About the Estate Planning Lawyers in Sacramento
at Generations

California probate, estate, and trust lawyers

Founded in 1995, Generations is a Sacramento-based probate, estate, and trust law firm. Generations provides quality legal counsel on all levels of complexity for:

The name Generations reflects the firm's position as a devoted ally helping families and businesses make informed decisions about their futures through the years, from one generation to the next.

Trudy A. Nearn

Trudy Nearn is the firm's founding attorney. She is a specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law as certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. In addition to her law degree from the University of California Hastings College of Law, Trudy has earned a Master of Laws in Taxation degree from Golden Gate University.

Trudy and Generations were showcased in a feature Sacramento Business Journal article called Estate Fate. She has appeared regularly in the Sacramento Bee in their Ask the Expert feature column.  She was quoted extensively in Comstock magazine in the article Death and Taxes. Trudy has also been quoted as a respected estate planning attorney in news media such as Money magazine and ABC’s World News Tonight.
email: trudy@generationslaw.com

Kate Swain

Kate Swain is a graduate of California State University, Chico. She received her Juris Doctorate from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law where she was a member of the Junior Barristers.

Kate’s areas of practice include estate planning, trust administration, and business succession planning. Kate is a member of the Sacramento Estate Planning Council as well as the South Placer Estate Planning Council and has been quoted in the Sacramento Bee.
email: kate@generationslaw.com

Mike Bennett

Mike Bennett's practice areas include probate administration, estate planning, and trust administration. He earned a business economics degree from University of California, Santa Barbara and a law degree with tax concentration from McGeorge School of Law.

He is a Director of The Sacramento Estate Planning Council and a member of the Probate and Estate planning section of the Sacramento County Bar Association.
email: mike@generationslaw.com