Ravi Sudhir Patel

My name is Ravi Patel, and I am a probate attorney based in Oakland, California. My practice focuses on what happens after a death: Heggstad petitions under Probate Code section 850, Primary Residence Petitions, probate administration, and foreclosures on inherited homes. I file in all 58 California counties, and courts have granted more than 70 of my Heggstad petitions in 23 counties since 2020. Results depend on the facts of each matter; my website lists results by county.

After I graduated from Duke University School of Law, I joined a general practice law firm in my hometown, Bakersfield, California. I worked on various transactional and litigation matters and gained a broad breadth of experience in legal areas including water law, public agency law, property taxes, local taxes, real estate law, and land use law. In 2019, my partner and I relocated to Oakland, California, where I worked for the Oakland City Attorney’s office. As a Deputy City Attorney, I helped the City of Oakland prepare tax policy and pursue tax debts.

I started this practice in 2020. I provide trust litigation services to trustees and beneficiaries looking to claim trust property, remove trustees, or amend, interpret, or enforce trust provisions.

I also wrote a free practice guide for attorneys preparing Heggstad petitions, available on my website.