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Chelsea J. Suttmann - Burlingame, CA

577 Airport BoulevardSuite 400 Burlingame, CA 94010

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Updated: 08/30/2024

Burlingame Estate Planning Lawyer

Overview

Chelsea J. Suttmann is a Shareholder and Managing Director at Barulich Dugoni Suttmann & Cummins Law Group, Inc. Chelsea has been certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. Chelsea's law practice focuses primarily on estate planning, trust and probate law, estate and gift taxation, and business formation, maintenance, and succession for family-owned businesses.

Chelsea's family background includes several generations of small business owners and entrepreneurs, encouraging her to specialize in advising and counseling family business owners on estate planning, business succession planning, and business formation and maintenance matters. She also provides counsel to high-net-worth individuals and families regarding lifetime and post-death gifting, estate tax considerations, and asset protection strategies. She lectures on various topics, including estate planning, estates and trusts, and estate and gift taxation.

When she's not at work, Chelsea enjoys spending time with her husband and young children, preferably outdoors or on the water, and cheering on the University of Michigan Wolverines.

About Chelsea J. Suttmann

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Shareholder & Managing Director

Practice Areas

  • Estate Planning
  • Estate Administration
  • Probate
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Business Planning
  • Corporate Law
  • Real Property

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2012
  • Michigan, 2015

Specialties and Certifications

  • Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Other Affiliations

  • Annual Jerry A. Kasner Estate Planning Symposium, Member
  • Junior League of Palo Alto Mid-Peninsula, Member 2012-2015
  • San Mateo County Bar Association (Member)
  • San Mateo County Leadership Program Graduate 2015
  • San Mateo County Rotary Club, Member 2012-2015

Classes and Seminars

  • California Lawyers Association - “Advanced Planning - A Decade in Review: What Have We Learned Over the Last Decade and Where are We Headed?”, 2021
  • California Lawyer’s Association - “Core Drafting Series: The Nuts and Bolts of Estate Planning”, 2021
  • American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education - “Accounting for Lawyers: The Basics and Beyond”, 2021
  • Continuing Education of the Bar - “Basics Conference - Opening a Probate”, 2019
  • California Lawyers Association - “Solo and Small Firm Conference - A Practical Approach to Updating Your Law Firm’s Technology”, 2019
  • Continuing Education of the Bar - “Trust Decanting”, 2019

Education

  • Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 2012
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: Santa Clara Law Review, Technical Editor
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2009
    B.A.

Fees

Accepts Credit Cards

Articles

Published Works

  • “Advanced Planning - A Decade in Review: What Have We Learned Over the Last Decade and Where are We Headed?”, California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 1
  • CEB California Trust Administration, Chapter 2, "Overview of Trustee's Duties, Standards, and Powers", Co-Author
  • Estate Planning Considerations for California Same-Sex Couples in a Post-Windsor and Post-Proposition 8 World, California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 4
  • The Minority Coalition's Burden of Proof Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Santa Clara Law Review, publication date: Jan 1, 2012

Office Information

Address

577 Airport BoulevardSuite 400 Burlingame, CA 94010

Fax

  • 650-292-2901

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Chelsea J. Suttmann

Included on the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Chelsea J. Suttmann on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, San Francisco Magazine, 2019-2021

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