Jeanne Vatterott-Gale

Jeanne Vatterott-Gale is an attorney currently practicing in Yuma, Arizona with the

firm of Hunt, Walsma & Gale. She is an active member of the State Bars of Arizona, California and

Missouri.

A 1985 cum laude graduate of St. Louis University Law School, Jeanne received a

fellowship in public law and government. After graduation, she worked as an attorney for the

U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. She later returned to practice in her

native St. Louis, and worked for the St. Louis Redevelopment Authority and later as a clinical

instructor at St. Louis University. After marrying and relocating to California, she worked as

an administrator at both Stanford and University of California Berkeley- Boalt Hall Law

Schools.

In 1992, Jeanne moved to Yuma. She opened her own practice in 1997. In 2001,

she obtained a diploma in taxation from the University of San Diego law school where her

studies focused on estate & gift taxation, partnership taxation and deferred compensation.

Her current practice focuses on the areas of estate planning, probate, closely held businesses

and real estate. She is certified by the Arizona State Bar as specialist in the areas of trusts

and estates.