Chelsea M. Healey
Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney LLP
Costa Mesa Office
650 Town Center Dr., Ste. 1400
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel: (714) 435-9591
Palm Springs Office
303 N Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Telephone: 760.322.2275
Fax: 760.322.2107
Email: healey@sbemp.com
Chelsea M. Healey is the driving force leading SBEMP’s Trust, Estate, and Probate Department in Orange County, California. She has a diverse practice representing high net worth individuals and their families with respect to all aspects of gift, estate, charitable planning, and generation-skipping wealth transfer tax planning.
In addition, Chelsea advises clients in connection with complex probate and trust litigation matters throughout California. She handles cases across the full spectrum of trust and probate law, including prosecuting and defending traditional contests challenging the validity of a will or trust. Chelsea also regularly consults with executors, administrators, and trustees in probate and trust administration matters.
Chelsea’s dedication to her clients’ needs is a hallmark of her caring nature coupled with technical expertise and zealous advocacy to benefit her clients.
Chelsea was selected as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2023 and 2024, as well as a Top Lawyer for Wills, Trusts, and Estates by Palm Springs Life Magazine. Chelsea was previously honored in Palm Springs Life’s 40 under Forty. Additionally, Chelsea was listed as a Power Attorney in Orange Coast Magazine in May 2023.
PUBLICATIONS
- 10 To Do Items for Success in Law School, The National Jurist, September 2015
EDUCATION
- University of San Diego, B.B.A., Business Administration (2013)
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude (2016)
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- California (2016)
- United States District Court, Central District of California (2017)
- United States District Court, Southern District of California (2017)
- United States District Court, Northern District of California (2017)
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California (2017)
AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
- The State Bar of California
- California Young Lawyers Association
- California State Bar Trust and Estate Section
- United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland Empire, Advisory Council
- Leadership Coachella Valley, Class of 2018
- Desert Estate Planning Council
- Desert Bar Association
