Attorneys Burkley and Brandlin: Peace planners
Bruce R. Brandlin, Christopher Paul Brandlin, Deborah Kessey, Brian Robert Brandlin and Walter R. Burkley, Jr. Photo [Paid content] Attorney Brian Brandlin handles trust and estate planning so families can avoid disputes and Rod Burkley handles cases that result when conflicts do arise. Unfortunately, disputes occur in almost a third of all cases when there’s a trustee or executor of an estate, Brandlin says. “It’s unfortunate,” he says. “Families always get along until mom and dad dies, and then the claws come out.” In addition to Burkley and Brandlin, the firm includes Deborah Keesey, and it recently added Brian’s brother Bruce and Bruce’s son Chris, who both have backgrounds in liability defense. Bruce worked for 18 years with a grocery store chain defending liability and employment cases. Chris worked downtown in insurance defense litigation. Now the father and son plan to take on the same type of cases as plaintiff attorneys, representing employees and others injured in accidents. Bruce says having worked on both sides of the aisle makes him a better lawyer. “I like what I’m doing,” Bruce says. “It’s nice to be able to help people. And it’s nice I can work with my brother and…
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