Harrison LLP

Office Managing Partner

Chelsea J. Suttmann is a Partner in the San Francisco office and has been certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. Chelsea’s law practice focuses primarily on estate planning, trust and probate law, estate and gift taxation, and business formation, maintenance, and succession for family-owned businesses. Before joining Harrison LLP, Chelsea was a Shareholder and Managing Director at Barulich Dugoni Suttmann & Cummins Law Group, Inc.

Chelsea’s family background includes several generations of small business owners and entrepreneurs, encouraging her to specialize in advising and counseling family business owners on estate planning, business succession planning, and business formation and maintenance matters. She also provides counsel to high-net-worth individuals and families regarding lifetime and post-death gifting, estate tax considerations, and asset protection strategies. She lectures on various topics, including estate planning, estates and trusts, and estate and gift taxation.

Annual Jerry A. Kasner Estate Planning Symposium, Member

Junior League of Palo Alto Mid-Peninsula, Member 2012-2015

San Mateo County Bar Association, Member

San Mateo County Leadership Program Graduate 2015

San Mateo County Rotary Club, Member 2012-2015

Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif

Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California Law Review, Santa Clara Law Review, Technical Editor

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.A.