Filmore E. Rose

Counsel to the Firm | Seattle | 206.223.7747 | rosef@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Filmore Rose practices in the areas of tax, estate planning and charitable and tax-exempt organizations. He has extensive experience in legal issues involving federal estate, gift and generation skipping tax, including both planning and compliance. Fil also handles selected federal and state income tax cases, particularly those involving charitable donations and trust and estate administration.

Professional Experience

With forty years of experience in the legal profession, Fil has practiced in California, New Mexico and Washington D.C., and most recently:

• Partner, Beck, Ross, Bismonte & Finley, LLP, San Jose, CA (2008-2009)
• Shareholder/Of Counsel, Hopkins & Carley, San Jose, CA (2002-2008)
• Director, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, CA (1998-2002)

Admitted to Practice

• Washington
• California
• New Mexico
• District of Columbia

Academics

• New York University Law School (LL.M. in Taxation, 1975)
• University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1969)
• University of Virginia (B.A., 1966)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

• Trusts and Estates
• Taxation

Speaking Engagements

Continuing legal education lecturer in the areas of estate planning, tax-exempt organizations, charitable giving, historic preservation and federal income taxation.

Awards and Honors

• Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Tax, Trust and Estates, 1999-2010
• Named as Northern California “SuperLawyer,” San Francisco Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine, 2004-2008
• Named a “Best Lawyer,” in Estate Planning, Bay Area Lawyer Magazine, 2007
• Recipient of New Mexico State Bar Outstanding Contribution Awards for work as Chairman of Committee on Client Trust Funds in establishing Interest on Lawyer’s Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program.

Professional and Community Activities

• Estate Planning Council of Seattle, Member (2009)
• Santa Clara County Estate Planning Council, Member (2002-2008)
• Silicon Valley Planned Giving Counsel, Member (2002-2008), Nonprofit Mentor (2002-2007)