About the Sheffield Law Office

Raymond P. Sheffield, LL.M.

Raymond Sheffield is a well known speaker in the tax and estate planning area. He focuses his practice on all aspects of trusts, estate planning, probate and trust administration, tax and business planning. Raymond’s guiding concern is to give clients clear and straightforward advice on complex areas of the law. He believes that a good lawyer makes things as simple as possible for his clients to understand. Raymond helps his clients implement sophisticated estate plans, without unnecessary complexity.

Raymond counsels individuals, families, business owners, trustees and executors. He strives to counsel his clients on both the wealth transfer tax issues and the non-monetary issues that revolve around life events. His experiences as a pastor, insurance agent, and stockbroker serve him well in counseling clients regarding the family dynamic and the emotional impact various decisions may have, beyond the financial results.

Raymond holds a J.D. from the University of Santa Clara School of Law and an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law.

Raymond is on the Executive Committee of the Silicon Valley Bar Association's Trusts & Estates Committee. He is a member of the Trusts & Estates and Tax Committees of the California State Bar and the American Bar Association. He is also active in the Pro Bono Project’s Lawyers in the Library program in downtown San Jose. He is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of California, the United States Tax Court, and other federal courts.

Raymond speaks regularly before numerous professional and charitable organizations on various tax, business and estate planning topics. He regularly gives training seminars to CPAs, Enrolled Agents, CFPs, Life Insurance Agents, and other financial professionals and advisors.

Raymond grew up in the Almaden Valley of San Jose where he graduated from Leland High School. He and his wife Angela have a home in Sunnyvale.