About
Rinne Legal is a California law firm based in Pleasant Hill with an additional office in Newark. Led by principal attorney Michael Rinne, LL.M., Esq., the firm focuses on estate planning, probate, trust and probate litigation, heirship law, German law, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. It serves clients across California and handles international probate matters. Michael Rinne holds a German law license and has been selected to Super Lawyers in 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The attorney team includes of counsel attorneys Jeffrey Hall, David Kim, and Martin Hoffman, LL.M., supported by a client care and legal assistant staff. Services are available in English, German, and Filipino. The firm emphasizes clear communication, personalized service, and transparent, often flat-fee pricing. Its attorneys bring experience from leading law firms in Germany, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. Rinne Legal assists families and individuals in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties and beyond with living trusts, wills, estate administration, probate and trust disputes, heirship determinations, cross-border matters under German law, and marital agreements.