Brent Gunderson | Mesa Estate Lawyer

Mr. Brent M Gunderson

Mr. Brent M Gunderson

Language(s): English | Mandarin Chinese

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About Brent

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.

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Experience

President/ Founder

Gunderson Law Group, P.C.

Present

President/ Founder

Gunderson, Denton & Peterson, P.C.

1996 - 2016

Attorney

Brown & Bain, P.A.

1987 - 1996

Admission

Verified Nevada

2015

Verified Arizona

1987

Education

Brigham Young University

Bachelors

1984

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • 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
Honors / Awards
  • 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

Notable Work

Publications

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 ed from Arizona’s SB , Georgia Passed its own Version, HB87

Present / 1070 / 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

Gunderson Law Group, P.C. Highlights

Estate, Immigration

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