$ 520-520 per hour
Brian L. Shetler
About Brian
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Payment Methods
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Licensed in California for 32 years
State: California
Acquired: 1993
No misconduct found
Licensed in Colorado for 30 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1995
No misconduct found
Location
Berliner Cohen
10 Almaden Blvd, 11th Floor, San Jose, CA, 95113
Berliner Cohen
10 Almaden Boulevard Suite 1100, San Jose, CA, 95113-2270
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Experience
Work Experience
2008 - Present
Board Member and Past Board Chairman, Goodwill of Silicon Valley
2000 - Present
Partner, Berliner Cohen
1998 - 2000
Trust Officer, Comerica Bank & Trust
1996 - 1998
Partner, Law Offices of Brian L. Shetler
1993 - 1996
Contract Attorney, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Associations
2012 - Present
Society of Trusts & Estates Practictioners - Silicon ValleyCo-Founder, Board Member, Chairman
2000 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2000 - Present
Silicon Valley Planned Giving CouncilPast Chair and Board Member
1995 - Present
State Bar of ColoradoMember
1993 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaMember
1993 - Present
Santa Clara County Bar AssociationMember & Past ExComm Member of Trusts & Estates Section
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Member
Northwest Colorado Bar Association
Member
Education
2003
Golden Gate University School of Law
LL.M - Master of Laws
1992
Santa Clara University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1989
University of Hawaii, Manoa
MA - Masters
1986
University of Hawaii, Manoa
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2018
14th Annual Kasner Symposium
California Estate Planning (for Residents and Others)
2017
13th Annual Kasner Symposium
Assignments, Deeds and Other Transfer Documents
2017
13th Annual Kasner Symposium
Real Estate Transfer Documents
2016
12th Annual Kasner Symposium
Fundamentals Track: Drafting QTIP Trusts in the New Era of Portability
2015
Trusts & Estates Section
Proposition 58 Exclusions From Reassessment
2015
Industrial Group Meeting
To Sell or Not to Sell (Yet): Effects of Death and Taxes on the Sales of Real Property
2014
Silicon Valley Chapter Seminar
Changing Trustees: Practical and Tax Consequences of Crossing Borders, Domestically and Internationally
2014
Half-Day Conference Series -- Los Angeles Branch
Cross Border Trust Transformations: Planning and Compliance
2013
9th Annual Kasner Symposium
Life Insurance Planning and Insurance Trusts
2011
Meeting of the Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council
2010 Tax Act
Publications
2009
Berliner Cohen Newsletter and Website Article
IRS Follows Up on Interim Due Diligence Guidance Required in Grantmaking to Other Nonprofits
2009
Originally in Montaq; Also on Berliner Cohen website
Bequests to Non-Citizen Spouses Taxable Unless Special Trusts (QDOTs) Are Created
2005
Previously in out of print publication, now on Berliner Cohen website
Keeping the Faith: Fiduciary Duties – Forming LLCs to Hold Real Property
1997
Macrohistory & Macrohistorians: Perspectives on Individual, Social and Civilizational Change
"Augustine" and "Hegel" chapters
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers