Charles W. Daff

Charles Daff is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization and a Senior Attorney in the Private Client Services group of Snell & Wilmer LLP. His practice focuses on tax, trusts, and estates with an emphasis in estate planning, trust and probate administration, charitable planning, and estate and gift taxation. He is admitted to practice in California and Nevada.

Mr. Daff earned his BA in Business/Economics with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where he served as Senior Editor and Lead Article Editor for the UC Irvine Law Review. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, he held positions at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Gaw Van Male LLP, and Bank of America Private Bank.

Mr. Daff has been a long-time contributor to legal publications, serving as an update author for numerous chapters in CEB’s “California Trust Administration,” “California Estate Planning,” and “California Will Drafting;” as well as a co-author for articles published by California Trusts and Estates Quarterly and The Journal of Financial Planning. He has also presented on various estate planning topics and held leadership roles in professional organizations, including serving as co-chair of the estate planning special interest group of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.