1. Law Offices of
Diane R. Cash
1300 Clay Street, Suite 820
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 763-5611
Fax (510) 763-3430
dcash@sfestateplanner.com
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Diane R. Cash is an experienced estate planning attorney who has been practicing
law since 1982. She is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law (The State
Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) who has been named a “Northern California
Super Lawyer” by her peers for many years. She also has the highest rating (“AV- preeminent”)
in Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer directory.
She opened her own practice in March 1994 after nine years with one of San
Francisco's largest law firms. She started her career with three years at a small firm in Los
Angeles.
Ms. Cash's clients are married couples, domestic partners, individuals, corporate
and individual fiduciaries, and charities. She works with her clients to:
C Eliminate or decrease estate taxes
C Avoid or minimize probate proceedings when appropriate
C Secure and protect property and health care from unwanted
interference
C Make gifts, in trust or outright, to children, grandchildren
and other persons, and to charities
C Plan for the payment of unavoidable estate taxes through
asset evaluation and consideration of life insurance
C Plan for possible incapacity and the avoidance of
conservatorships
C Administer probate estates through the court efficiently
Her practice includes the preparation of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney,
multi-generational planning, and pension and life insurance planning. It also involves probate

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and trust administration, which includes probate court proceedings, post-mortem tax planning,
estate tax work, and asset distribution planning.
Ms. Cash's primary goals are to educate her clients about (1) the options available
given the client's circumstances and needs, (2) the pros and cons of the estate planning tools
available, and (3) the current cost and future savings of various planning techniques; and then, to
work with the client to complete the full documentation needed to effectuate the client's plan.
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Ms. Cash's professional and community service includes speaking engagements
about estate planning, board membership of legal non-profits (the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights (1999 - 2005) and the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (1995-2000)), and serving as president
of her daughter’s school’s Parent-Faculty Club (2008 to 2010). Ms. Cash received a Bachelor of
Arts in English literature, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Pomona College in 1979, and a
Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1982.
She is a member of the State Bar of California and its Estate Planning Section,
and of the Bar Associations of Alameda and San Francisco counties and their Probate and Trust
Sections.