Law Office of Janet L Brewer

I never would have imagined that talking to a lawyer would be so pleasant. My husband and I drove over an hour to get to Janet Brewer’s office after getting such great vibes from her during a telephone consultation. Meeting her in person only reinforced what a smart, quick, experienced, thorough lawyer she is. Yet she is remarkably easy to understand and personable. She was so gracious and generous with her time. Our situation pertained to the passing of a relative overseas which is outside her scope of practice. We are so grateful for her having shared what valuable insight she could.

I looked and looked for an attorney to handle my husbands inheritance and trust issues. He has medical issues I was so elated that we found Janet. She is so professional, compassionate and an exemplary attorney. If your looking for an attorney for living trusts wills or you have inheritance issues, please contact her ASAP. We live in the East Bay and travel to Pali Alto for her legal assistance which is well worth the time, energy and money. During this time we have spent with her, we have become to appreciate her knowledge of all the facets in this kind of law. I have to say, through all of this, she has become not only our trusted professional attorney, but our friend as well. In setting up such delicate matters ie trust wills etc… She really gets to know you and gets the job done. She has no problem standing up for what’s right for her clients, She is wonderful!

As a single working mom, it was very important for me to find an attorney who I could trust, and who could guide me through the process and all the extremely important decisions involved in Estate Planning. I feel very fortunate to have found Janet and her team. The decisions and scenarios, as well as personal aspects of our life that are revealed during the estate planning process can be very difficult. Janet is not only a very personable, kind and compassionate professional, but she was incredibly knowledgeable and thorough in our discussions. Her attitude is open, warm and non-​judgamental. She listens and takes all the necessary time to make sure she understands your particular situation, in my case, including some international law considerations that not all estate planning attorneys are familiar with. Besides her vast knowledge and experience, Janet is detailed oriented and has a great memory — which always made me feel I was in the best possible hands. Talking to Janet, from early on, felt like talking to a good friend who was making sure, I understood everything and nothing was being overlooked. During the entire process, Janet and her team ‘held my hand’, followed-​up with me promptly, and delivered what I needed, while making the experience simple and completely stress free for me. Having done my estate planning with Janet has given me immense peace of mind — I recommend Janet and her office unreservedly.

We just finished an engagement with Janet L Brewer in which she guided us through the process of replacing our 22-​year-​old wills and living trust with new versions. I can’t think of anything negative to say. She knows estate law forwards and backwards, and was able to advise us that some of the ideas that we walked in there thinking that we wanted weren’t the best idea.
Our replacement living trust document doesn’t use a single sentence from our previous document, as far as I can tell. But it incorporates our wishes and California’s laws, and she taught us the reasoning behind everything it says.
She’s modern: she does email and PDF and such. She’s a great communicator. Never once did we have to ask her to repeat something in different words so that we could understand it.
Her office staff are great. Besides Janet herself, we dealt with a paralegal and an administrator, and they were both sharp as a tack, helpful, friendly, and capable.
Her fee was entirely reasonable, and the amount of her and her staff’s time that we got for that fee was impressive.
We recommend Janet L Brewer without reservation.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Janet on numerous occasions over the past 20 years. Janet and her staff did an excellent job of working around my crazy schedule and work via email since it is difficult to pin me down during business hours. I always feel that I receive high quality work and my family is protected in case something should happen to me

Janet Brewer is the most kind, conscientious, professional attorney you could have. She was a pleasure to work with and took time to explain a complicated process. I had a situation in trying to get my disabled brother to court which had nothing to do with the special needs trust she was working on for us and she offered to help! The trust she set up was perfectly done. You can completely trust her to take care of you. You won’t be sorry.

I would totally recommend Janet Brewer to do your estate/​trust settlement. My father passed away and had an attorney in place, who was going to charge the family estate over $ 19,000.00. We heard about Janet from a lawyer high school friend and contacted Janet for advice. She handled out entire estate in a little less than a year for less than $ 5,000.00. She was thorough, available to answer questions whenever I needed help and was able to give advice in areas that I was not familiar. Her assistant was awesome and able to take care of immediate questions whenever I called the office. You cannot loose by contacting Janet to help you settle the estate of a loved one.