Melinda Hunsaker
Partner
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.
Christina D. McGonigle
Partner,
Christina McGonigle practices in the areas of trust and estate planning, special needs trusts, trust administration, conservatorships, litigation, and medi-cal applications and appeals. She is a certified elder law attorney, certified by the National Elder Law Foundation. Ms. McGonigle is a managing partner at Hunsaker & McGonigle, LLP. She graduated, magna cum laude, from Western State University College of Law in 2005. Prior to attending law school, she received her Bachelors degree in Political Science, cum laude, from California State University, Long Beach. Ms. McGonigle is a frequent presenter with CEB with such topics as conservatorships and attorney client relationships with older adults. She is also a co-author of “California Guide to Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly,” LexisNexus, co-editor from 2011 to present.
