Trust and Estate Attorney Marlene P. Getchell: 
The right qualifications topped with impressive honors

• Practicing Attorney for more than 30 years
• Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
• Super Lawyer 2015, 2011, 2010 and 2009, San Francisco Super Lawyer Magazine. Awarded to top 5% of Attorneys
  (See Marlene's Super Lawyer Profile)
• Qualified as an Expert Witness and has testified in court
• Consulting editor for California Trust Litigation published by Matthew Bender
• Chairman of the Board of California-Nevada Methodist Homes, a non-profit corporation that operates full-service retirement communites in Northern California
• Past President of the Marin County Bar Association (2009)
• Serves as Settlement Conference Judge, Marin County Superior Court
• Certified Green Business

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Past President of the Marin County Bar Association
• Named as a “Top Attorney” in Northern California, 2015, 2011, 2010, and 2009, as published in San Francisco Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section
• Recipient of the Wiley Manual Award for providing pro bono legal services in Marin County
• Past Co-chair of the Marin Lawyer Referral Service Standing Committee
• Serves as a settlement conference judge for the Marin County Superior Court

• Certified green business
• Commendation for Distinguished Service from the California Senate
• Panelist, Marin Lawyer Referral Service
• Section Member, Probate and Estate Planning, MCBA

Education

• J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law (1976)
• B.A. with Honors, University of California, Davis (1973)

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• Marin County Bar Association
• Past President Marin County Bar Association
• Marin Women Lawyers
  

Admissions and courts

• All of the Courts of the State of California and the United States Northern District Court