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Agnieszka K. Adams is a partner at Roisman Henel + Adams LLP.  Agnieszka is certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law.. Agnieszka has been selected by her peers and the publishers of Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine as one of Northern California’s “Rising Stars” from 2012 through 2017.  She is a vice-chair of the Estate Planning Section of the East Bay Trusts and Estates Lawyers and a member of the Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Barristers Club Section of the San Francisco Bar Association.  She is a co-author of Chapter 11 in CEB’s new guide on Real Property and Taxation.. Agnieszka attended University of Southampton in the United Kingdom where she earned a Bachelor of Laws degree.  Agnieszka continued her legal education at University of California Hastings College of the Law.  She graduated cum laude with a concentration in Taxation and a distinction for Pro Bono.. Agnieszka lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.. Education & Professional Background:. Roisman Henel + Adams LLP, January 2011 to present. University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009. University of Southampton, LLB, 2006. LeeUniversity, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004. Speaking Engagements:. CEB Estate Planning Intensive Course, 2017. NBI Probate Bootcamp Training Seminar: Probate Problem Areas, 2016 and 2017. California Association of Winegrape Growers:  Estate and Succession Planning for Families, 2015. San Francisco Bar Association:  Alternatives to Probate and Initial Probate Filings, 2015. PFAC 20th Annual Conference:  Starting Probate and Trust Administration After Death of Client, 2015. EBTEL Probate Bootcamp:  Alternatives to Probate and Initial Probate Filings, 2014. Bell Investments Advisors Women’s Roundtable:  Giving with a Plan, 2013

In our practice we advise clients on all aspects of estate planning, with a focus on practical planning and administration. Our work primarily consists of preparing estate plans (wills, trusts, and ancillary documents), administering trusts, and probating estates.We pride ourselves on providing practical and accessible counsel for Bay Area individuals and families. The clients we serve have a range of needs, from simple estate plans to more complex planning for larger estates, distinct family circumstances, and complicated distributions.. I am honored to have been selected by my peers as one of Northern California’s “Rising Stars” for 2018, 2019, and 2020, a distinction held by only 2.5% of attorneys. I am also honored to be on the short list of trusted attorneys for many financial advisors, CPAs, and real estate agents throughout the Bay Area.. I am a Bay Area native and love living in Oakland. I take every opportunity to travel and explore the world, but love calling the Oakland Hills home. When I’m not working or traveling, you’re likely to find me exploring local restaurants with my wife Shayla, playing with my son Reuben, or lamenting the recent Cal football season.

Heather Glick-Atalla focuses her law practice on Estate Planning and Nonprofit Law. As part of her nonprofit law practice she forms nonprofit corporations, prepares applications for federal and state tax exempt status, and serves as general counsel for nonprofit organizations that have compliance issues or are in need of assistance with nonprofit governance. Her estate planning services include drafting revocable and irrevocable living trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, advanced health care directives, durable powers of attorney, HIPAA documents, trust certifications, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable remainder trusts, lead and annuity trusts, stock purchase and sale agreements, buy-sell agreements, prenuptial agreements, transmutation agreements, deeds and assignments, forming family partnerships and limited liability companies, and completing estate tax returns.. Heather graduated near the top of her class from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2009, where she was awarded an academic scholarship during all three years of study. She earned her bachelor of science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 2005. Heather was admitted to practice law in California in 2009.. During law school Heather focused on developing her research and writing skills through her courses and legal clerkships, and was a member of the San Diego Law Review. While clerking for the USD Law Entrepreneurship Clinic, she assisted low-income entrepreneurs in drafting and filing necessary documents to start or expand their businesses. Heather also conducted extensive legal research and writing during her summer clerkship at Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie, LLP, in San Diego.. Prior to joining Glick Atalla, APLC in 2010, Heather volunteered her time at Bet Tzedek – The House of Justice in Los Angeles, primarily working on behalf of Holocaust survivors seeking reparations from Germany and other European countries. She orchestrated a major survivor’s reparations program, which included drafting all necessary applications, forms, and correspondence to hundreds of clients as well as attorneys in Bet Tzedek’s volunteer network across the United States.. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Heather was named a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” attorney and was featured in two issues of Los Angeles magazine as well as Super Lawyers magazine, and in 2014 she was nominated by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal as one of the Valley’s Trusted Advisors.