Trisha L. Baggs, Esq. |

Trisha L. Baggs, JD, CFP^®

Trisha Baggs works with families and their advisors to develop, design, and implement a variety of estate planning strategies. She also assists with probate, guardianship, and conservatorship matters. Away from work, Trisha and her husband Shawn spend most of their free time as spectators at their children’s band concerts, trampoline and tumbling meets, marching band competitions, t-ball games, and basketball games. Trisha has three children, Emily, Kaitlin, and Shawn, Jr., and a Great Dane named Oscar.

Trisha utilizes a variety of estate planning strategies, including:

• Traditional bypass trust and marital deduction planning.
• Life insurance trusts.
• Charitable estate planning.
• Planning for the succession of family businesses.

Trisha works with individuals to address a variety of issues, including:

• Planning for non-traditional families.
• Planning for blended families.
• Planning for minors.
• Dealing with the loss of a spouse or significant other.
• Unwinding a joint plan after a divorce or separation.

Bar Admissions: 2003, State Bar of Arizona

Education and Honors. Arizona State University, B.A., 2000 summa cum laude; Arizona State University College of Law, J.D., 2003 magna cum laude.

Public Service/Honors. Wills for Heroes Foundation, Maricopa County Co-Coordinator, 2006-present; Homeroom Parent, Capitol School, 2004-2007; Volunteer Lawyers Program, Volunteer Lawyer, 2004-2007; Law Clerk, Honorable Michael D. Ryan, Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, 2003-2004; Executive Managing Editor, “Arizona State Law Journal,” 2002-2003.

Professional Activities. State Bar of Arizona, Rules of Professional Conduct Committee Member; State Bar of Arizona, Probate and Trust Law Section; American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Arizona Women Lawyers Association; Valley Estate Planners; Scottsdale Young Estate Planners; Estate Planners of the East Valley.

Publications. Comment and Legislative Review: Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001: A Hollow Victory for Creditor-Spouses, 34 Ariz. St. L.J. 967 (2002); Co-Author, Quarles & Brady Trusts & Estates Client Update: Pension Protection Act of 2006, October 2006.

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