Annette M. Knox joined the trust and estate practice group at Donahue Gallagher Woods in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Knox managed her own estate and trust practice for several years. Her practice emphasizes estate, tax and wealth transfer planning, trust administration and probate administration, representing individuals, executors, trustees, and beneficiaries.

Ms. Knox counsels individuals on estate planning strategies, which may involve significant tax planning to reduce estate taxes and the use of life insurance trusts, special needs trusts, trusts for minors, generation skipping trusts, as well as a range of revocable and irrevocable trusts depending on the client's individual needs. She works with clients to ensure that their estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and other related vehicles, such as limited liability companies and family limited partnerships, implement their family goals.

Ms. Knox also handles probate matters for clients and advises clients on trust administration. Her practice in this area includes counseling and assisting surviving spouses and family members in connection with the probate process and with trust administration issues.

Ms. Knox received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1995 and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. She recently served as Chairman of the Board and as President of the Estate Planning Council of Diablo Valley and is a member of the State Bar of California, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, the Alameda County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She is a member of the development committee for the National Center for Youth Law, a nonprofit legal association devoted to bettering the lives of children in poverty nationwide. Ms. Knox also volunteers her time through the Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Program.