Julie King

With 30+ years’ experience, Julie King practices law with the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. She is easy to speak with and talks in plain English (not legalese). Julie handles a wide variety of estate planning and business matters including: (1) ESTATE PLANNING - wills and trusts, health care directives, powers of attorney, special needs trusts, pet trusts, grant deeds and more; and (2) BUSINESS LAW - corporation/LLC/partnership formation, annual meeting minutes, corporate records, contracts, and employee training.

Julie served as in-house counsel to major international corporations, including Toshiba America, where she worked for 15 years and hired lawyers throughout the world. She has been a "client", so she understands clients' needs in a way many lawyers do not. Contact Julie today and see the difference!

Call or email today for a FREE initial consultation! (831) 275-1002 Julie@PierceKingLaw.com

• Form Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships
• Business Transactions & Contracts
• Trusts, Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives
• Real Estate Grant Deeds and Related Documentation

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California

Since 1987

Founding Attorney

Pierce King, P.C., a Professional Law Corporation

2012 - Current

BUSINESS LAW - Negotiating and drafting a variety of complex business contracts, including an international Private Cloud Infrastructure and Management Services Agreement and a Funding Agreement involving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. - Forming C and S Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships, and drafting documents related thereto, such as Buy-Sell and Operating Agreements, Bylaws, Annual Meeting Minutes and Board Resolutions. ESTATE PLANNING - Drafting a variety of wills and trusts (including Revocable Living Trusts, Special Needs Trusts and Pet Trusts), Health Care Directives and Durable Powers of Attorney, as well as Grant Deeds and other documentation relating to funding trusts. - Counseling clients in Trust Administration matters - Preparing, filing and representing clients in Probate actions

Director, Contracts and Intellectual Property

CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC

2007 - 2012

Assistant General Counsel

Toshiba America

1991 - 2006

Julie was an in-house counsel for Toshiba for 15 years and handled a wide variety of matters for the corporation. She helped the Human Resources Dept. with employment matters and policy drafting, the Sales Dept. with contracts, the Finance Dept. with guaranties, and anyone else in the company who needed assistance in any area of law. She would be honored to do the same for you. Call today!

Univ of California at Los Angeles

Undergraduate Degree

Loyola Law School

Law Degree

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY!

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2025

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY

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2024

BEST LAWYER IN MONTEREY COUNTY

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2023

BEST LAW FIRM IN MONTEREY COUNTY

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2023

Volunteer of the Year

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

2023

IMPOWER (Businesswomen inspiring each other and helping our community)

Vice President of the Board of Directors

2021 - Current

Monterey County Bar Association

Member

2007 - Current

California State Bar  # 132813

Member

1987 - Current

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Ambassador

2014 - 2024

Central Coast Human Resources Association

Member of the Board of Directors

2019 - 2022

License to Practice Law

California Bar Association

Q. How can I challenge authority over medical decisions for my brother in CA?

August 14, 2025

A: The only way you can make healthcare decisions for an incapacitated person who does NOT have a Health Care Directive is become that person's Conservator. That entails preparing appropriate documents that formally request the Court make you the incapacitated person's Conservator, pay the Court's filing fee, give copies of the document filed to immediate family members so they get an opportunity to object if they want (service of these documents must be done in a specific way or it does not count), and then attend a court hearing on the matter where the judge asks questions. If you don't know what you are doing, I suggest you hire a lawyer to handle the paperwork and court appearance on your behalf. Since few estate planning lawyers handle conservatorships (I don't), be sure to search Justia or another source to find a lawyer who specifically handles conservatorships. Please let this situation be a lesson to your family, friends, and you that signing documents in an estate plan to tell your loved ones exactly what you want saves court hearings like this. If the incapacitated person had signed one document -- a Health Care Directive -- and named someone he wanted to make decisions for him if he is unable, then none of the conservatorship saga would be necessary. People often make estate planning "priority z", but it should be done for the sake of your loved ones. They're the ones who will have to suffer the consequences for the failure to plan. Best wishes! ... Read More

Q. Can an executor change a will after the testator's passing in CA?

August 13, 2025

A: No one can legally change a deceased person’s will after they have died. It’s a common error for people to think the Executor (for wills) and Trustee (for trusts) is in charge and can do whatever they want. But the law says that an Executor’s job is to read the will and do what it says. The reason is that the assets are still technically owned by the deceased person until the Executor fulfills all of their legal duties, one of the last being distributing assets. So, a beneficiary (the person named in the will to benefit by receiving an inheritance) doesn’t own the asset to be inherited the second someone dies. Beneficiaries must wait why the Executor fulfills other duties and then distributes the assets as the will directs. I hope that helps! ... Read More

Q. What happens after requesting to see a revocable living trust?

August 6, 2025

A: The person responsible for administering your deceased loved one's estate -- called a Successor Trustee when there is a Trust -- must get a copy of the Trust and do what it says. A notice is required to be sent to everyone named in the Trust as a beneficiary (someone who inherits assets) as well as other heirs by law saying they have a right to see a copy of the Trust. You will get a copy of it eventually.

If you are not named in the Trust as the Successor Trustee, you will need to contact the person who is so named. Perhaps the lawyer can tell you that much if the deceased person signed a document saying that would be ok. But most frequently, lawyers cannot share that information with people who are not the law firm's clients. Please know the Successor Trustee can hire any attorney they want to hire. They do not have to use the same lawyer your deceased loved one used. So, it is possible the Successor Trustee has already hired a different lawyer and has started the process of Trust Administration. Best wishes! ... Read More