Nisha Bhakta

Nisha Bhakta is an Associate Attorney in the Trusts and Estates Department at JKZ LLP. Nisha is experienced in estate planning, probate and trust administration, business formation and succession planning, and conservatorships. Nisha graduated in the top 10% of her class from California Western School of Law in San Diego. Nisha received the 2024 Super Lawyers Rising Star award and served as the President of the San Diego Bench-Bar Committee in 2024. Nisha lives in San Diego where she is a member of various legal and community service organizations. Nisha loves to spend her free time volunteering at local community service events, practicing yoga at the beach, hiking with friends, and cooking with her husband. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Nisha Bhakta included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2024 Deans Honor List 2016 -2019 California Western Law Review; Published Staff Writer Other Sources of Feedback About Nisha Bhakta Included on the 2026Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2024 San Diego Super Lawyers list 2023 San Diego Super Lawyers list

• Associate Attorney
• Languages
• Gujarati
• Hindi

• “Withdrawing/Withholding Life Sustaining Treatment” Probate Attorneys of San Diego Annual Symposium, Presenter 2021
• "A Clash Between Culture and Law: A Comparative Look at the Conflict Between Quiet Title Actions in Hawaii, the Kuleana Act of 1850, and the Displacement of Indigenous People" California Western Law Review – International Journal, 2018

• Alzheimer’s Association, San Diego, Member
• Junior League, San Diego, Member

• California, 2019

• State Bar of California, Member
• Probate Bench-Bar Committee, President 2024, Member
• Probate Attorney of San Diego, Member
• Estate Planning Counsel San Diego, Member
• Lawyer’s Club, Member
• ProVisors, Member
• South Asian Law Student Association, President 2017