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Elizabeth M. Engh

Attorney
Phone: 510.834.6600
Fax: 510.808.4709
E-mail: EEngh@wendel.com v-card

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When Liz talks about estates, trusts and tax issues, the legal community listens.  So do her many long-term clients who have come to count on her advice during her over 30-year legal career in Oakland.


For years, Liz has been a voice of the Continuing Education of the Bar, lecturing annually on legal changes affecting estate planning.  She has also been chair of the Alameda County Bar’s Estate Planning section, and has been active in the State Bar’s Estate Planning Section.


In 2007, the law firm of Aiken, Kramer & Cummings joined Wendel Rosen and Liz came in as a partner in the trusts and estates practice.  She is busy helping clients reassess their strategies for transmitting wealth and protecting assets in light of ongoing shifts in the federal tax laws, particularly in regard to gifts.


Most of her clients include multi-generational families and family-owned businesses but she reports seeing more and more LLCs and doing more incapacity planning.


She is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
 

Education

  • University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. (1977)
  • University of California Los Angeles, B.A. (1973)

Close Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • United States Tax Court

Close Affiliations

  • Alameda County Superior Court
    • Past Judge Pro Tem
  • Alameda County Bar Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section
    • Past Committee Chair
  • California State Bar, Estate Planning Section
  • Contra Costa County Bar Association

Close Speaking & Teaching

  • Estate Planning and Administration: 27th Annual Recent Developments,” panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar, January 27, 2012
  • Family Business Succession Planning - Time Waits For No One," panelist, October 10, 2010
  • Recent Developments in Estate Planning & Administration,” panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar, January 29, 2010
  • "Recent Developments in Estate Planning," The Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, February 4, 2009 and February 3, 2010
  • "Recent Developments" panelist, The Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, February 6, 2008
  • Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), annual recent developments lecturer in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
  • "Recent Developments in Estate Planning," panelist, Alameda County Bar Association, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section, 2002-2010

Close Awards & Recognition

  • Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
  • Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2004-2011
  • AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell*
  • AV® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™ by Martindale-Hubbell*

*AV is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.