Deborah L. Breiner
Deborah has worked with a wide variety of clients with unique and diverse needs, providing sound advice and excellent guidance through all stages of the estate planning process and administration proceedings.
Deborah is well-known for providing creative solutions to difficult problems, and for her sensitivity and genuine concern for the well-being of her clients.
For decades, Deborah has helped thousands of clients with their estate planning, trust administration and probate needs.
Deborah was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1993 and began her practice at Jackson, Tufts, Cole & Black in San Francisco as a business litigation attorney. Deborah’s practice has been devoted to estate planning, probate, and trust administration since 1997, when she moved her practice from San Francisco to San Rafael to join the venerable law firm then known as Nelson, Boyd, MacDonald, Praetzel, Mitchell & Hedin, becoming a partner at the firm after two years. In 2015, Deborah established her own private practice, prior to moving to Thompson, Welch, Soroko & Gilbert in 2026.
A native of Marin County and a product of the local public school system, Deborah grew up in San Rafael, where she currently resides.
Deborah is a past board member of the Family and Children’s Law Center, the Marin County Bar Association and Mission San Rafael Rotary Club.
Practice Areas:
Estate Planning
Trust Administration
Education:
J.D., 1993, cum laude Harvard Law School
B.A. in Sociology, 1988, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, University of California at Santa Barbara
Memberships:
State Bar of California
Marin County Bar Association