SANDRA D. SICKLER
Attorney At Law

Estate Planning, Elder Law Attorney

Legal Specializations:

• TAXATION - 9/95
• PROBATE, ESTATE PLANNING AND TRUST LAW - 6/92
  By the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Member of San Diego County Bar Association - Estate Planning, Elder Law and Taxation Sections
• Co-Chairperson of Elder Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association 1998
• Member of Court-Appointed Attorney Panel for San Diego County Probate Court
• Member of Referral Panel for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
• Speaker for Continuing Education of the Bar Courses - 1997 and 1999
• Volunteer with San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program - Guardianship Panel -- 2000-2002

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law 1989
  San Diego, California
  LL.M. Taxation

• University of San Diego School of Law 1980
  San Diego, California
  J.D.

• Eastern Nazarene College 1975
  Quincy, Massachusetts
  BA Psychology, Magna cum laude

Professional Experience:

Law Offices of Sandra D. Sickler 2/93 - Present

Estate Planning (Including Living Trusts, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney for Asset Management and for Health Care, Creation of Various Types of Business Entities, and Charitable Remainder Trusts); Tax planning; Fiduciary Tax Return Preparation (Estate Tax Returns and Estate Income Tax Returns); Elder Law; Conservatorships; Medi-Cal Planning; Trust Administration; Probate 

Law Offices of William K. Sweeney, APC 8/90 - 2/93

Probate, Estate Planning, Fiduciary tax return preparation, Tax controversy representation, Offers in Compromise, Will contests, Elder law , Business planning

Knowlton & Sickler 2/83 - 7/90

Partner. Probate, Trust planning and administration, Estate planning, Elder law, Bankruptcy, Collections, Public information seminars.

Teaching Experience:

San Diego State University 8/95-6/97

Teaching courses in Business Law which included introductions to impact of constitutional principles on businesses; international legal issues; the American legal system; law of contracts; law of real, personal and intellectual property; Law of torts; Principal and agent law; Law of business associations and various forms of business associations; Law of administrative agencies; Law governing labor-management relations; Employment discrimination; Environmental law; and Consumer Protection law.

Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)

• Creating and Growing an Estate Planning Practice - 1997
• Administration of the Small Estate In California - 1999 

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