Practice Areas
- Estate Planning and Administration
- Trusts and Trust Administration
- Taxation
Amber handles all aspects of estate planning for high net worth individuals, including analyzing and implementing various advanced estate planning techniques, including charitable gifts and generation-skipping transfer tax planning and preparation of gift and estate tax returns. Her practice includes forming and funding private foundations and supporting organizations, as well as working with charitable organizations with respect to endowment issues. She also handles structuring and planning with respect to partnerships and limited liability companies, as well as business succession planning.
She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (licensure currently inactive) and, prior to joining the firm in 1997, spent one year at Deloitte Touche in Portland as a staff accountant, where she advised individuals and small businesses on tax matters, preparing tax returns and researching tax issues. Amber earned her J.D. from Gonzaga University College of Law in 1994 and her LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida College of Law in 1995.
Professional Activities
- Member, Idaho State Bar
- Member, Oregon State Bar
- Member, Washington State Bar
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member (Inactive), Idaho Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Board of Directors, Boise Philharmonic Foundation (2009 – Present)
- Boise Estate Planning Council (President 2007)
Education
- University of Florida College of Law LL.M
- Editorial Board, Florida Tax Review
- Gonzaga University College of Law J.D. 1993
- Cum Laude
- Research Editor, Gonzaga Law Review
Publications
- Implied Monetary Damages for Gender Discrimination Under Title IX: Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 28 Gonz. Law Review 317 (1992)
