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Anna M. Freska earned her B.A. degree from Amherst College, an M.A. from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.  She studied European and International Law at Tübingen University in Germany, at Henry Dunant Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.. Ms. Freska has worked in the Unites States, Europe, and Asia and taught at Santa Clara University School of Law programs in Europe. She has served on Advisory Boards of several nonprofit organizations, including:. Ms. Freska is a member of the American Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, and the State of California.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Sharna has built a heart-centered practice and works with many individuals and families who understand the need for careful and skillful planning to protect their assets and care for their families. She understands that “caring for family” has a unique meaning to each client she works with. Sharna is invested in getting to know each client and their family to better understand them and advise on an estate plan.She focuses on all phases of planning from individual, young families, sandwich generation families who are raising children and caring for elderly parents as well as individuals heading toward retirement. She provides guardianship appointments for minors, trust planning, and tax planning.. Part of her practice focuses on Elder law where she handles planning for Long-Term Care/skilled nursing facilities. She handles both advanced planning and crisis planning for clients with an acute need for Medicaid benefits.Sharna represents start up and small business from inception to wind up. She understands that personal planning and business planning go hand in hand. She ensures the two pieces work together as intended by the clients. She is a trusted advisor when it comes to incorporation, business succession planning, contracts and employer advising.. Her practice is built on deep relationships with her clients. She has become a trusted advisor because she understands the need to balance the emotional components with the legal ones.. The key to her success is the relationships she has built to work closely with professional partners such as financial, insurance, retirement and tax advisors as the client benefits most from an integrated team approach. Her lengthy experience in real estate and probate have proven to be an invaluable resource in developing customized plans that meet clients’ current goals and provide solutions for the future considering diverse assets, evolving family dynamics or family crisis.. Sharna handles one of the most important, difficult and emotionally charged tasks on anyone’s To Do list. Her goal is to educate her clients and give them peace of mind. By bringing competence and compassion, she has been successful in providing an experience that makes clients feeling fully supported and less anxious about the planning process.

I grew up on a dairy farm in the town of Steuben in upstate New York, and during my teen years was active in the Future Farmers of Amercia and Remsen Central School marching band.  I went to Brazil as an exchange student for my Senior year of high school, where I met lovely people, learned to speak Portuguese and eat unfamiliar foods, and traveled far and wide throughout Brazil.. Starting fall of 1983 I attended community college at Mohawk Valley Community College, studying Chemistry then Biology, then in 1986 went on to Plattsburgh State University where I graduated with a BS in Biology.. I worked in Puerto Rico as an intern in the Carribbean National Forest for about six months from March 1990 until August 1990.  I then worked as a paralegal at Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York City from 1990 until 1993 when I left to attend law school.  Starting the fall of 1993 I attended Vermont Law School, graduating in 1996.. I began my career as an attorney with Robert Gensburg, Esq. in St. Johnsbury in the fall of 1996, passing the bar and being sworn in in June, 1997.  I became a partner in the firm in 2000, then we became Gensburg, Atwell and Broderick from 2001 until 2009.  In 2011 the firm changed to Gensburg, Atwell and Greaves, which lasted until 2017.  After Bob Gensburg's death in November of 2017, I went out on my own as an attorney on January 1, 2018.. As a person, I love a good adventure, whether traveling, taking on an unusual project (I built my own house) or starting a business (I have an active tree business in addition to my law firm).  I also enjoy a good challenge -- I lift weights and compete as a strongman and in 2106 I won the US Strongman National Championship title for Lightweight Master's Division.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.