
- Senior Attorney
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Legal Assistant
Melissa E. Metz
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning - Domestic and International
- Probate
- Trust Administration
- Tax: Domestic and Cross-Border
- Estate/Gift/Income Tax Compliance
- Entity and Property Tax Related Planning
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 2002
- University of California, Berkeley , California
- B.A. - 1999
Biography
Val Sluetzky is a Senior Attorney at Johnson, Kinney & Zulaica LLP. He counsels individuals and families regarding the implementation of various estate planning techniques involving U.S. and foreign property. His practice encompasses developing complex wealth transfer strategies (including family business succession planning, dynasty trust planning, and charitable and split-interest trust arrangements) as well as tailoring revocable living arrangements that are sensitive to family law property characterization concerns.
Val's practice involves counseling individuals with respect to planning strategies and initiatives and tax compliance requirements associated with immigration, expatriation, cross-border transactions and international estate planning. Additionally, Val advises individual and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries concerning trust, probate, trust administration and income tax compliance matters.
Prior to joining Johnston Kinney & Zulaica LLP, Val was a Senior Associate at Anderson Yazdi Hwang Minton + Horn LLP and Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP.
Bar Admissions
- California, 2002
Recognition
- UC Regents' Scholarship
- Hastings Academic Excellence Scholarship
Professional Associations
- San Francisco Bar Association, Member
- San Mateo County Bar Association, Member, 2015 to 2019
Community Involvement
- San Mateo SCPCA, 2015 to 2019
Representative Clients
- Private Clients
- High Net Worth Clients
- International Clients
References
- Christina Gallagher Nelson
- Lori Christensen
- John Osborne
Past Positions
- Anderson Yazdi Hwang Minton & Horn LLP, Senior Associate, 2015 to 2019
- Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, Associate, 2008 to 2015
Languages
- English
- Russian
- Ukrainian