STEVEN E. TRYTTEN, Esq., CPA, MBA, is a nationally recognized authority on tax, estate, and business succession planning, quoted in financial publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Kiplinger’s
Retirement Report, and the Los Angeles Business Journal.

STEVE lectures to tax and estate professionals across the country at programs such as American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”) national meetings, Heckerling Estate Planning Institute, ALI-CLE programs, Hawaii Tax Institute, NYU Tax Institute, Notre
Dame Tax Institute, USC Tax Institute, CEB-UCLA Estate Planning Institute, Southern California Tax and Estate Planning Forum, NAEPC estate planning councils around the country, AICPA programs, and NAELA Annual Institute. Recent publications include his papers for these events, as well as articles for Trusts & Estates Journal of Wealth Management and other publications for professionals engaged in tax and estate planning.

STEVE is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”) and became a Regent in 2022. STEVE served as Chair of the ACTEC Employee Benefits Committee from 2017 to 2020.

The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) nominated STEVE as an Accredited Estate Planner (Distinguished) Nominee for election to the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame in 2022.

STEVE has been recognized each year since 2015 in the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide as a top attorney serving high net worth clients.

STEVE has been recognized each year since 2003 as one of the top lawyers in the
U.S. by virtue of his inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America©. He has also been voted by
his peers in Los Angeles County as a “Super Lawyer” and was further recognized as one of
the top 100 vote recipients county-wide among all practice areas in 2004.

STEVE is a “Certified Specialist” in two areas: Taxation Law, and Estate Planning and Probate Law (certification by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California).

STEVE teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law graduate program in Estate Planning (2010 – present).

STEVE served on the Editorial Advisory Board, Retirement Benefits Section, for Trusts & Estates Journal of Wealth Management (2011 – 2016).

STEVE served as Chair of the Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation, Taxation Section of the California State Bar (1996 – 1998). He is a member of the American Bar
Association, the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the California Society of Certified
Public Accountants.

STEVE attended the University of Illinois where he received his undergraduate, MBA, and JD degrees. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1978 and to the California Bar in 1983

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