Ginger Skinner
Helping people thrive in an increasingly complex world.
Ginger Skinner enjoys providing expert advice and personable service to her clients to address their personal and corporate legal needs. With a Master of Laws (LL.M) in taxation, Ginger is uniquely capable of providing families and businesses with tax-sensitive estate planning and administration. She often works with her clients’ advisors such as financial planners and accountants. Ginger operates with a down-to-earth, no jargon style that clients find quite refreshing.
She founded Skinner Law, PC with the goal of helping Oregon businesses and families create advantageous estate and succession strategies, ultimately achieving greater harmony in family and business relationships.
Prior to launching her own firm, Ginger served as general counsel for a large family-owned Oregon business. She gained great insight from this experience on the issues and challenges family-owned businesses face day-to-day. She understands what is important and how to solve the legal and corporate needs.
She frequently speaks on topics related to estate planning such as the Essentials of Estate Planning, Charitable Giving and Benefit Companies to other community and financial organizations.
Ginger also enjoys giving back and being active in the community. She has volunteered more than 120 hours of service with the District Attorney for Multnomah County, in which she prosecuted crimes on behalf of the State of Oregon. She is on the board of directors for the Oregon Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. The Chapter provides education and support for people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
- Tax Law
- Estate Tax Planning
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Oregon
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- Washington
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Founder
- Skinner Law, PC
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- General Counsel
- First Commerce, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Hanna Strader, P.C.
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- University of Washington School of Law
- LL.M. (2006) | Taxation
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- University of Idaho
- J.D. (2005)
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- Client Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Oregon State Bar Estate Planning and Administration Section
- Member
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- Oregon State Bar Taxation Section
- Member
- Current
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- Oregon State Bar Taxation Laws Committee
- Member
- Current
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- Alzheimer's Association, Oregon Chapter
- Board of Directors
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- Washington State Bar
- Member
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- United States Tax Bar
- Member
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- Oregon State Bar # 053797
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- Oregon vs. Washington: Key Variations Related to Community Property
- Presentation at the Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable Annual Conference
- Estate Planning Basics in Oregon, Seminar
- Benefit Companies: Creating Socially Responsible Family Businesses, Advanced Estate Planning and Administration 2014
- Working as a Sole Tax Practitioner
- New Tax Lawyers Division
- A Real Business Plan: Doing What Works for You
- Entrepreneurial Academy
- Know the Ten Signs of Alzheimers Disease, Seminar
