Overview
Alyssa Whetstine is an associate of the firm. Her primary areas of practice are estate planning, business formation, retirement planning, and probate and trust administration.
Alyssa focuses on helping families in the preparation of revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and living wills, and in the formation of business entities and charitable foundations. She also advises clients with respect to their retirement benefits, including how to maximize income tax deferral. Finally, Alyssa prepares and files probate documents and assists clients with trust administration.
Practice Areas
Business Formation
Retirement Planning
Honors & Awards
Academic Honors and Awards
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Federal Income Taxation, Contracts, Antitrust, Family Law, and Water Law
2015 Dean’s Award
Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
Order of the Coif
Bar & Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2015
Education
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2015
University of Southern California, B.A., magna cum laude, Communication, 2012
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Arizona
Articles & Presentations
“Inherited IRAs After the SECURE Act, and RMDs, Penalty-Free Withdrawals and Loans After the CARES Act,” Planned Giving Round Table of Arizona, 2020
“Retirement Benefits and Estate Planning,” State Bar of Arizona 2018 Annual Convention