$ 425-425 per hour
Colleen has been an attorney in Arizona since 1986 and has specialized in estate planning and trust administration since 1995. She is a native of Kansas City, but is happy to have planted permanent roots in the Southwest.
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$ 425-425 per hour
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Acquired: 1986
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2200 E River Rd Ste 123, Tucson, AZ, 85718-6579
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"Colleen has an excellent reputation in estate planning, taxation and business planning that is well deserved. She is highly regarded by colleagues and clients alike. Colleen also actively gives back to the practice in her leadership roles in groups that educate and support lawyers and other professionals."
"Colleen is an outstanding attorney in the area of estate planning, well versed in sophisticated tax issues, as well as a good person for clients to work with."
"Colleen is bright and levelheaded. She applies a thoughtful and big picture approach to complex trust administration work. It is wonderful to have a colleague like Colleen who is both an excellent advocate for her clients and a creative problem solver."
"I've worked with Colleen on several cases where I handled the divorce and Colleen handled the estate planning following the divorce. Colleen was so helpful in crafting the appropriate terms and language of the Marital Settlement Agreement. She is so skilled in estate planning that I refer my family law clients to her for their estate planning needs."
"Colleen is a delight to work with. Smart, hard-working, creative, pleasant and capable. Plus she can make complicated issues understandable. She may be a principal competitor in our market, but she's the kind of competitor I'm delighted to have."
Tax lawyer
Estate planning lawyer
2013
Elected as Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
1985
Note & Comment Editor, University of Kansas Law Review
1984
Am Jur Award, Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company (Thomson West)
1983
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society
1979
Watkins-Berger Scholar, University of Kansas
2011 - Present
Partner, Gadarian & Cacy, PLLC
1995 - 2010
Associate, Law Office of Gregory V. Gadarian
1986 - 1990
Associate, Streich Lang Weeks & Cardon
2023 - Present
Tucson Audubon SocietyBoard President
2013 - Present
American College of Trust and Estate CounselFellow
2005 - Present
ZUZI Dance CompanyBoard Member, Past President
1995 - Present
Southern Arizona Estate Planning CouncilPast President
1989 - Present
Pima County Bar AssociationMember
1986 - Present
State Bar of ArizonaMember
2012 - 2013
State Bar of Arizona Probate & Trust Section Executive CouncilPast Chair
1986
JD - Juris Doctor
1983
BS - Bachelor of Science
1983
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2015
2014
Recent Developments in Probate Case Law
2013
Making the Portability Election
2013
Grantor Trust Fundamentals
2013
Planning for Portability
2013
Recent Developments in Federal Transfer Taxes
2013
Estate & Trust Administration
2012
Fixing Old Trusts-Methods and Tax Consequences
2012
Fixing Old Trusts - Tax Consequences
2011
Carryover Basis - Recent IRS Guidance
1985
1984
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