Stephen W. Bucher
Attorney
Tax, Trust & Estate
Experience
Stephen W. Bucher joined the Firm’s Tax, Trust, and Estate group
in 2022. Steve’s practice focuses on estate planning, including
revocable and irrevocable trusts, wealth transfer planning, property tax
matters, and post-death trust and probate administration, including post-death
property transfers and dealing with beneficiaries.
Prior to joining the Ferrari Ottoboni team, Steve operated a successful
solo law practice focusing on estate and trust matters for over 16 years.
Prior to that, Steve was a senior associate litigation attorney at the
Palo Alto, California headquarters of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
where he handled business and corporate litigation disputes and shareholder
disputes, primarily representing company officers and directors. Steve
began his legal career in the Financial Fraud Unit of the Oregon Department
of Justice assisting in the prosecution of consumer fraud, antitrust,
and government contract cases. In 1994-95, Mr. Bucher was a Foreign Lecturer
at the Law Faculty of the University of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic.
By invitation, Steve occasionally speaks on estate planning topics to large
and small groups, including corporate human resource events. He also has
been a guest speaker on local radio programming.
Steve is a licensed attorney in California and New York. He is a member
of the Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council, and the Trusts and
Estates sections of the State Bar of California and Santa Clara County
Bar Association.
Education
- J.D., Willamette University College of Law; Editor-in-Chief, Willamette University Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution
- B.A., with honors, Santa Clara University
- Bellarmine College Preparatory
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of New York
- Federal: Northern District of California; Southern District of California
Personal
Steve was born and raised in San Jose, California, where he continues to live with his wife and son.
