The Law Office of Deirdre Perez-Kruse is well-staffed with support staff and legal assistants to deal with all your litigation issues. Our long-term internal associations with many veteran litigators and other expert legal professionals has proven to produce the most cost-effective goal-oriented team necessary to achieve results for you and your family. Let this team of experts assist you in a caring, yet effective manner.
Deirdre P. Kruse has, for more than 30 years, used her experience to successfully protect the assets and defend the personal rights of her clients while building a well respected law practice in Sonoma County dedicated solely to estate planning, wills, trusts, conservatorships, probate, elder abuse, nursing home issues and the creation and administration of special needs trusts for the disabled.
After a career in social service beginning in 1969 in establishing eligibility for public benefits for the elderly and disabled, including Medi-Cal, Old Age Assistance, Assistance, Aid to the Disabled, Supplemental Security Benefits (SSI) Social Security and Medicare, Deirdre received her Juris Doctorate from John F. Kennedy University School of Law. Following her admission to the California State bar in 1984, she was employed by the Area Agency on Aging as the attorney at the Council on Aging. Ten years later she established her own firm which is limited to estate financial and health care planning, trusts, estate administration and elder law. The firm staff includes attorneys, and utilizes a Certified Geriatric Care Manager, paralegal and clerical staff.
Deirdre is a member of the California and Sonoma County Bar Association. She teaches the Elder Law Class at Sonoma State University, is the author of legal articles on trusts, elder law, conservatorships, estate administration, elder abuse, and nursing home issues. She has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences dealing with elder abuse issues and is a legal service provider to Sonoma County Adult Protective Services. She lectures throughout the state to medical professionals, and to other attorneys at continuing legal education seminars. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Sonoma County State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section, and Elder Law Section.
