Michelle C. Bartolic is a partner at The Estate Lawyers, APC - a premier estate and trust litigation firm serving clients throughout Southern California. We are committed to protecting families and advocating for the vulnerable in cases involving trust and will contests, financial elder abuse, conservatorships, and probate disputes. Our attorneys provide strong advocacy, clear direction, and steady support during life’s most difficult challenges. Whether you are dealing with inheritance conflicts, claims of undue influence, or the need to safeguard a loved one, we bring decades of litigation experience to help secure the best possible outcome.

California’s trial courts process over 4.8 million cases annually, with trust and probate disputes included within the “other probate” category (California Courts — Court Statistics Report). Despite this volume, most civil cases resolve before reaching trial, with fewer than 2% proceeding all the way to verdict, according to publicly available litigation data.

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