Julie A. Jones

Julie is a founding partner of Brierton, Jones & Jones, LLP. She has been practicing law for nearly 38 years in the areas of probate, trusts, estate planning, and estate and gift taxation. Julie is a Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Trust Administration
• Probate
• Estate and Gift Taxation

Admitted

• State Bar of California, December 1985
• U.S District Court, Southern District of California, December 1985

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law - Juris Doctor, May 1985
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • San Diego Law Review - Executive Comments Editor - 1984-1985
  • Student Instructor of Law - Torts, Property
  • American Jurisprudence Awards in Property, Torts, Constitutional Law and Bankruptcy
  • Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Legal Scholarship
  • Phi Alpha Delta
• Shippensburg University - Bachelor of Arts, May 1974
  • Social Welfare Major, emphasis on Gerontology
  • Highest Honors
  • Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Scholastic Fraternity

Memberships

• California Lawyers Association
  • Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section
• San Diego County Bar Association
  • Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section
    • Co-Chairperson, 1993-1994
    • Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994
  • Elder Law Section
• Probate Attorneys of San Diego
• Estate Planning Council of San Diego
• La Jolla Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section, 1987 - 2013

Presentations, Publications, and Lectures

• Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Fundamentals of Estate Administration, 1995
• Lecturer, Fundamentals of Postmortem Trust Administration, 1999, 2000

Certifications

• Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, 1996 – Present
• Mediator Certificate, San Diego Mediation Center, 2002

Awards

• San Diego Super Lawyers
  • Estate Planning & Probate, 2009 - 2023