health care decisions if you become unable to make them yourself.
These documents work alongside your will or trust, not apart from them, forming a complete plan that protects you during your lifetime and provides for your family afterward.
Whether you're just starting to think about estate planning or already have a plan in place, it's worth asking whether these pieces are covered, too.
In Their Own Words
What Our Clients Are Saying
Estate Planning Attorney, Los Angeles & Ventura County
“What stood out most was her professionalism combined with genuine care for our family and situation.”
- 01 / Explains Every Step
- 02 / Identifies Important Planning Issues
- 03 / Delivers Thorough Guidance
- 04 / Keeps Pricing Transparent and Affordable
I had the pleasure of working with Lindsey Chaney and can happily say that she is a phenomenal estate planner. She made what could have been a daunting and complicated process incredibly smooth and straightforward. She is extremely thorough, a great communicator, and took the time to educate me every step of the way so I felt completely confident in our plan. On top of her top-tier professionalism, her services are reasonably priced. I cannot recommend her highly enough for anyone looking to protect their assets and family.
My wife and I relocated from Maryland to California three years ago, and we needed to have our estate documents updated to comply with California law. We found Chaney Counsel through an internet search and met with Lindsey Chaney at her office soon thereafter. Lindsey was unbelievably knowledgeable, addressed issues we hadn't even considered, and she was friendly, efficient, and affordable. We then met a second time over Zoom, exchanged necessary emails, and met one more time in person to sign the finalized documents. Lindsey let us know that she'll be available going forward to address any issues that may arise in the future. We could not have had a better experience with Chaney Counsel!
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