Jill Ernst advises high-net-worth individuals and families on all aspects of wealth transfer and preservation, including estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters, estate and trust administration and succession planning.

Jill thoughtfully advises her clients to develop and orchestrate innovative solutions around wealth transfer, philanthropic giving and multifaceted estate planning needs. She has advised trustees and executors with complex probate and trust administrations.

Prior to joining the firm, Jill was an associate at Thompson Welch Soroko & Gilbert LLP in Marin, and GVM Law LLP in Napa.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Areas of Focus

Services

Experience

  • Prepared estate plan for client, one of the largest landowners in California, with $100 million+ estate
  • Assisted client worth $380 million with estate planning involving multiple irrevocable heritage trusts
  • Assisted family with multi-generational estate planning involving $45 million in assets
  • Assisted clients with administration of $200 million estate involving assets and entities in ten countries
  • Assisted client with administration of $42 million estate, including assets in France and Luxembourg

Credentials

Education

  • University of California - Davis School of Law (J.D.)
  • University of California - Los Angeles (B.A.)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California, 1995

Professional Activities

  • South Placer County Estate Planning Council, Executive Board, 2020- 2021
  • California Lawyers Association, Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Section, Member

Community Involvement

  • Granite Bay Municipal Advisory Council, 2002 - 2009
    • Chair, 2005 – 2006
  • National Charity League, Granite Bay Chapter, Member, 2011 – 2017
    • Executive Board, 2013 - 2017
  • Boys Team Charity, Granite Bay Chapter, Member, 2013 – 2020
    • Executive Board, 2018 - 2020