Kirsten Wolff

Kirsten Wolff represents individual clients in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and gift taxation, charitable gift planning, and probate. Her practice focuses on multi-generational wealth transfer strategies that center on family goals and values, while emphasizing tax minimization, asset management, and privacy. She routinely structures and implements complex plans involving trusts, LLCs, and other entities across various domestic and international jurisdictions.

Kirsten draws on her prior experience in state and local taxation to advise clients on nuanced issues involving California income and property tax, including California’s unique rules regarding the income taxation of trusts and the throwback statute. She is particularly skilled at navigating the complexities of cross-border taxation and international trust administration, and frequently collaborates with advisors in jurisdictions such as Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming, New Hampshire, and Alaska—as well as multiple international jurisdictions—to modernize existing trusts or establish new ones.

Kirsten also assists fiduciaries and trustees with trust administration involving complex assets, including those located abroad, and regularly advises on charitable planning. Her work includes forming and obtaining tax exemption for foundations and nonprofit organizations, and providing ongoing guidance on tax compliance and governance.

An active member of the estate planning community, Kirsten is the current President of the San Francisco Tax Club and a member of the San Francisco Estate Planning Council. She also serves on the San Francisco Foundation’s Professional Advisors Council. For the past six years, she has co-taught Income Taxation of Trusts as an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law. She is a frequent speaker at estate planning conferences and continuing legal education programs and has published extensively on topics related to California trust taxation and administration.