Marlene Pappas Getchell 415.457.8830 marlene@mgetchell.com

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Trust and Estate Attorney Marlene P. Getchell: The right qualifications topped with impressive honors

Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellPracticing Attorney for more than 30 years
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellCertified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellSuper Lawyer 2009–2011 and 2015–2023,  San Francisco Super Lawyer Magazine.
Awarded to top 5% of Attorneys
. See Marlene’s Super Lawyer Profile
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellQualified as an Expert Witness and has testified in court
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellConsulting editor for California Trust Litigation published by Matthew Bender
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellFormer Chairman of the Board of California-Nevada Methodist Homes,
a non-profit corporation that operates full-service retirement
communities in Northern California
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellPast President of the Marin County Bar Association (2009)
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellServes as Settlement Conference Judge, Marin County Superior Court
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellCertified Green Business 

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellPast President of the Marin County Bar Association
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellNamed as a “Top Attorney” in Northern California, 2009–2011
and 2015–2023, as published in San Francisco Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellRecipient of the Wiley Manual Award for providing pro bono 
legal services in Marin County
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellPast Co-chair of the Marin Lawyer Referral Service Standing Committee
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellServes as a settlement conference judge for the Marin County Superior Court
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellCertified Green Business
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellCommendation for Distinguished Service from the California Senate
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellSection Member, Probate and Estate Planning, MCBA
Marlene Getchell Attorney and Law Certified Green Business Marin County

EDUCATION

Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellJ.D., UC LAW SF (Formerly UC Hastings College of Law) (1976)
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellB.A. with Honors, University of California, Davis (1973)
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell

Completion of Mediation and Conflict Management Seminar from the Program of Negotiation from Harvard Law School

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellMarin County Bar Association
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellPast President Marin County Bar Association
Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellMarin Women Lawyers

ADMISSIONS AND COURTS

Law Offices of Marlene Pappas GetchellAll of the Courts of the State of California and the United States Northern District Court