{"id":18,"date":"2020-05-05T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2023-12-14T23:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:02:28","slug":"qualifications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/index.php\/qualifications\/","title":{"rendered":"QUALIFICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2f7098\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Marlene Pappas Getchell   415.457.8830  <a href=\"mailto:marlene@mgetchell.com\">marlene@mgetchell.com<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Trust-FooterPS.jpg\" alt=\"Trust\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Trust-FooterPS.jpg 648w, http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Trust-FooterPS-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#2f7098\" class=\"tadv-color\">Trust and Estate Attorney Marlene P. Getchell: <strong>The right qualifications topped with impressive honors<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Practicing Attorney for more than 30 years<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">Super Lawyer 2009\u20132011 and 2015\u20132023,&nbsp; <em>San Francisco Super Lawyer Magazine<\/em>. <br>Awarded to top 5% of Attorneys<\/span>. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superlawyers.com\/california-northern\/lawyer\/Marlene-P-Getchell\/3b49b78b-f3f9-424d-82e2-a96fe04ac7db.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superlawyers.com\/california-northern\/lawyer\/Marlene-P-Getchell\/3b49b78b-f3f9-424d-82e2-a96fe04ac7db.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ee Marlene&#8217;s Super Lawyer Pro<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superlawyers.com\/california-northern\/lawyer\/Marlene-P-Getchell\/3b49b78b-f3f9-424d-82e2-a96fe04ac7db.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">file<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Qualified as an Expert Witness and has testified in court<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Consulting editor for&nbsp;<em>California Trust Litigation<\/em>&nbsp;published by Matthew Bender<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td>Former <span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">Chairman of the Board of California-Nevada Methodist Homes, <br>a non-profit corporation that operates full-service retirement <br>communities in Northern California<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Past President of the Marin County Bar Association (2009)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Serves as Settlement Conference Judge, Marin County Superior Court<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Certified Green Business&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Past President of the Marin County Bar Association<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">Named as a \u201cTop Attorney\u201d in Northern California, 2009\u20132011 <br>and 2015\u20132023,&nbsp;as published in San Francisco Magazine\u2019s Super Lawyer Section<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Recipient of the Wiley Manual Award for providing pro bono&nbsp;<br>legal services in Marin County<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Past Co-chair of the Marin Lawyer Referral Service Standing Committee<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Serves as a settlement conference judge for the Marin County Superior Court<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Certified Green Business<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Commendation for Distinguished Service from the California Senate<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td>Section Member, Probate and Estate Planning, MCBA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"113\" height=\"120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreenBizLogo113.jpg\" alt=\"Marlene Getchell Attorney and Law Certified Green Business Marin County\" class=\"wp-image-99\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EDUCATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">J.D., UC LAW SF (Formerly UC Hastings College of Law) (1976)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">B.A. with Honors, University of California, Davis (1973)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><p><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption\">Completion of Mediation and Conflict Management Seminar from the Program of Negotiation from Harvard Law School <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Marin County Bar Association<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">Past President Marin County Bar Association<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#313131\">Marin Women Lawyers<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ADMISSIONS AND COURTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getchellestateattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dot.gif\" alt=\"Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell\"><\/td><td><span style=\"color:#313131\" class=\"tadv-color\">All of the Courts of the State of California and the United&nbsp;States Northern District Court<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marlene Pappas Getchell 415.457.8830 marlene@mgetchell.com Trust and Estate Attorney Marlene P. 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