Our Team

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I grew up in a small community in central Illinois.  I attended college at both Illinois Central College and Western Illinois University.  I met my wife (Kelly) while both of us were attending Western Illinois University.  After college, I worked as a police officer in Illinois for four and a half years before deciding to attend law school.

I obtained the degree of Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Miami School of Law - graduating with honors.  I then went back to school for an additional year and obtained a Masters of Law (LL.M.) from the Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning at the University of Miami School of Law, which is a two-semester long program focused solely on taxation and estate planning.

I moved to Alaska in the beginning of 2011 and started work at a small firm focused on sophisticated estate planning.  There, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to practice law in the areas of estate planning; estate and trust administration; special needs planning; IRS liens and levy compliance and defense; and estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax planning and reporting.  In 2017 I decided to hang my own shingle, and I opened Anchorage Estate Planning and Probate Services, LLC.  I offer a variety of estate planning options from very basic plans to very complex and sophisticated options.

Kelly and I now have two children.  We enjoy the unlimited recreational opportunities that Alaska has to offer.  We are so happy that we are able to raise our children in this great state, and we are very proud that the business is part of this wonderful community.

Kelly had worked as a Dietitian since 2004, but in the fall of 2021 we decided it would be best for the family, the business, and our clients if she left that career and started working from home as the legal secretary for Anchorage Estate Planning and Probate Services, LLC.  Kelly will receive the initial calls to the business and schedule meetings for potential clients to meet with Brad.  After a client has hired Brad as their attorney, Kelly will have a scheduling conference with the clients to set the deadlines and meetings for the project.

Jocko is our awesome German Shepherd dog.  He always gets compliments on how he is a very handsome dog.  He is very attached to Kelly, and he often sits by the window for hours waiting for her to get home when she leaves the house.

Jocko is never at the office and only works from home because estate planning and tax law is just too exciting for him.

Jocko enjoys hiking, playing hide-and-go-seek, playing with the kids, and constantly proving the word "indestructible" on dog toys literally means it can be chewed through in less than five minutes.