
Elizabeth A. Baker
Senior Associate
ESTATE, PROBATE & TRUST LITIGATION
Elizabeth (“Liz”) Baker is a Senior Associate at Ferruzzo whose practice focuses on trust and estate law, including litigation, probate and trust administration. Liz frequently represents trustees, beneficiaries, and other interested parties in will and trust contests, breach of fiduciary duty cases, accounting disputes, financial elder abuse matters, undue influence claims, removal and surcharge actions, and trust reformation or modification actions.
Prior to joining Ferruzzo, Liz worked in the Private Wealth and Fiduciary Litigation practice group at a prominent international law firm in the firm’s Los Angeles and Silicon Valley offices. Liz also previously worked in the Corporate and Finance practice group in the Silicon Valley office of a major international law firm where she represented investors and entrepreneurs throughout the life cycle of business ventures including entity formation, venture capital financing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.
Liz is also a Certified Public Accountant and uses the skills she learned during her time practicing as a tax accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers to generate innovative strategies for her clients.
In her free time, Liz enjoys hiking with her family and Corgi. Liz also enjoys gardening, collecting and growing rare fruit trees, and traveling.
- Estate, Probate, & Trust Litigation
- Estate, Probate, & Trust Administration
- Elder Abuse
- Civil Litigation
- State Bar of California
- University of California Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, California, 2016
Juris Doctor
Honors: Best Oral Argument Award in Written and Oral Advocacy
Certificate of Specialization: J.D. Business Law Certificate - University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 2009
B.S., Accounting, Summa Cum Laude
Honors: A.A. Berti Award (awarded to the graduating senior in the McLaren College of Business with the highest GPA) and Dean’s Medal of Excellence
Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi, Alpha Sigma Nu, Beta Gamma Sigma
- Probate Attorneys of San Diego
- North County Bar Association