J.D., cum laude, University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (former UC Hastings College of the Law), 2012
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2003
Lily Harris is a Shareholder in Weintraub Tobin’s Trusts & Estates Litigation practice group.
She is an experienced litigator who represents clients in a broad range of matters, with a primary focus on trust and estate litigation. A California State Bar Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, she provides comprehensive representation in contested estate, trust guardianship and conservatorship cases.
Lily helps professional fiduciaries, personal representatives, guardians, conservators, heirs, trustees and other concerned parties protect their interests in a full range of probate and trust matters, including
Clients receive forward-looking strategic guidance at each stage of the litigation process and tenacious advocacy at court, in trial and before mediators and arbitrators.
Lily also oversees the administration of complex trusts and estates and provides wealth planning services, including designing and drafting comprehensive estate plans, preparing four-schedule trust and estate accountings and assisting in the preparation of trust and estate tax returns.
Before joining Weintraub, Lily was a partner at a family law firm where, in addition to her trusts and estates practice, she litigated high-net-worth divorce cases and provided clients with guidance on trusts and estates matters during the pendency of their divorce. Her crossover experience in family and probate law makes her uniquely adept at helping families navigate emotionally difficult transitions.
During law school, Lily was the senior technology editor of the Hastings Law Journal, as well as an editor for its blog, “On the Record.” She was a judicial extern for both the Office of the Circuit Executive for the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit and for District Chief Judge Jennifer Gee of the Office of Administrative Law Judges in the U.S. Department of Labor. An award-winning member of UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) Trial Team, Lily continues as an alumni coach of the team.
Lily is a content contributor for the CEB Treatise on Crossover Issues in Estate Planning and Family Law. She regularly speaks on trusts and estates issues, including for the National Business Institute and at the annual Fiduciary Attorney Summit.
California State Bar Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
State Bar of California, California Lawyers Association, Trusts and Estates Section
Member
Sacramento County Bar Association, Probate and Estate Planning Law Section
Member
Sacramento Estate Planning Council
Member
Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association – A Nonprofit Corporation
Board Member
Secretary
Executive Committee Member
Neighborhood Concerns Committee Member
Bylaws Committee Member
The Bar Association of San Francisco, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section
Member
Awards
The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2025 (Trusts and Estates)
The Weintraub Tobin Trusts & Estates team was proud to attend and present at the 30th Annual Professional Fiduciary Association of California (PFAC) Conference, held May 7–9, 2025, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. As part of the conference agenda, attorneys Kelly Dankbar, Lily Harris, and Josiah Prendergast led an…
Weintraub Tobin Trusts & Estates litigators Daniel Kim, Lily Harris, and Madeline Giles successfully defended against a request for a three-year elder abuse restraining order brought against their client. In late May of this year, their client was served with a temporary elder abuse restraining order by her cohabitant. Based on the temporary restraining order,…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that 41 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. 32 Weintraub attorneys are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, of which six…
