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Attorney Jacob L. Geiermann has over six years of estate planning and trust and estate administration experience. Jacob was born and raised in Bismarck, and obtained his accounting and law degrees from the University of North Dakota.. Collaborating with our firm’s attorneys and staff, Jacob strives to understand each client’s unique needs. Jacob provides estate planning and tax planning services to individuals and business owners, with an emphasis on their family, community, and philanthropic goals. Jacob regularly represents personal representatives and trustees after the loss of a loved one, and helps to administer trusts and estates in the most efficient manner possible.. Jacob is active in the professional community, is a frequent speaker on trust and estate topics, and serves in leadership roles with national and regional nonprofits. Jacob has experience as a lobbyist, has drafted legislation, and advocates for improvements to trust and estate laws in North Dakota and Minnesota.. Jacob currently serves as a Fellow with the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Red River Valley Estate Planning Council. Jacob was also named a Super Lawyers Great Plains Rising Star in 2018 and 2019. Jacob is licensed to practice law in North Dakota, Minnesota, and before the United States Tax Court.

Whitney counsels clients in the areas of estate planning, oil and gas, probate, trust administration. She works with clients in various stages of life – young professionals, families with young children, business owners, and farmers planning for succession. Whitney received her undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of North Dakota. She graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law with awards for scholastic excellence.. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Whitney and her family have made their home in West Fargo, North Dakota.

Brigitt M. Orfield focuses her practice on estate and tax planning for individuals, families and family businesses; charitable gift planning and administration; trust and estate administration; and elder law. In this capacity, she assists clients with the planning and preparation of wills, trusts and related documents; business succession planning; family gifting programs; antenuptial (prenuptial) agreements; life insurance planning; and much more.