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Karen A. Meckstroth
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Licensed in California for 28 years
State: California
Acquired: 1997
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Location
Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
60 South Market Street, Suite 1400, San Jose, CA, 95113
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Karen A. Meckstroth's Reviews
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Karen A. Meckstroth's Lawyer Endorsements
"Karen is a top notch estate planner and one of the best in the Bay Area. Karen is thorough and knowledgeable. Not only have I referred many friends to Karen, but she is my estate planning attorney. Karen and I co-counseled on a case wherein she represented the young adult beneficiaries of a trust following the death of their mother, and needed a trust & estate litigator to help protect their interests. She is hard working, reliable and always concerned about doing what is best for her client by the most cost-effective means. I have known her to perform work and not bill for it simply because she wants what is best for the client."
"I am happy to endorse Karen. She is a knowledgeable and hardworking attorney. She is devoted to helping her clients find innovative ways to use their estate plans to affect the world in positive ways. I have referred and will continue to refer cases to her."
"Karen is a smart, hard-working, and client-focused estate planning attorney. She works hard to make sure that the client's goals are achieved. I endorse this lawyer's work."
"I am happy to endorse Karen Meckstroth. She is a first-rate estate planning and trusts and estates attorney. Karen takes the time to understand her clients' needs and wishes. She approaches her work with skill, thoroughness and practicality. She stays up to date on legal and tax changes and writes about them articulately in her Blog. She is equally at home with cutting edge wealth transfer strategies and basic estate planning."
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Experience
Honors
2014
Top Rated Estate Planning Attorney, Avvo
2011
Certified Specialist - Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Shareholder, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
2009 - 2015
Owner, Law Office of Karen Meckstroth
2007 - 2009
Estate Planning Attorney, Beck, Ross, Bismonte & Finley
2004 - 2007
Trusts and Estates Attorney, Hopkins & Carley
1997 - 2004
Corporate, Litigation and Estate Planning Attorney, Bingham (Riordan & McKinzie)
Associations
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Member
State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section
Member
Planning Committee for the Conference on Charitable Giving (at Stanford University)
Member
Notre Dame High School (San Jose)
Board Member
State Bar of California, Taxation Section
Member
Employment & Community Options
Board Member
Silicon Valley Planned Giving Council Incubator Program
Mentor
Sample of Legal Cases
Chen v. Franchise Tax Bd.
Judgment for plaintiff affirmed
Education
1997
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1991
University of California - Berkeley
MA
1982
University of California - Berkeley
BA
Speaking Engagements
2017
Sand Hill Global Advisors
Rewards and Challenges of Being a Successor Trustee
2017
Invest in Women
Cracking Open The Philanthropic Conversation
2016
Elipsis 2016
Estate Planning 101
2016
Children's Health Council (Palo Alto)
Estate Planning 101
2015
Silicon Valley Bar Association New Attorney Roundtable
Ethics in Estate Planning
2015
San Jose Chapter of the American Association of University Women
Selecting and Preparing Your Successor Trustee
2013
East Bay Trusts and Estate Lawyers
Changing the Unamendable: How to Reform, Modify and Terminate Irrevocable Trusts
2012
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Integrating Philanthropy in the Estate Planning Process
2012
Lasecke Weil
Estate Planning in Chaotic Times
2011
Silicon Valley Planned Giving Council -- Incubator Project
Giving and Happiness
2011
Meeting of Financial Planning Association of San Francisco
Incorporating Philanthropy in the Family Wealth Plan
2010
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Ethical Duties in Estate Planning (MCLE Ethics Credit)
2010
National Business Institute
Probate Process from Start to Finish
2009
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Changing the Unamendable: How to Reform, Modify and Terminate Irrevocable Trusts
2009
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Presence and Ethics at the End of Life
2009
Employment and Community Options
Planned Giving and Building an Endowment
2008
Silicon Valley Bar Association
Trust Reformation: The How's and How Knots
2008
Saratoga Retirement Center
Control Your Property and Define Your Legacy Through Your Estate Plan
2007
Golden Gate University School of Law
Trust Reformation
2006
Golden Gate University School of Law
Reformation of Irrevocable Trusts
2005
Parents Helping Parents
Special Needs Trusts and Limited Conservatorships
Activity
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