Coblentz Strengthens Family Wealth Practice with the Addition of New Partner Golnar Yazdi

San Francisco (November 9, 2026) – San Francisco-based law firm Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP is pleased to welcome Golnar Yazdi to the firm’s partnership.

Golnar Yazdi is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. With more than 30 years of experience, Golnar focuses her practice on sophisticated estate planning and wealth transfer strategies for high-net-worth individuals and families, including technology founders, public company executives, and families with significant real estate holdings. She helps clients achieve their personal and business wealth transfer objectives while minimizing estate, gift, income, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

Golnar’s practice includes intergenerational and dynastic planning, as well as charitable, estate, and gift tax planning, using a full range of trust and entity-based strategies. She also advises clients with overseas holdings on related cross-border issues. Trust and estate administration is also a significant part of her practice. She advises individual and corporate fiduciaries, prepares gift and estate tax returns, and represents clients in gift and estate tax audits.

Golnar is recognized as a leading lawyer by the Chambers High Net Worth Guide in the Private Wealth Law – Northern California category. She is a member of the Trusts & Estates, International Law, and Taxation sections of the California Bar Association; the Estate Planning/Probate Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association; the San Francisco Estate Planning Council; the Peninsula Estate Planning Council; and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She also serves on Citizens Business Bank’s Peninsula/Stanford Advisory Board.

“We are delighted to welcome Golnar to Coblentz,” said Jim Mitchell, partner and chair of Coblentz’s family wealth practice. “She is an accomplished and highly respected advisor who brings deep experience counseling high-net-worth families and solidifies Coblentz as one of the preeminent trust and estate practices in California. Her relationships throughout the Bay Area perfectly complement our existing client base and further extend our ability to serve clients across the region.”

“I was drawn to Coblentz by the strength and sophistication of its family wealth group and the opportunity to collaborate with talented colleagues throughout the firm,” said Golnar Yazdi. “Its broad expertise across a wide range of practice areas will allow me to offer my clients expanded services and resources while maintaining the personal approach they value.”