Lonich & Patton, LLP

Gina N. Policastri joined Lonich & Patton, LLP in November 2003 and is the ranking senior associate. Ms. Policastri concentrates her practice in the related areas of estate planning and family law, which provide for a unique specialization and focus on family support and planning. Recognizing that every family law client needs estate planning and that every estate planning client should take family law rules and issues into account when planning the disposition of their estate, Gina’s practice provides her with the expertise to provide clients with the guidance they need.
 
Gina has written numerous estate plans tailored to the needs of her clients; further, her litigation experience makes her the logical choice to handle your Probate and Trust Administration representation matters.  Her family law and civil law litigation experience serves to emphasize the need for families to get the right advice to plan for their future.  In drafting pre- and post-nuptial agreements, a family law related matter, Gina’s experience enables her to highlight the inter-relationship between family law and estate planning.
 
Ms. Policastri obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Santa Clara University in 2000 and her Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University in 2003, where she earned a place as an editor of the Santa Clara Law Review by writing a legal comment on the Barry Bonds divorce case and the prenuptial agreement legislation it subsequently sparked.
 
During law school, Gina earned both the Emery and Law Faculty Scholarships. She was also awarded a Public Interest Scholarship for her summer clerkship at the East San Jose Community Law Center , where she worked in the Small Business Group. She also received both the Witkin and CALI Awards in Community Property for her academic achievement in that course.
 
Gina loves to travel and has traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad.  She also enjoys camping and stays active by jogging, biking and skiing.  Most of all, she enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Franco, and her family, who live on California’s Central Coast.
 
Gina is a member of the State Bar of California and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. She is also a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association (including Barristers and Family Law Sections) and American Bar Association.

Year Joined Organization:
    2003

Areas of Practice:
    Business Law
    Family Law
    Estate Planning and Probate

Bar Admissions:
    California, 2003
    U.S. District Court Northern District of California

Education:
    Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California,
    2003
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: Emery Scholarships
    Honors: Law Faculty Scholarships
    Honors: Public Interest Scholarship
    Honors: Witkin and CALI Awards
    Law Review: Santa Clara, Editor

    Santa Clara University, 2000
    Bachelor of Science
    Major:  Psychology

Professional Associations and Memberships:
    State Bar of California
    Member

    Santa Clara County Bar Association
    Member

    American Bar Association
    Member

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