Kai H. Wessels

Attorney Overview Information • Estate planning since 1993 • Probate administration since 1995 • Arbitrator and mediator • Settlement attorney • Judge pro-tem • Private practice since 1986 • Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from SF Golden Gate University School of Law • Undergraduate degree in History from University of Maine • Externed for Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas of the California Supreme Court • Research attorney for the Santa Clara County Superior Court • Attorney for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC • Provides ex parte review of probate pleadings for Santa Clara County Superior Courts; independently reviews documents in probate cases and makes recommendations for the judges Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Kai H. Wessels included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Kai H. Wessels Included on the 2026Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Chief Justice Malcom Lucas of the California Supreme Court, Externed
• Santa Clara County Superior Court, Research Attorney
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC, Attorney
• Languages
• English
• German

• Santa Clara Extension, University of California at Santa Cruz
• Seminar for Estate Planning Attorneys, University of Phoenix
• Seminar in Fundamentals of Estate Planning, University of Phoenix
• Seminars for Business and Financial Associations, Morgan Stanley

• Conservatorship of McDowell
• Citation: 125 Cal.App.4th 659
• Year: 2004
• Citation: 23 Cal.Rptr.3rd 10
• Estate of Williams
• Citation: 66 Cal.Rptr.3d 34
• Year: 2007
• Citation: 155 Cal.App.4th 197

• Appealed Freedom of Association Issue to the United States Supreme Court
• Special Olympics

• California, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985

• Silicon Valley Bar Association (Exec. Committee of Estate Planning & Probate)
• Santa Clara County (Estate Planning Council)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Division)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (Estate Planning and Probate Referral Panel)
• Santa Clara County Superior Court (Judge Pro-Tern)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (Fee Disputes Arbitrator)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (General Arbitrator)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (Civil Practice & Fee Arbitration Committees)