Heather L. Boshears
Attorney
55 South Market St., Suite 900
San Jose, CA 95113
408-947-2462 | 408-287-2583
heather.boshears@hogefenton.com
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55 South Market St., Suite 900
San Jose, CA 95113
408-947-2462 | 408-287-2583
heather.boshears@hogefenton.com
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Heather Boshears is a senior attorney in the Firm’s Estates and Trusts Practice Group. She works closely with sophisticated clients to prepare comprehensive estate plans, handle post-death administrations, and resolve disputes before reaching trial. She advises clients in tax matters including estate and gift tax and real property reassessments.
Heather is a top-rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney nominated by peers to Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” in 2017-2020. She was listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Trust and Estates in 2021 and 2022.
Heather has litigated probate disputes involving accountings, breach of fiduciary duties, suspension and removal of trustees, lack of capacity, undue influence, financial elder abuse, and the validity of marriage. She has worked in the probate division of the Superior Court of California as a volunteer research attorney where she drafted bench memoranda on various probate issues, prepared the daily probate calendar advising jurists on petitions and motions, and researched and drafted statements of decision for bench trials.
Heather’s community roles include:
Heather’s prior roles include manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, operations officer at Bank One Corporation (now J.P. Morgan), University Auditor at San Francisco State University, and management consultant at Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc. (KQED).
Heather is committed to the community. She serves as Co-Chair of the San Mateo County Bar Association’s Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section and has served the executive committee in roles including Chair Pro Tem 2018-2019, Treasurer 2016-2017, and Chair of New Attorneys 2013-2017.
Heather’s community roles include:
Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney selected to Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Stars,” 2017 – 2020
Best Lawyers in America© 2021: Ones to Watch, Trust and Estates.
Where There Is A Will, There Is A Way: Exploration of Will Drafting, Execution and Litigation, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association (EACBA), Co-presenter, January 2020
55 South Market St., Suite 900
San Jose, CA, 95113-2324
408-287-9501 408-287-2583
6801 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 210
Pleasanton, CA, 94566-7047
925-224-7780 925-224-7782
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