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Veronica K. Cerruti

Partner

Estate Planning and Personal Representation
Contact
  • vcerruti@manatt.com
  • Phone: 415.291.7426
  • Phone: 310.312.4267
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  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles
Bar Admissions
  • California
Education
  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1994

    University of the Pacific, B.M., with honors, 1987

Services
  • Estate Planning and Personal Representation
  • Private Wealth and Fiduciary Disputes
  • Tax
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Profile

Profile

Veronica Cerruti’s practice focuses on trust, estate and transfer tax planning, with an emphasis on family wealth transfers for large estates, business succession planning, sophisticated estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax savings techniques, and complex probate and trust administrations.

Her practice includes: preparation of wills, trusts and ancillary documents; business succession planning; generation-skipping and dynasty trust tax planning; asset protection planning; estate and trust administration; preparation and review of gift and estate tax returns; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; irrevocable insurance trusts; court proceedings relating to the administration, modification or termination of irrevocable trusts; analysis of trust litigation issues; and trust accountings.

Veronica is a frequent speaker for educational programs on a variety of estate planning topics and techniques, including seminars for individuals who are interested in providing for their pets in the event of the individual’s incapacity or death. 

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

SF SPCA, Estate Planning for You and Your Pets, March 2015 and November 2016.

Pincus Education, Specialist Certification Exam Preparation Course for Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, September 2013 and June 2015.

“Providing for Your Animal Companions in the Event of Your Incapacity or Death,” California Education of the Bar in Oakland, August 27, 2014.

“Trusts and Estates 101 – From Start to Finish,” Pincus Professional Education Seminars, August 1, 2014, Los Angeles, CA.

“Pet Trusts,” California Bar Trusts & Estates Section Meeting, May 2014, Marina del Rey, CA.

“The Probate Process Start to Finish,” National Business Institute, March 25, 2014, San Francisco, CA.

"Pet Trust Basics," San Francisco SPCA, San Francisco, CA, November 16, 2013.

"Exam Prep Course: CA Estate Planning, Trust and Probate LawSpecialist Exam, " Pincus Communications, Inc., Professional Education Seminars, Los Angeles, CA, September 26, 2013.

"Trusts 101," National Business Institute, San Francisco, CA, August 19, 2013.

"Estate Planning for You and Your Pet, Pet Trusts," San Francisco SPCA, San Francisco, CA, October 6, 2012. 

"Tax Planning for Trusts and Estates, State Death Taxes," National Business Institute, San Francisco, CA, September 19, 2012.

"Estate Planning for You and Your Pet," San Francisco SPCA, June/October 2011.

"Trusts," National Business Institute, September 2011.

"The Probate Process from Start to Finish," National Business Institute, December 2010.

"'Boning Up' on Pet Trusts," presented on behalf of the Rutter Group, San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2010.

“Don’t Get Caught in the Doghouse: Effective Estate Planning for Your Client’s Animal Companions” SF Barristers, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Section, 2008. 

“Estate Planning 101,” Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 2008.

“Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts,” Jewish Community Federation, 2007.

“Estate Planning for Pets: Providing for Animal Companions After Your Death,” Humane Society, Sonoma County, 2005.

“Estate Planning for Pets: Providing for Animal Companions After Your Death,” Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council, 2004.

“Transferring the Family Business,” National Business Institute, 2002.

“Estate Planning 101,” Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, 2002.

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice in California

Certified Specialist, Trust and Estate Planning, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Member, San Francisco Estate Planning Council

Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, Trust and Estate Planning Section

Member, California Bar Association

President (2001-2002), San Francisco Bar Association, Barristers Section, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section

Publications

Publications

Author, “Unleash Creative Planning Ideas for Clients with Pets,” WG&L Estate Planning Journal, June 2015.

Quoted, “The perks of being a trust fund pet,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2015.

Veronica in the News

  • 12.15.22

    Manatt Represents Wornick Family in the $34M Sale of Seven Stones ...

    Manatt represented the founding family of the award-winning Seven Stones Winery in its $34 million sale to a multinational corporation with a signi...

  • 05.08.15

    More California Pet Owners Are Planning Ahead

    The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed Manatt's Veronica Cerruti, a partner in the firm's Family Wealth Transfer Planning & Trust ...



Veronica's Articles

  • 05.19.15

    Unleash Creative Planning Ideas for Clients With Pets

    Many clients have pets. How many practitioners, however, routinely ask clients if they would like to include provisions for their pets in their ...



Veronica's Newsletters

  • 08.06.21

    Proposed Tax Legislation Could Significantly Impact Your Estate Plan

    Recent news stories have been published about two bills introduced in the Senate that, if enacted, could have a significant impact on many estate ...

  • 04.22.20

    Estate and Gift Planning in the Age of COVID-19

    With massive changes happening on a day-to-day and even hour-by-hour basis around the globe, no doubt uppermost in your mind are the health and ...

  • 03.11.20

    Are Your Retirement Assets Secure? Better take a second look.

    In the past, estate planners routinely advised clients to make their IRA or other retirement plan benefits payable to a designated beneficiary or to ...

  • 02.12.18

    Federal Transfer Tax Exemptions Increased … Temporarily

    With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Reconciliation Act of 2017) on December 19, 2017 (the Act), Congress provided increased, albeit ...

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