Brent Gunderson | Mesa Estate Lawyer

Brent’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of business, trust and estate planning, trust and probate administration, elder law, and immigration law. Brent first opened his own practice in Mesa in 1996. Before that, Brent was the partner in charge of the estate planning and business immigration practice areas at Brown & Bain, P.A. (now Perkins Coie) in Phoenix.

Brent has Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating of AV and is included in Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law. He earned his J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law where he was the case note and comment editor for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.

Brent has a long-standing involvement in both professional and community organizations. He is currently a member of Wealth Counsel (a national collaborative organization of business and estate planning attorneys), Elder Counsel (a national collaborative organization of elder law attorneys), the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), STEP (a worldwide professional association of trust and estates specialists advising families across generations), the East Valley Estate Planning Council, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Brent is a member of the Arizona Community Foundation’s Professional Advisory Board and previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Maricopa County Bar Foundation. He has also been very active in a variety of capacities with the Boy Scouts of America and as the coach of several youth sports teams.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
President/ Founder	Gunderson Law Group, P.C.		Present
President/ Founder	Gunderson, Denton & Peterson, P.C.		1996 - 2016
Attorney	Brown & Bain, P.A.		1987 - 1996

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Columbia University Law School	J.D.	Law School	1987
Brigham Young University	Bachelors		1984

State / Court	Date
Nevada	2015
Arizona	1987

• Arizona Community Foundation | Professional Advisory Board Member | 2008 - Present
  Wealth Counsel Advisor's Forum | Member | 2007 - Present
  Wealth Counsel | Member | 2004 - Present
  East Valley Estate Planning Council | Member | 1996 - Present
  American Immigration Lawyers Association | Member | 1989 - Present

• AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2013
  Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law | Marquis Who's Who in American Law

• Arizona Business Law Blog | How do I buy an existing business? | 2012
  Estate Planning Blog | The Estate’s Responsibilities to Creditors and the Basics of Transferring the Estate | 2012
  Immigration Blog | Despite the Lessons Presented from Arizona’s SB 1070, Georgia Passed its own Version, HB87 | 2012
  Arizona Immigration Lawyers Blog | Arizona Attorney For Immigration | 2012
  Immigration Blog | Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Trial – The American Civil Liberties Union and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Step in to Assist | 2012

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1987) Licensed as Attorney in Arizona . Verified with State Bar of Arizona.	February 09, 2017
(2015) Licensed as Attorney in Nevada. Verified with State Bar of Nevada.	February 09, 2017

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