Lamelas Law, PC
As a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California, Ramon Lamelas is ready to leverage his expertise to help you and your family. Y le puede ayudar en inglés o español.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Form a plan with Lamelas Law to protect yourself and your family from costly court proceedings and maximize the legacy you leave behind.
Trust Administration
Let us guide you through the streamlined Trust Administration process, so that no steps are missed and you reap the full benefit of the gift left for you by your deceased loved one.
Probate
If a family member died with assets, but no trust, then a formal court Probate is likely needed. We can assist you from the initial filing all the way to distribution of assets and close of the case.
Entity Formation
If you own investment real estate, then you want to protect your personal assets from liability arising from that investment. Let Lamelas Law form an LLC, corporation, or limited partnership to hold and manage that investment.
Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Lawyer
About Lamelas Law, PC
Ramon Lamelas, Esq. is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law—a designation held by approximately one half of one percent (0.5%) of all attorneys in California. As of July 2025, he is one of only 13 Spanish-speaking Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law attorneys in San Diego County.
Ramon is the immediate Past President of the Santa Monica Bar Association and serves as Co-Chair of its Trusts & Estates Law Section. He is also a member of the San Diego County Bar Association (Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section), the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trusts & Estates Law Section), the State Bar of California (Trusts & Estates Law Section), and the American Bar Association (Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section). He is also a member of the Probate Attorneys of San Diego. He is an active member of the University of Southern California Latino Alumni Association, including participating in the USC LAA's Scholarship Review Committee.
He has been selected by Super Lawyers® as a Southern California Rising Star every year from 2023 through 2026, an honor awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys.
Ramon graduated cum laude from the University of La Verne College of Law and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California in Political Science and Spanish. He is also a graduate of Loyola High School, Los Angeles.
Ramon has authored the modules listed below for CEB Practitioner. Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) provides practice books and other written resources for California attorneys. It was founded in 1947 and continues to set the standard for the finest research, writing, and presentation by the top lawyers in the state.
- Lamelas, Qualified Personal Residence Trust (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Strategic Considerations for Digital Assets (Advanced Estate Planning) (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Gun Subtrust (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Checklist of Initial Estate Planning Interview Questions: Married-RDP Clients (2023), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, How to Use the Optional Notice of Proposed Action Procedure (NOPA) in a Trust Administration (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, How to Use an Small Estate Affidavit (Prob C 13100-13117) (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Estate Representatives Final Report and Accounting and Request for Its Settlement, Request for Final Distribution, and Payment of Ordinary and Extraordinary Fees (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Proposed Order Approving Estate Representative's Final Report and Accounting (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
- Lamelas, Client Intake Questionnaire for Initial Post-Death Steps (2022), CEB, Practitioner.
Ramón habla español.