AMG Trust Law • California Estate Planning • Trusts • Probate • Elder Law
PLAN. PROTECT. ADMINISTER.
Quiet confidence for life’s most important legal decisions.
AMG Trust Law helps families throughout San Diego and Orange Counties plan for the future, protect what matters, and navigate the legal responsibilities that arise when life changes.
Recognition & Professional Affiliations
AV Preeminent®
Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Super Lawyers®
San Diego Super Lawyers, 2022
NAELA
Member & Past President, Southern California Chapter
Member of the Year
NAELA Southern California Chapter, 2016
Wiley W. Manuel Award
State Bar of California, Pro Bono Service, 2008
North County Bar
Board of Directors (Reid Chambers)
Recognitions are for Andrea M. Gherini unless noted and reflect the year(s) indicated. Ratings and awards are not a guarantee of future results.
Our Specialty – Our Mission
Clear guidance when the issues feel overwhelming.
The financial, legal, and health issues facing aging or disabled clients are often confusing and overwhelming. Our practice specializes in representing individuals needing legal assistance with Estate Planning, Elder Law, Medi-Cal Planning, Trust Administration, Probates, Accountings, and Conservatorships.
At the Law Office of Andrea M. Gherini, our mission is to listen with compassion to the needs expressed by our clients and to apply our professional expertise to craft individualized solutions to our client’s problems. We have created a variety of ways to solve problems and can help people who worry about losing their assets or who want to get their assets to their loved ones quickly and easily. What is unique about our practice is our education process that helps eliminate worry and determine the best legal approach to protect your family.
Plan
Plan ahead
Trusts, wills, powers of attorney, health care directives, guardianship nominations, and tailored strategies for family protection.
Protect
Protect what matters
Elder law, Medi-Cal planning considerations, conservatorship avoidance, and special needs trust planning for vulnerable loved ones.
Administer
Administer with confidence
Guidance for trustees, executors, conservators, guardians, and fiduciaries handling notices, inventories, accountings, taxes, and distributions.
How we work
A clear process, from first call to finished plan.
Our education-first approach means you understand every step and every document before you sign.
Consultation
We listen to your goals and concerns, review your current documents and assets, and explain your options in plain language.
Plan design
We recommend a plan tailored to your family and finances and explain how each piece works together, so you can make informed decisions.
Craft documents
We draft your trust, will, powers of attorney, and health care directive to carry out the plan you approved, with care to the details that matter for your family.
Review call
We walk through the draft documents with you by phone or video, answer your questions, and make revisions until everything is right.
Signing
We meet to sign your documents with the formalities California law requires, including witnesses and notarization where needed.
Funding & follow-through
We guide you in transferring assets into your trust and coordinating beneficiary designations, and we are here when life changes and your plan needs an update.
Administering a trust or estate for a loved one? We guide trustees and executors step by step, from the first notices through final distribution. See Trust Administration and What to Do When a Loved One Passes.
Founding Attorney
Andrea M. Gherini, Esq.
Andrea M. Gherini founded the firm’s client-centered approach: listening with compassion, clarifying the legal path ahead, and crafting individualized estate planning, trust administration, elder law, probate, and disability-planning solutions for families.
With more than thirty-five years of legal experience, Andrea brings seasoned judgment, professional recognition, and a calm, practical manner to sensitive family decisions.
“The work begins with listening carefully, then building a plan that gives the family clarity, protection, and peace of mind.”
“Administration is where legal precision and human steadiness matter. Families need clear direction when the responsibilities feel unfamiliar.”
Managing Attorney
Reid Chambers
Reid Chambers serves families through trust administration, probate administration, conservatorships, estate planning, and elder law matters, helping clients understand the process and move forward with confidence.
A lifelong San Diego native, Reid brings focus, accessibility, and practical guidance to the firm’s administration and planning work.
Practice focus
Sophisticated planning. Steady administration.
Estate Planning — wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and family-centered planning.
Trust Administration — guidance for successor trustees and beneficiaries.
Probate — representation for court-supervised estate administration.
Planning for Special Needs and Disability — Special Needs Trusts and limited conservatorships.
Trust or Probate Accounting — court accountings for trustees, executors, conservators, and guardians.
Elder Law — aging, disability, care, benefits, and capacity concerns.
Medi-Cal Planning — Medicare and Medi-Cal eligibility, qualification, and nursing home costs.
Client reviews
What our clients say.
“Professional, eager to assist with probate case, very knowledgeable and friendly. Have already referred them to two other people. Thankful to have found Attorney Gherini and her team!”
Carrie D • Probate
“Andrea helped us to understand the trust process and how to handle our parent estate. We couldn’t have done it without her expertise.”
Marcia • Trust Administration
“I felt fortunate to have Andrea Gherini process my Trust. She’s very efficient, gets the job done, and, equally as important, has an easy manner about her. And, of course, ditto her staff!”
Armida • Trust Administration
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Reviews reflect the experiences of individual clients. Every matter is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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Phone & Email
Office & Mailing
1735 Ivy Road, Oceanside, CA 92054
P.O. Box 2809, Carlsbad, CA 92018-2809
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