Melinda Hunsaker

Melinda Hunsaker is a managing partner at McGonigle & Hunsaker, LLP. Her practice includes Medi-Cal Planning, Estate Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Trust Administration, Probate, Conservatorships, and Guardianships. Ms. Hunsaker was drawn to this area of the law as it gives her opportunities to assist vulnerable individuals and their families in finding impactful solutions and peace of mind.

Ms. Hunsaker received her law degree from Western State University, College of Law, graduating cum laude in December of 2005, and was admitted to the California State Bar in May of 2006. Out of law school, she clerked for her former law professor, Donna Bashaw, and was hired by Ms. Bashaw as an Associate Attorney after passing the bar, and took over Ms. Bashaw's law practice in 2011. In 2015, Ms. Hunsaker became a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation, which provides California approved specialty certification for qualifying attorneys in the areas of elder and special needs law.

Ms. Hunsaker frequently gives presentations throughout Southern California to churches, schools, community organizations for seniors, people with special needs, and their families, as well as provides training to attorneys and other professionals, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. She is a regular contributor to multiple attorney practice guides and has been published in the Orange County Lawyer. Ms. Hunsaker is a member of the Special Needs Alliance, an invitation only national organization of special needs attorneys.