Practice areas: Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate Planning & Probate; view more
Licensed in California since: 2005
Education: University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Jamay Lee is a Shareholder and Co-Founder of Dugoni & Lee, APC, where she concentrates her practice on trust and estate litigation, elder abuse, estate planning and administration, and conservatorship matters. A seasoned litigator with more than two decades of experience in California probate courts, she advocates for clients in complex disputes involving trustees, beneficiaries, fiduciary accounting, and financial elder abuse from beginning to trial.
Appointed to the Independent Counsel Panel for Trust, Probate, and Conservatorship matters by the San Mateo County Superior Court, Jamay is a recognized leader in the legal community. She is a past co-chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association, past member of the San Mateo County Bar Association Board of Directors, and former chair of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Her professional affiliations include memberships in the Trusts and Estates and Litigation Sections of the State Bar of California.
Jamay brings deep knowledge of the California Probate Code and case law to each matter she handles, representing corporate and private fiduciaries, conservators, administrators, and personal representatives in high-stakes, emotionally sensitive cases. Beyond her legal practice, she is dedicated to community service as a former board member of Raising a Reader, a nonprofit promoting early literacy and family engagement. Rated “Superb” on Avvo, Jamay is known for her high standards of legal advocacy, integrity, and client service. Her clients include a diverse range of individuals from founders and executives to healthcare professionals, educators, small business owners, and families.
Practice areas
Estate & Trust Litigation, Estate Planning & ProbateFocus areas
Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Probate & Estate Administration, Will Contests, Wills
- 80% Estate & Trust Litigation
- 20% Estate Planning & Probate
First Admitted: 2005, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.jamaylee.com/attorney-profile/
Bar / Professional Activity
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Diversity Committee, Member
- Member, Court-Appointed Independent Counsel Panel for San Mateo County Superior Court Trust, Probate, and Conservatorship matters
- The State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section, Member
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section, Co-Chair
- Chair of the San Mateo County Bar Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Member, Board of Directors
- California State Bar, Litigation Section, Member
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley
- San Mateo County Superior Court, Independent Counsel Panel for Trusts, Probates, Conservatorships
- California State Bar, Trust and Estates Section, Member
- State Bar of California, 2005
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section, Executive Committee, Co-Chair
- Professional Fiduciary Association of California, Affiliate Member
- Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
Representative Clients
- Represented trustees, beneficiaries, conservators, conservatives, petitioners and respondents in multi-million dollar trust and estate litigation matters including will and trust contests, breach of fiduciary and accounting matters, elder abuse actions, and contested conservatorship matters, 2015 - 2020
Pro bono / Community Service
- Raising A Reader, subsidiary of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Board Member
- Northern California Super Lawyer Magazine – Trust and Estates Litigation, 2019-2023
- Paul Harris Fellow, Foster City Rotary, 2013
Educational Background
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Major: Political Science and History, Honors: Dean’s Honor List, 2001
Honors
- Public Legal Services Society Grant, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
- Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine, Rising Star, 2013-2017
- Honors at Entrance Scholarship, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Industry Groups
- Trust And Estates
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2013 - 2017