Betty Jane Orvell

• Wealth Planning

California

Since 1986

California

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

U.S. Tax Court

Partner

Reed Smith

Current

University of California

J.D

—, magna cum laude, Hastings College of the LawTechnical editor of the Hastings Law JournalMember of the Thurston SocietyOrder of the Coif

Tufts University

B.A

—, cum laude

University of Pennsylvania

M.A

1984

Current

Activities: Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

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Activities: UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute Advisory Board

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Activities: Judicial Council Task Force on Probate and Mental Health and Joint Working Group on Guardianships

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Activities: Past Chair the Trusts and Estates Section of the Alameda County Bar Association

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Activities: Past Chair of the Trusts and Estates Section of the State Bar of California

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Activities: Alameda County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore in the Probate Department

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Activities: Alameda County Superior Court Committee on Domestic Violence, Probate Subcommittee

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Activities: Founded and continues to participate in a pro bono clinic for guardianship petitioners at the Alameda County Superior Court

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Activities: Elected to Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America (2002)

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Activities: California Women Lawyers

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Activities: Women Lawyers of Alameda County

Estate Planning in Alameda

California State Bar