Golnar is a founding partner of Anderson Yazdi Hwang Minton + Horn LLP, which delivers sophisticated tax, trust and estate controversy-related counsel to high-net-worth clients and fiduciaries. For more than 20 years, Golnar has counseled her clients on a wide range of estate planning matters. Her peers have selected her to the Northern California Super Lawyers Top 50 Women list (2012-2014), the Northern California Super Lawyers Top 100 list (2014), and the Super Lawyers list (2009-2014). Golnar is on the board of trustees of Lick-Wilmerding High School. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Presidio Bank, Mills-Peninsula Hospital Philanthropy Advisors Council, the Peninsula Family Service of San Mateo County Advisory Council, and the advisory committee of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County where she was former board president.

Golnar graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) and Santa Clara University Law School (J.D.).