Private Counsel
for Individuals,
Families &
Business Owners
Benelli Law provides strategic and practical legal counsel focused on estate planning, probate administration, trust administration, estate litigation, and California employment matters for clients in Hawaii and California.

Strategic Counsel With
Litigation Experience
Jonathan Benelli is an attorney with experience in complex litigation, strategic negotiation, and dispute resolution.
Prior to founding Benelli Law, he represented clients in California litigation involving construction defect claims, business and real estate disputes, trust litigation, insurance defense, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury matters.
He later spent nearly a decade in sales leadership roles at technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, negotiating strategic commercial relationships with Fortune 500 executives.
After relocating to Hawaii, he founded Benelli Law to provide practical and sophisticated counsel in estate planning, probate, trust administration, and complex disputes.
• Admitted in Hawaii
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
• Admitted in California
• J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law
• B.A., San Francisco State University
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
- Revocable living trusts
- Wills and testamentary planning
- Durable powers of attorney
- Advance healthcare directives
Probate & Trust Administration
- Probate proceedings
- Trust administration
- Fiduciary guidance
- Asset and property transfers
Estate & Trust Litigation
- Will contests
- Trust disputes
- Fiduciary litigation
- Inheritance disputes
Estate Planning
- Revocable living trusts
- Wills and testamentary planning
- Durable powers of attorney
- Advance healthcare directives
Employment Law
- Wrongful termination
- Retaliation and harassment claims
- Wage and hour disputes
- Employee misclassification matters

