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The Lawyers

 

Seth M. Skootsky

 

Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Elder Abuse; Dependent Adult Abuse

 

Honors/Listings: Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization;  2003 Chair, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section, Bar Association of San Francisco; Northern California Superlawyers; Best Lawyers in America

 

Law School:University of California at Berkeley, J.D. (Boalt Hall), 1988; Member, California Law Review; American Jurisprudence Award in Torts;  Law Clerk to Honorable Meir Shamgar, President of the Supreme Court of Israel, 1988-1989.

 

Memberships:
Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California Estate

Planning, Trust and Probate Section; San Francisco

Estate Planning Council.

 

Publications/Speaking Engagements:

“The New Unitrust Statute: Drafting and Administration Consequences For Trusts That Distribute Income,” 27 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter 37, Oct. 2005;

“Final Income Regulations Under IRC § 643 Concerning Adjustment Powers and Noncharitable Unitrusts and Estates,” 25 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter 101, Feb. 2004;

“Update on Federal Tax Law Developments Concerning Trustee Power to Adjust under California Probate Code §16336,” 22 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter, 177, June 2001;

“The New Principal and Income Act: California Trustees Adjust to the Power to Adjust,” 22 CEB Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter 37, Oct. 2000;

Southern California Tax and Estate Planning Forum Speaker 2006, 2007

 

Personal: Fourth-generation San Franciscan; two children in high school and college

 

Contact:
e:
seth@skootskyder.com

p: 415.979.9800 ext. 1

 

Ernest F. Der

 

Practice Areas: Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Conservatorship; Estate Planning; Elder Law; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation

 

Honors/Listings: Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.  Northern California Superlawyer, 2005-2007.

 

Law School: Golden Gate University (J.D., 1991; LL.M., Taxation, 2001)

 

Memberships:
Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California.

 

Personal: Born in San Francisco, California; third-generation San Franciscan; married; two children in high school and college;

 

Contact:
e: eder@skootskyder.com

p: 415.979.9800 ext. 2

Erica L. Shepard

 

Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Elder Law; Tax Law

 

Law School: Golden Gate University (J.D., 2008; LL.M., Taxation, 2011)

 

Memberships:
Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section; Bay Area Young Tax Lawyers

 

Personal: Canadian transplant who moved to California straight out of high school.

 

Contact:
e: eshepard@skootskyder.com

p: 415.979.9800 ext. 3

 

 
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