While serving as a member of the Law Journal, she wrote and published a scholarly journal article that was published in the Journal. During that time she was also offered a position as an Editor for the Law Journal which she accepted. Upon graduation from law school, she worked as of counsel attorney for two local well established San Diego law firms while she began building her own practice.

Brenda's practice focuses exclusively on estate planning, trust and estate administration, business succession planning, asset protection, and corporate formation.

Brenda is a member of WealthCounsel and WealthCounsel Advisors Forum. These are professional organizations which provide state of the art legal education to estate planning attorneys. 

Brenda is also active in a wide range of professional and community organizations, including the North County San Diego Bar Association, the Inns of Court, the North County Estate Planning Council, the Tri-City Hospital Planned Giving Advisory Council, and the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. She is currently a volunteer for Love on a Leash and Casa de Amparo.

On a more personal note, Brenda is married to Len, the CEO of a web hosting company in San Diego. They have two small children, Leonard and Taylor. They also have two German Shepherds, Starsky and Semper.

Education
• University of San Diego School of Law
• University of San Diego School of Law Entrepreneurship    Clinic
• San Diego International Law Journal, Comment Editor and    Staff Writer
• University of Oxford--Magdalen College, Oxford, England
• University of San Diego, Bachelor of Arts

Legal Experience
• Geiger Law Office, P.C., Principal
• Frank & Burke, Of Counsel Attorney
• Griswold Law Group, Of Counsel Attorney
• Innercool Therapies, Inc., Senior Law Clerk
• Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP,Trademark   Paralegal
• Qualcomm, Inc., Patent Prosecution Paralegal
• Fish & Richardson, P.C., Patent Prosecution Specialist
• Frantz, Mason & Hautaluoma, Civil Litigation Paralegal

Publications
• Authorization to Kill Terrorist Leaders and Those Who   Harbor Them: An International Analysis of Defensive   Assassination, San Diego International Law Journal, 4 San   Diego Int’l L.J. 491, Spring 2003
• “What Every San Diego Parent Must Know To Protect Their   Family”, (2008) Available at www.geigerlawoffice.net
• “What You Must Know To Protect Your Family And Your   Estate”, (2008) Available at www.geigerlawoffice.net

References
• Mark D. Wieczorek, Esq., Partner, Mayer & Williams , PC   (908) 518-7700
• Amar Thakur, Esq., Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter &   Hampton LLP (858) 720-8963

Ryan is a member of the of the American Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association and the North County Bar Association.

Ryan is married to Sergei, a finance manager for a biotech company located in Carlsbad. The two of them enjoy spending time outdoors with each other.

Education
• Gonzaga University School of Law—Spoakne, WA
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte—Charlotte, NC

Legal Experience
• Geiger Law Office, P.C., Of Counsel Attorney
• The Keating Hotel Group, Law Clerk
• Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office, Rule 9 Legal Intern
• University Legal Assistance, Law Clerk