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Robert E. Temmerman,
Jr.
Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP
2502 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95128-1654
Tel: (408) 998 9500
Fax: (408) 998 9700
Email:
rtemmerman@tcklawfirm.com
Legal Practice:
Mr. Temmerman specializes in estate planning, incapacity planning and
decedent estate administration, focusing on estate planning for both large
and moderate estates with specific emphasis on family wealth preservation.
His administration practice includes postmortem trust administration,
trust reformations, tax planning, federal estate and gift tax return
preparation, complex trust and estate accountings, incapacity planning and
conservatorships, fiduciary litigation, as well as mediation and
alternative dispute resolution in all types of trust and estate matters.
Professional Organizations/Memberships:
• Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law,
California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
• Chair, California State Bar Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
Section (1997 1998), Vice Chair (1996 1997)
• Chair, California State Bar Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
Section Committee on Postmortem Trust Administration (1993 1995)
• Chair, Santa Clara County Bar Association Estate Planning, Probate and
Trust Law Section (1987); Vice Chair (1986)
• Member, Silicon Valley Bar Association
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Education:
• Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Santa Clara University, 1980
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Sciences, magna cum laude,
Boston College, 1975
Recent Lectures/Presentations:
• Speaker, "Highlights of Current Developments" The 29th Annual UCLA/CEB
Estate Planning Institute (2007)
• Speaker, "Preventing Malpractice in the Estate Planning and
Administration Arena" Silicon Valley Bar Association (2007)
• Speaker, "Significant
Developments in 2005 of Interest to Estate Planners" Santa Clara County
Estate Planning Council (2005)
• Speaker and Moderator, “Estate Planning and Administration: 20th Annual
Recent Developments Program” CEB (2005)
• Speaker and Moderator, “The Continuing Search for WDM (Ways to Manage
Death, Disability and Dissolution)” Silicon Valley Bar Association and
Santa Cruz County Estate Planning Council (2004)
• Speaker and Moderator, “Estate Planning and Administration: 19th Annual
Recent Developments Program” CEB (2004)
• Speaker, “Elder Abuse: the Domestic Violence and Financial Embezzlement
Problem of the 21st Century” Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council
and State Bar of California, S.F. (2003)
• Speaker, “55th Annual Trust & Tax Forum,” Northern Trust: Is There a New
Trust Code in California’s Future? A Comparison of the UTC with Current
California Trust Laws” San Diego, Newport Beach and Los Angeles (2003)
• Speaker, “Uses and Abuses of Durable Powers of Attorney,” Santa Cruz
County Estate Planning Council (2002), Silicon Valley Bar Association
(2002) and Northern Trusts 54th Annual Trust & Tax Forum (2002)
Published
Articles/Books/Briefs:
• Co-author of Chapter 4 entitled “Property Transfer Obstacles for Married
Persons” published in California Estate Planning, Continuing Education of
the Bar (2003); Updated in 2004 and 2005
• Co author of “Is There a New Trust Code in California’s Future? A
Comparison of the Recently Adopted Uniform Trust Code with Current
California Trust Laws” published in the California Trusts and Estates
Quarterly, Vol 6., No. 4, Winter 2000
• Counsel of Record, amicus curiae brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court
on behalf of the California State Bar Estate Planning, Trust and Probate
Law Section in Boggs v. Boggs (1996) |
