Bryan D. Kirk is currently Development Legal Counsel for Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. He regularly writes and presents on these topics, including publications in Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, and Journal of Financial Planning. Prior to joining Stanford, he led estate and financial planning for Fiduciary Trust International and practiced trust and estate law in Northern California. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley School of Law (2004, J.D.), Santa Clara University’s Jesuit School of Theology (2022, M.T.S.) and Claremont McKenna College (2000, B.A.). He is currently a member of Stanford’s Charitable Trust Program Oversight Committee.