We are pleased to announce that Jeff Patterson has recently joined Schwabe’s Tax and Estate Planning group in our Bend office.

Jeff focuses his practice on estate planning, charitable planning, business and real estate transactions, probate and trust administration. He is a member of WealthCounsel, LLC, the Oregon State Bar Estate Planning Section, and the Central Oregon Estate Planning Council, and he holds an LLM in Taxation.

Before starting his legal career, Jeff was a professional musician, playing trumpet in the Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Oregon Symphony, among others. He was born and raised in south Texas near Houston. Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston, and he earned his master’s degree while serving as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music.