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Steve A. Brand

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Steve A. Brand

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sabrand@rkmc.com


Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
800 LaSalle Avenue
2800 LaSalle Plaza
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 612.349.8500
Toll Free: 1.800.553.9910
Fax: 612.339.4181

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 (2003-2010) **
  • 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

  • Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) since 1984
  • Member of ACTEC's Board of Regents (1998-2004) and serves on ACTEC's Fiduciary Income Tax Committee and Membership Selection Committee (Chair, 2009-2011)  
  • ACTEC , Minnesota State Chair (1991-1996)
  • Editor, ACTEC Journal (2001-2002)
  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section (1984-1985)
  • Reporter for the Advisory Committee on Probate Rules of the Minnesota Supreme Court for five years.
  • Ramsey County Bar Foundation, President (1995-2006)
  • Board Member for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation (ACTEC Foundation) since 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, Board Member (President, 1996-1999)

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

  • 2010 Tax Changes
    Minnesota Historical Society and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Naples Yacht Club, Naples, Florida (February 18, 2010)
  • 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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