PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

Paul D. Slosser, Partner

Practice Areas: Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration Law

Born Toledo, Ohio, October 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1969, Arizona; 1974 U.S. Tax Court.

Education: University of Arizona (J.D., 1967).

Member: Pima County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Chairman, Real Property, Probate an Trust Section, 1982-1983); Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council (President 1988-1989); Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Council; Certified Specialist, Estate and Trust Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. Listed in Best Lawyers in America.

Richard S. Hudgins (Retired)

Robert M. Struse, Partner

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration Law, Real Property
Born Norristown, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Arizona; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Tax Court.

Education: Yale University (B.A. 1969); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1975).

Member: Pima County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Community Foundation of Southern Arizona (member 1987-1996; Treasurer 1994-1996); Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council; Estate and Trust Advisory Committee for Specialization (1996-present, Chair 1999-present); Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Certified Specialist, Estate Trust Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization; Lt. USNR, 1969-1972. Listed in Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in American Law.

Susan M. Freund, Partner

Practice Areas: Taxation, Corporate Law, Tax-Exempt Organizations

Born Northfield, New Jersey, November 16, 1945; admitted to bar, 1978, Arizona; 1979, District of Columbia; 1980 U.S. Tax Court; 1990 U.S. District Court, District of Arizona.

Education: Moravian College (B.A., 1967), Monmouth College (M.B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of Arizona (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M. Taxation, 1978).

Member: Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Tax Court 1978-1980; Pima County and American (Section of Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Past Chair Section on Tax Law); Certified Specialist, Tax Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. Listed in Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in American Law.

Ronna L. Fickbohm, Partner

Practice Areas: Probate and Trust Litigation; Civil Litigation; Ambulance Regulation

Born Lowville, New York, January 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Arizona; 1990 U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1990 U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit.

Education: University of Arizona (B.A. 1982, with high distinction; J.D. 1986, with high distinction)

Member: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Arizona Womens Lawyers Association (State Board and Local Steering Committee).

Timothy M. Struse, Partner

Practice Areas: Guardianship and Conservatorship; Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Administration; Fiduciary Representation

Born Tucson, Arizona, December 28, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Arizona.

Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A. 1999, Distinguished Scholar), University of Arizona (J.D. 2002).

Member: State Bar of Arizona, Probate and Trust Section; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Arizona Chapter (Vice President, 2006, Outstanding Chapter Member 2007, Director and Newsletter Editor 2007); Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council; Morris K. Udall Inn of Court. Listed in Who's Who in American Law.

Barbara J. Dunn, Legal Assistant

Born Louisville, Kentucky, August 7, 1947. Certified Public Accountant, Arizona 1985.

Education: Bellarmine College (B.S. Commerce, cum laude, 1981).

Member: Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council.

Darcy J. Noonan, Legal Assistant

Born Evanston, Illinois, October 4, 1953. Certified Legal Assistant, 1997.

Member: Tucson Association of Legal Assistants, National Association of Legal Assistants. Probate and Estate Planning Specialty, 2002.