Sherry B. Clay JD’18 Joins von Briesen and Roper, s.c.
- May. 18, 2023

Sherry B. Clay joins von Briesen’s Madison office as a member of the Trusts and Estates Section. She focuses her practice on estate planning; tax planning including revocable trusts, irrevocable grantor trusts, life insurance trusts, supplemental needs trusts, spousal access trusts, beneficiary grantor trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts; administration of probate and non-probate estates; and premarital agreements. Sherry has significant experience creating and funding family business entities and foundations. She is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and is a volunteer for the Wills for Heroes Foundation, an organization that hosts pro bono clinics to prepare free estate plans for first responders.
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