Steve A. Brand

Practice Groups

Estate Planning, Trust and Succession Planning and Administration

Recognition

Selected as a "FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager," by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business (2009)**
Named a “Super Lawyer,” Minnesota Law & Politics (2006, 2007, 2008) **
Susie Selcer Leadership Award (2003). This award was established in memory of Susie Selcer and was first awarded in 2002. It is given by the Sholom Community Alliance, the Sholom Foundation and the Sholom Home Auxiliary in recognition "of an individual whose work within the Sholom organizations and the greater community exemplifies the outstanding leadership, integrity, spirit, and tzedeka of Susie Selcer."
Named in every edition of the Best Lawyers in America **
Listed in Who's Who in the World **
Listed in Who's Who in the America **
Listed in Who's Who in the American Law **
Listed in Who's Who in the Midwest **
Listed in Who's Who in the Emerging Leaders **

**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

Board Member for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation (ACTEC Foundation)
Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) (since 1984)
Member of ACTEC Board of Regents (1998-2004) and serves on its Editorial Board and Fiduciary Income Tax Committee
ACTEC, Minnesota State Chair (1991-96)
ACTEC Journal, Editor (2001-2002)
Minnesota State Bar Association (Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section (1984-85)
Minnesota Supreme Court (Reporter for the Advisory Committee on Probate Rules for five years)
Ramsey County Bar Foundation, President (1995-2006)

Civic Associations

Sholom Community Alliance, Board Member
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, Treasurer (2001-2006)
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers
Sholom Foundation, President (1996-99)

Bar Admissions

Minnesota

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D. (1973), served on the Board of the University of Chicago Law Review
University of Minnesota, Bachelor's Degree, Political Science,
summa cum laude

Selected Speeches

Estate Planning Update
Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, Maplewood Academy, Hutchinson, Minnesota (June 10, 2007)

Has been a frequent lecturer for Continuing Legal Education programs on probate, estate planning and fiduciary income taxation in Minnesota and for estate planning programs for the Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
Estate Planning Workshop
Biennial Assembly of the Women of Reform Judaism, Minneapolis, MN (November 6, 2003)
Panel member, Family Limited Partnerships
Probate & Trust Law Section Seminar, Minnesota CLE (June 11, 2003)
Tax Consequences of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Settlement Trusts
1997 Annual Meeting of the Birth Trauma Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Diego
Tax Consequences of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Settlement Trusts
1995 Annual Meeting of ACTEC

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Steve A. Brand

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Practice Groups

Recognition

Memberships

Civic Associations

Bar Admissions

Education

Selected Speeches

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