17 Aug 2026
Hanson Bridgett Adds Claire Sullivan as Partner in San Francisco Family Wealth Practice
"Hanson Bridgett hires Claire Sullivan as a partner in its San Francisco family wealth practice, focusing on estate planning, trust administration and tax strategies for high‑net‑worth clients."
Sullivan is an estate planning and tax attorney who advises clients on sophisticated estate planning, trust administration, and tax‑efficient wealth transfer strategies. Her practice focuses on designing customized plans to preserve multigenerational wealth; her clients include high‑net‑worth individuals, family groups, business owners, real estate investors, and fiduciaries. She regularly structures revocable and irrevocable trusts, generation‑skipping trusts, and asset protection entities; represents fiduciaries in trust and probate administrations; and counsels clients on federal and state income, gift, estate, property, and generation‑skipping tax matters, including preparation and review of IRS Forms 709, 706, and 1041. Her work often intersects with issues facing founders, startup executives, and real estate investors and enables collaboration with Hanson Bridgett’s tax, real estate, and litigation teams.
Sullivan joins Hanson Bridgett from Delagnes, Linder & Duey, LLP, where she served as a partner and was the primary advisor to high‑net‑worth individuals, multi‑generational families, and business owners. She began her legal career at Andersen Tax LLC in San Francisco, where she specialized in private client services before entering private practice. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Southern California and a J.D., LL.M. in taxation, and a certificate in tax law from the University of San Francisco School of Law.