Charles G. Stephenson
Partner
415-835-2202
cstephenson@tsklaw.com

• Tax Planning
  
• Estate and Family Wealth Planning
  
• Business Succession Planning
  
• Charitable Gift Planning
  
• International Estate Planning

Education
BA, University of California at Berkeley
LLB, Stanford Law School

Mr. Stephenson has extensive experience in the areas of tax planning, estate and family wealth planning, business succession planning, charitable gift planning, probate, trust administration and international estate planning.  Prior to founding Tufts, Stephenson & Kasper LLP in 1999, Mr. Stephenson was a partner at the law firms of Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, LLP, and Chickering & Gregory. 

Mr. Stephenson’s volunteer and non-profit experience includes service as a Trustee of the Anglo-California Foundation, an organization that annually funds English-Speaking Union scholarships to local students for graduate degrees in the United Kingdom.  Mr. Stephenson is also a Member of the Council of the Friends of the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.

Selected Publications & Presentations
Mr. Stephenson has served as a speaker and panelist for numerous presentations involving trust and estate law presented by the Bar, American Law Institute/American Bar Association, Practising Law Institute, the UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute and the State Bar of California.

• Academician, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
  
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  
• Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
  
• Prior Member, Executive Committee, Tax Section, State Bar of California
  
• Prior Member, Advisory Board, UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute
  
• Phi Delta Phi

Bar Admissions
California