Michelle C. Glasser

Special Counsel

  • Michelle C. Glasser
  • Phone: +1 619 744 2259

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    750 B Street, Suite 2900
    San Diego, CA 92101-4681
    USA

Michelle C. Glasser focuses her practice on estate planning; trust and estate administration; family business planning; charitable gift planning; non-profit organizations; and tax compliance and controversy. Ms. Glasser is a certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Ms. Glasser is a 1998 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law and also received an LL.M. in Taxation, cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Arizona.

Admissions

  • U.S. Tax Court
  • California

Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, cum laude, 1999
  • University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law, J.D., 1998
  • University of Arizona, B.A., 1994

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2022-present
  • DLA Piper LLP
    - Associate, 2012-2022
  • Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
    - Associate, 2010-2012
  • Ferrette, Alcorn, Pharies & Dorgan, ALC
    - Associate, 2003-2010

Professional Activities

  • The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
    - Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
  • American Bar Association
    - Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
    - Tax Section
  • State Bar of California
    - Trusts and Estates Section
    - Tax Section
  • San Diego County Bar Association
    - Trusts and Estates Section
    - Tax Section

  • North County Bar Association

Honors and Awards

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • Pro Bono Counsel, Donate Don’t Dump

  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation

Selected Publications

  • Co-author, "The Accidental Foreign Trust," Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal, Vol. 36

  • Co-author, "Chapter 9, Seeking or Opposing an Account," California Trust Litigation Matthew Bender Practice Guide, 2011

  • Co-author, "The Accidental Foreign Trust," California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Fall 2010

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • "Legislative Update Relating to Trusts and Estates," La Jolla Probate Section, 2009

  • "Legislative Update Relating to Trusts and Estates," Bar Association of North San Diego County Probate Section, 2008 and 2009

  • "Legislative Update Relating to Trusts and Estates," San Diego County Bar Probate Section, 2008