Kelley B. Lashley is the founder and Managing Partner of Deka Law Group, with offices in Pasadena and Westlake Village, where she serves clients throughout California. She is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law through the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice covers estate and business succession planning, trust administration, probate, conservatorships and guardianships, as well as nonprofit advising and mediation.

Kelley began her career in San Luis Obispo and later joined her grandfather, Robert D. Bannon, eventually taking over the estate planning practice he built in Pasadena over more than 50 years. She is a lecturer in Advanced Wills & Trusts at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, authored the estate planning chapter of CEB’s Business Buy-Sell Agreements, and contributes to the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Section and is a member of the Conejo Valley Estate Planning Council. Kelley has been named a Super Lawyer and a Pasadena Magazine Top Attorney, and the Pasadena Community Foundation has recognized her as a Top Professional Advisor.

She earned her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and her B.A. from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and she lives in Thousand Oaks with her husband, Dan, and their two children.