Brenda Geiger, J.D.
Managing Attorney

Background: Brenda Geiger earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of San Diego and graduated with a JD degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. While attending USD School of Law, she was invited to be a member and Editor on the San Diego International Law Journal.

While serving for Journal, she wrote and published a scholarly journal article that was subsequently published. 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 law practice. She also is the author of a book, "Safeguarding the Nest, Second Edition", avaialbe at www.geigerlawoffice.com

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

Brenda is a member of WealthCounsel. WealthCounsel is a professional organization that provides state of the art legal education to estate planning attorneys. For more information on WealthCounsel, visit http://www.wealthcounsel.com/Consumers.aspx.

Brenda is also active in a wide range of professional and community organizations, including the North County San Diego Bar Association, the North County Estate Planning Council and the San Diego Chapter of the Society for Financial Service Professionals. She also serves as a volunteer for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

On a more personal note, Brenda is married to Len, the CEO of web hosting company WebIntellects, Inc. They also have two small children, Leonard and Taylor and two lovable 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
• “Safeguarding the Nest, 2nd Edition”, (2010) Available at www.safeguardthenest.com 
 

References
• Mark D. Wieczorek, Esq., Partner, Mayer & Williams , PC   (908) 518-7700
• Amar Thakur, Esq., Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP (858) 847-6839