Miriam Behman Brody - Saratoga, CA
Attorney at Law Offices of Miriam Behman Brody
Trust and Estate Litigation Lawyers in Saratoga, CA
19040 Cox Avenue Suite 3 Saratoga, CA 95070
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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43
Years
Experience
Saratoga Trust and Estate Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Trust and Estate Litigation 80%
- Contested Trust Administration 20%
Litigation: 80%
Attorney Information
Overview
Miriam Brody attended the University of California at Berkeley, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in 1980. She earned her Juris Doctor in 1983 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco. While there Miriam competed in Hastings' prestigious David E. Snodgrass Moot Court competition, in which she was a "Best Brief" award winner. The oral argument in that competition led to Miriam being selected to extern for the Honorable William A. Newsom, Judge, the following year at the California Court of Appeal for the First District in San Francisco. Following her graduation from law school and after being admitted to the California Bar in 1983, she served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Earl Johnson, Jr., at the California Court of Appeal for the Second District in Los Angeles. Her meticulous attention to detail and to creating the necessary evidentiary record in the trial court results from this extensive familiarity with appellate practice early in her career.
Miriam began her private practice career at the law firm of Overland, Berke, Wesley, Gits, Randolph & Levanas in Los Angeles as a litigation associate. In 1985, anxious to gain trial experience, she joined the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office where her criminal caseload experience ranged from over 500 felony preliminary hearings and juvenile court trials to jury trials including battery, weapons, theft and drug and drunken driving cases.
Miriam left the Public Defender's Office in 1988 to return to the Bay Area to work once again as a litigation associate where she gained extensive experience in the state and federal courts, first for the small San Jose law firm of Ubhaus & Collins and then for the San Jose law firm of Berliner Cohen.
In 1994 she took on her first partnership, becoming a shareholder at Rosenblum, Parish & Isaacs and the Managing Director of the firm's San Jose litigation practice group. There she specialized in business litigation including estate, probate, real estate, construction, unfair competition, director and officer liability, products liability, insurance coverage, employment related litigation and white-collar criminal defense.
Once again as a partner, Miriam joined the San Jose law firm of Carter, Dougherty and Behman, in 1997, a six-attorney boutique practice specializing in estate planning, tax and civil litigation, where Miriam increasingly focused on all aspects of trust and estate litigation.
After 18 years in the litigation trenches, Miriam switched gears in 2002 as in-house counsel for Brody Executive Search, Inc., where she collaborated on all aspects of this boutique executive search practice for Silicon Valley venture capital-backed high tech startups.
The current chapter of Miriam's professional career finds her bringing her talent, dedication and years of diverse experience into play under her own shingle. The Law Offices of Miriam Behman Brody is a comprehensive estate, trust and probate litigation practice. Her areas of focus and expertise include representing private professional fiduciaries, professional and lay trustees, estate planning attorneys, beneficiaries, heirs, administrators, executors, guardians, conservators, will and trust contestants and respondents and elder abuse claimants and respondents in trust, probate, civil litigation matters, and contested trust administration matters. Miriam will help you identify your objectives and develop the legal strategy to get you there.
Miriam lives in Los Gatos in a 160-year old Victorian farmhouse. Her adult son, a business school graduate from Cal State University Chico, works in high technology sales in Silicon Valley, while also devoting his time to his love of basketball and music (guitar). Miriam's many interests include art, theatre, hiking, and traveling. She is an avid reader and music enthusiast -- especially jazz.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent
- Silicon Valley Bar Association Judicial Liason for 2017
- Selected To Super Lawyers from 2017 to 2022
Other Sources of Feedback About Miriam Behman Brody
Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings),
San Francisco,
California, 1980
J.D.
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University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings),
San Francisco,
California, 1980
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Non Legal Education
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University of California,
Berkeley
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: Art History
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University of California,
Berkeley
Current Employment Position(s)
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Managing Partner
Past Positions
- California Court of Appeal, Second District in Los Angeles, Honorble Earl Johnson, Jr., Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984
- Overland, Berke, Wesley, Gits, Randolph & Levanas in Los Angeles, Litigation Associate, 1984 - 1985
- Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, Deputy Public Defender's Office, 1985 - 1988
- Ubhaus & Collins, San Jose, California, Litigation Associate, 1988 - 1991
- Berliner Cohen, San Jose, California, Litigation Associate, 1991 - 1994
- Rosenblum, Parish & Isaacs, San Jose, California, Shareholder, Director, 1994 - 1997
- Carter, Dougherty and Behman, San Jose, California, Partner, 1997 - 2001
- Brody Executive Search, Inc., Saratoga, California, In House Counsel/CFO, 2001 - 2008
- Law Offices of Miriam Behman Brody, Saratoga, California, Owner, 2009 - present
Classes and Seminars
- “Fiduciary Strategies In Heavily Contested Court Situations,” Silicon Valley Chapter Professional Fiduciary Association of California, 2023
Bar Admissions
- California, 1983
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1988
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, pro hac vice
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Other Affiliations
- California Bar Association
- Silicon Valley Bar Association
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- San Mateo County Bar Association
- Monterey County Bar Association
- Litigation Section of the State Bar
- Trusts & Estates Section of the State Bar
- Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council
- Martindale-Hubbell (AV Preeminant)
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Contact
19040 Cox Avenue
Suite 3
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: 408-217-2334
Fax: 408-257-7925
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.miriambehmanbrody.com/
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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