Ronald A. VandenBerg - Lakin Spears, LLP

Contact Information:
650-328-7000 ext. 113
rvandenberg
@lakinspears.com

Practice Areas:
Trusts and Estates

Education:
B.A., San Diego State University, 1966
J.D., California Western School of Law, 1969

Professional &
Community Affiliations:
Silicon Valley
Bar Association
Santa Clara County Bar Association
Palo Alto Area
Bar Association
American Bar Association
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Professional Advisor League/Valley Council of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
California CPA Society
Peninsula ABC Council

Former Chairman and Member Board of Directors of St. Francis High School,
Mountain View, California (2000-2006)

Ronald A. VandenBerg

Ronald A. VandenBerg has practiced in the area of estate planning, and estate and trust administration for over 30 years. Mr. VandenBerg joined LAKIN•SPEARS in 1989, and leads our Trusts & Estates Group.

Mr. VandenBerg is a Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Mr. VandenBerg provides a full range of legal services in the areas of:

Estate Planning
Estate and Trust Administration
Incapacity Planning
Guardianships
Conservatorships
Gift and Estate Taxes

Mr. VandenBerg has lectured on various areas of estate planning and estate and trust administration, conservatorships and related matters and has developed particular expertise in advising clients regarding the establishment of special needs trusts for disabled family members.

Mr. VandenBerg is a member of the Silicon Valley Bar Association, the Palo Alto Area Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and served on the Probate and Trust Law Executive Committee as a member, and then as Chair of the committee in 1977-1978. He also served on the Probate Consulting Group to the California State Board of Legal Specialization, where he was a member from 1977-1988.

Mr. VandenBerg is a member of the Professional Advisor League/Valley Council of the Silcion Valley Community Foundation. He is a founding member of the California CPA Society and the Peninsula ABC Council of the California CPA Society. He recently served as a member of the Board of Directors of St. Francis High School, Mountain View, California, (2000-2006) and as Chair of the Board of Directors, 2005-2006. He also serves on the Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, Planned Giving Advisory Council. He served on the Planned Giving Council of the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford from1994-1999 and as Vice Chair of its successor, The Planned Giving Council of the Lucile Salter Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, and as a member of the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, Board of Directors and as Chair of the Legal/Finance committee of the Board from 1985-1987.