Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Probate & Litigation Attorneys

We represent corporations, state and local governments, businesses of all description, families, and individuals. 

Our Services

Asset Protection

Secure your assets with tailored strategies, shielding your assets from potential legal claims and financial threats.
Stay protected.

Business Succession

Ensure your business legacy with a well-planned succession strategy. Secure smooth transitions, protect your vision, and safeguard your company’s future.

Probate & Trust Litigation

Navigate complex disputes with expert guidance. We defend your interests, ensuring fair resolutions in probate and trust litigation cases.

Wealth Transfer

Maximize your legacy with effective wealth transfer strategies. We ensure smooth, tax-efficient transitions to secure your family’s future.

Wills & Trusts Preparation

Craft secure wills and trusts tailored to your needs. Ensure your assets are distributed according to your wishes, protecting your legacy.

Our Philosophy and Mission

McDowall Cotter delivers exemplary legal services that are personalized, effective, and efficient.

We pride ourselves in our expertise in law along with our commitment and dedication to the welfare of our clients. We are creative in our customer- focused, tailored solutions and work tirelessly on behalf of our clients with utmost care, attention, respect and professionalism.

While we embrace technology, a one- on- one client-customer relationship is quintessential to our success. We have witnessed over the years the myriad ways in which technology increases efficiency, reduces costs, and facilitates communication. We avail ourselves of technology in just those ways. We have also learned that technology is no substitute for personal relationships and that often the best legal advice is the result of simple conversations between client and attorney. At McDowall Cotter, we incorporate such conversations as routine and bring a human element to the practice of law.

McDowall Cotter’s distinctive culture draws the tremendous strength of its diverse and highly accomplished team of collaborative legal experts.

When you hire McDowall Cotter you hire a community, one that is committed to an excellent well-rounded experience for you. The experience begins with a warm-hearted greeting at the doors of our centrally located offices and ends with a positive outcome at an affordable price. We make your concerns our own and work diligently with you until they are resolved.

Our Expertise

Civil Litigation

  • Contract Dispute
  • Employment Dispute
  • Insurance Defense
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Public Entity Defense
  • Probate & Trust Litigation
  • Mechanics Liens
  • Partition Actions
  • Personal Injury Lawsuit
  • Asset Counselling

Business Services

  • Employer / Employee Relations
  • Business Entity Counselling and Formation
  • Succession Planning & Exit Strategies

Wealth Preservation

  • Asset Protection
  • Business Successtion
  • Probate & Trust Litigation
  • Wealth Transfer
  • Wills & Trusts Preparation

Why Choose Us?

Wide Range of Expertise

Our portfolio of work includes estate planning, trust administration and probate, business counseling, wealth preservation, dispute resolution, litigation and appeals, among others.

We Can Represent You

We represent small to mid-sized businesses, enterprise corporations, partition referees, state and local governments, families and individuals. If you need legal counsel, our highly collaborative and accomplished team of legal experts can certainly assist you.

Outstanding Professionalism

Our distinctive customer- centric approach provides you exceptional legal representation tailored to your specific need.

We are here to help.
Get in touch.

If you are interested in our services or have any questions,
send us an inquiry and we will get back to you as soon as we can.






Our Information

Primary Address: 

2070 Pioneer Court
San Mateo, California 94403

Phone: 650.572.7933

Fax: 650.572.0834

E-mail: mcdclientsvcs@mcdlawyers.net 

Business Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm  (Mon-Fri)

*Directions to McDowall Cotter:

From US 101: Take CA-92 W towards Half Moon Bay. Take El Camino Real Exit. Take Left onto El Camino Real. Turn Right onto W 20th Ave. Turn Left onto Pioneer Court.

From 280: Take CA-92 E towards Hayward. Take El Camino Real Exit. Turn Right onto El Camino Real. Turn Left onto W 20th Ave. Turn Right onto Pioneer Court.