sredding@roismanhenel.com
(510) 433-2676

Legal Experience: Roisman Henel LLP, Of Counsel, January 2004 to present; Roisman Redding + Henel LLP, Partner, May 2002 to December 2003; Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May Professional Corporation, Of Counsel, 1998-2002, Associate 1990-1998.

Each year from 2004 through 2010, Shelagh has been selected by her peers and the publishers of Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine as one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers.”

Trust and Probate Administration

Advising trustees, executors, and beneficiaries regarding the administration of decedents' estates and trusts, including:

• Instructions to trustees of continuing trusts
• Interpretation of ambiguous documents
• Resolution of disagreements among trustees, executors, and beneficiaries
• Asset allocation and transfer documentation
• Post-mortem tax planning and disclaimers
• Preparation of estate tax returns, based on analysis of valuation and reporting issues
• Probate and trust court proceedings

Professional Memberships:

State Bar of California: Trusts and Estates Section

Alameda County Bar Association: Trusts and Estates Section

Estate Planning Council of the East Bay

Education:

Boston College Law School , J.D., cum laude, 1990

University of California at Berkeley, A.B., 1984

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