Donnelly & Evans, LLP

Working with Michelle was a wonderful experience! It’s not easy to go through personal/family issues that require a lawyer but when you have someone like Michelle by your side it makes it bearable. Her skill set and knowledge sets her apart from all the rest! She is so knowledgeable of the system, knows the law and fought for everything we wanted. Michelle is also so kind and has a beautiful heart. She took the time to really understand our situation and our needs, and factored that in to all she did for us. We had multiple aspects to our case that was a mixture of family law and adoption. Each piece we won in our favor. When it came to the courtroom, she was amazing, she is on point, confident and fought for us! Ultimately she saved a little boys life and we will forever be grateful! I would recommend Michelle a thousand times! There is no one out there like her! Thank you Michelle for everything you did for all of us!

Doug is extremely knowledgable, experienced, & (almost as importantly) truly cares about the children at the center of his cases. In the almost 7 years I have been navigating the probate court, I learned how hard it is to even find a lawyer who is willing to navigate the very particular & complicated nuances of guardianships & adoptions. Probate lawyers would say they only did conservatorships and uncontested guardianships. Family Law lawyers would say they don't do probate at all. Even the lawyers who were willing just didn't have much experience in the area. Not only is Doug familiar with these cases, he specializes in them. He's helped to shape the applicable laws & to defend them on appeal. I cannot express the amount of relief retaining Doug brought. He genuinely cared & I knew from the word GO that he was worth every penny when he executed & filed a document in less than a week that I had been working for months. I highly recommend hiring Doug.

Blessing in disguise! We were looking for an adoption lawyer to assist in our case and was recommended to Douglas. He specializes in out of state adoption proceedings. With Covid-19 it took longer than anticipated but it was definitely worth it. A bit on the pricey side, but you can't put a price tag on adoption. Douglas has great communication skills, explained every step of the way thoroughly, very responsive, and the quality of service is amazing! Thank you Douglas for making our family a legal unit. We will forever be grateful!

Doug is extraordinarily knowledgeable in all aspects of adoption law. His communication was, without exception, professional, timely, relevant,and helpful. I would recommended him 1,000%. He is worth the drive from anywhere in CA.

We hired him to do an Adult Adoption of our former foster child, who has been in our family since she was age 6. He provided all the forms and filled out the necessary information. He is very knowledgeable and explained the process and provided the legal information in writing.
We feel his work was tops.

We had a complicated contested adoption case. Doug was instrumental winning our case, and winning it decisively and without a single person on our side even having to testify. He was fully invested in our outcome and went to great lengths to study all the exhibits (there was over 3000 pages of texts) to strengthen our case. He was communicative and extremely supportive to us during this stressful time but most importantly he was the most qualified and experienced with the Kelsey S laws.

Our family had an excellent experience working with Douglas Donnelly regarding the adoption of our daughter.

He is very knowledgeable, helpful, attentive to details, and makes the legal process of an open adoption as smooth as can be.