About Us

Watson & Machado LLP (formerly Watson & Lanctot LLP) has been providing quality legal services since 1904.  The firm was formed by the 2001 merger of two of San Francisco's oldest and most well-respected law firms, Dreher Garfinkle & Watson LLP and Shearer Lanctot & Noelke, LLP both dating back to the early 1900s. 
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We are a boutique law firm with offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Sacramento, California providing value-oriented advice and services to both corporate and individual clients.  As a small firm with over one hundred years of combined experience, we are able to provide our clients with comprehensive legal expertise in the following areas: 
  • Estate Planning
  • Trust Administration
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Conservatorships and Guardianships
  • Income and Estate Tax Planning and Advice
  • Business formation, governance, and succession planning, including partnerships, LLC's, and corporations
  • Real Estate Transactions and Disputes
  • Nonprofit and Foundation Law