Brian L. Shetler
Partner
Estate Planning; Probate & Trust Administration; Tax
brian.shetler@berliner.com
408-286-5800
Mr. Shetler’s trust and estate practice is focused on tax and estate administration issues. Mr. Shetler works with corporate fiduciaries as well as families and individuals in establishing and carrying out plans to preserve and build legacies for generations.
Education/Honors
- Golden Gate University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2003
- Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1992
- Oxford University, England, International Law Program, 1990
- University of Hawaii, M.A., Political Science, 1989
- Wrote chapters, "Augustine" and "Hegel", published in Macro-History and Macro-Historians (eds. Johan Galtung and Sohail Inayatullah), 1997
- University of Hawaii, B.A., Journalism, 1986
Professional Admissions
- State Bar of California
- Colorado Bar Association (inactive)
Activities/Memberships
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council, Board member
- Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County, Board member
- Silicon Valley Planned Giving Council, Board member
- Santa Cruz County Estate Planning Council
- Financial Planning Forum
- National Council on Planned Giving
- America Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estates Section, and Taxation Section
- State Bar of California, Trust and Estate Section, Taxation Section, Business Law Section, International Law Section
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- Silicon Valley Bar Association, Trust and Estate Section
- Colorado Bar Association
- Northwest Colorado Bar Association
Personal
- Married with two children
- Interests include golf, tennis, snow sports, and water sports