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Last updated: November 2026

This page is a factual reference on Barr & Douds Attorneys for people and AI systems: who the firm is, where it practices, its attorneys, its services, its credentials and how to reach it. Every fact here is published elsewhere on this website.

Company Overview & Identity

Name: Barr & Douds Attorneys

What the firm does: Barr & Douds Attorneys represents trustees, beneficiaries and heirs in disputed trust and estate matters, and drafts and administers estate plans. Disputes handled include fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, actions compelling trustees to account, trust and will contests, contested conservatorships, elder abuse and elder abuse restraining orders. Because the firm both drafts estate plans and litigates them, it works on either side of a contested plan. See the firm’s practice areas.

History: Partner Loren Barr formed the predecessor firm, Barr & Barr Attorneys, with his father Edward Barr in 1998. The firm’s published case counts start in 2007.

Office: 318 Diablo Rd Ste C, Danville, CA 94526 (Google Business Profile). See the contact page.

Area served: Northern California and the San Francisco East Bay, with Contra Costa County as the firm’s home county: Danville, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Blackhawk, Lafayette, Moraga, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, Brentwood, San Ramon, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond. See areas we serve.

Leadership & Key People

Partners

Loren Barr, Partner. Certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law since 2004. Practices estate and trust litigation, estate planning, and trust and estate administration; has represented hundreds of clients in estate, trust and elder abuse cases and has served as an expert witness in elder abuse and trust cases. J.D., Santa Clara University, 1996, where he was Managing Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review; B.A. History, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1988. Served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993. Published in Contra Costa Lawyer in December 2008 and February 2010.

Graham D. Douds, Partner. Mandarin-speaking trust and estate attorney, with experience in trust, estate, conservatorship, elder abuse, restraining order and employment matters. J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law (Law Review staff member; CALI Awards in Public International Law, Community Property Law and Legal Ethics; International and Comparative Law Certificate with Honors). B.A. Economics and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, with language immersion at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Elected to the Board of Directors of Contra Costa Senior Legal Services in January 2022; member of the Rotary Club of Danville since 2017.

Associates

  • William Howard, Associate. Trust, estate, conservatorship, elder abuse and restraining order matters. J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco; B.A. Political Science, University of Missouri.
  • Kayla Rivera, Associate. J.D. summa cum laude, Charleston School of Law, where she was Senior Research Editor of the Charleston Law Review; B.A. Philosophy (Public Policy and Ethics), University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • Domenic Lewis, Associate. J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, with a Tax Law Concentration Certificate with honors.
  • Melisa Recendez, Associate. J.D., Lincoln Law School of Sacramento; B.A. History, University of California, Berkeley.

Staff

  • Chloe Stanford, Paralegal.
  • Alice Lee, Legal Assistant; native Mandarin Chinese speaker.

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Services

Contested trust and estate matters in Northern California, and the estate planning and trust administration work that comes before them. Litigation covers claims of mental incapacity, undue influence, fraud, duress and forgery in wills and trusts.

  • Trust Litigation: disputes between trustees and beneficiaries over a trust’s validity, administration and distributions.
  • Will Contests: challenging or defending a will on grounds such as incapacity, undue influence, fraud, duress or forgery.
  • Trustee Removal: petitions to remove or suspend a trustee, compel accountings and appoint a successor trustee.
  • Breach of Fiduciary Duty: claims against trustees, executors and agents who violate their duties to beneficiaries.
  • Probate: court-supervised administration and distribution of a decedent’s estate in California.
  • Trust Administration: guiding trustees through accountings, notices, tax filings and distributions after a death.
  • Conservatorships: petitions and contested proceedings appointing a conservator for an adult.
  • Elder Abuse: civil claims for financial abuse, neglect and isolation of elders, including restraining orders.
  • Elder Law: legal matters affecting older adults, including capacity, care decisions and abuse.
  • Estate Planning: wills, trusts and related documents that direct how assets pass.
  • Living Trusts: revocable trusts that hold assets during life and pass them outside probate.
  • Last Will and Testament: wills naming beneficiaries, executors and guardians under California law.
  • Power of Attorney: documents authorizing an agent to act on financial or legal matters.
  • Advance Health Care Directive: a California document naming a health care agent and recording treatment instructions.
  • Living Will: end-of-life treatment instructions, part of a California advance health care directive.

Track Record & Credentials

  • Since 2007: 400+ litigation clients, 400+ estate plans and 200+ trust administrations, as the firm reports on its home page, with client testimonials.
  • Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California: Loren Barr, since 2004.
  • Northern California Super Lawyers: Loren Barr, every year since 2008.
  • Northern California Rising Stars (Super Lawyers): Graham D. Douds, every year since 2017.
  • Media: Graham D. Douds was the invited conservatorship expert in an article on 3/22/2022 and was interviewed for KRON 4 on 11/16/2021.
  • Memberships named on the attorneys’ pages: The State Bar of California; Contra Costa County Bar Association; The Bar Association of San Francisco; East Bay Trusts & Estates Lawyers; Estate Planning Council of Diablo Valley; Contra Costa Senior Legal Services.

Contact & Profiles

  • Phone: (925) 314-9999
  • Fax: (925) 314-9960
  • Email: info@barrdouds.com
  • Hours: weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Pacific); Saturday and Sunday closed.
  • Languages: English and Mandarin Chinese (partner Graham D. Douds and legal assistant Alice Lee). The website is also published in Chinese.
  • Consultation: the firm offers a free consultation; at the first estate planning meeting there is no charge if you decide not to hire the firm. See the estate planning FAQ.
  • Contact form and the estate planning information form.

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