Kersten A. Broms is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Portland office and a member of the Corporate practice group. Kersten advises individuals in the areas of U.S. and international estate planning; income, estate, and gift taxation; estate and trust administration; fiduciary and beneficiary matters; and agency-level tax controversy. She helps clients develop and implement complex estate planning, establish family limited liability companies and trusts (grantor, non-grantor, generation-skipping, spousal, dynasty, personal residence, insurance, and other specialty trusts), and works with families and closely held businesses on succession planning and gifting strategies.
Kersten also advises businesses on various aspects of U.S. federal income taxation, including S corporation compliance, international structuring and taxation, and other corporate tax matters. Prior to becoming an attorney, Kersten had a career in the financial industry as a personal financial advisor for nine years. She has a direct approach and no-nonsense attitude with a focus on building trust and developing long-term relationships with her clients.