Lily M. Harris

Shareholder


Sacramento

(916) 558-6095

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

  • Petitions for probate
  • Heirship petitions
  • Petitions for breach of trust
  • Petitions for removal or suspension of trustee
  • Will and trust contests
  • Heggstad and Probate Code Section 850 petitions
  • Spousal property petitions
  • Conservatorship and guardianship petitions
  • Elder abuse complaints

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.

State Bar of California-Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law

State Bar of California, California Lawyers Association, Trusts and Estates Section
Member

The Bar Association of San Francisco, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section
Member

Sacramento County Bar Association, Probate and Estate Planning Law Section
Member

Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association – A Nonprofit Corporation
Board Member
Secretary

Executive Committee Member
Neighborhood Concerns Committee Member
Bylaws Committee
Member

Awards

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2025 (Trusts and Estates)

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

Weintraub Tobin Welcomes Trusts & Estates Attorney Lily M. Harris

Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Lily M. Harris as a Shareholder to the Firm’s Trusts & Estates practice. An experienced litigator who represents clients in a broad range of matters with a primary focus on trust and estate litigation, Lily helps professional fiduciaries, personal representatives, guardians, conservators, heirs, trustees,…