Bruce A. Last

Senior Attorney at Burrey Law Group, Inc.

Bruce Last is a Senior Attorney at Burrey Law Group, Inc. and part of their estate planning and probate and trust administration division. BLG, Inc. handles a variety of matters including conservatorships, guardianships, and special needs trusts. Until July of 2026, Mr. Last worked as a Content Attorney for CEB on the Estate and Trust team, managing and creating materials across all of CEB's content types. Additionally, he updated CEB's practice guides, created content for Practitioner, contributed Daily News articles, and coordinated CEB's Estate Planning Institute produced in conjunction with University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Last continues to contribute to CEB's knowledge base.

Prior to working for CEB, Mr. Last worked for 18 years as an attorney in private practice focused primarily on trust and probate administration, estate planning, and trust and probate administration. He worked at the boutique law firm The Jellins Group APLC, in Menlo Park, and then opened his own estate and trust practice primarily serving Contra Costa County. Mr. Last received his BA from San Francisco State University and his J.D. from McGeorge School of Law (UOP). He was licensed by the California State Bar in 2004. The legal field is Mr. Last's second career, and prior to being a licensed California attorney, he worked as a live sound engineer for various San Francisco Bay Area bands and venues, interned at The Plant recording studio in Sausalito, and served as the Technical Director for Audio Visual Services at the San Jose Fairmont hotel.

In addition to working for BLG, Inc. Mr. Last is a volunteer on TEXCOM's litigation subcommittee. He has spoken on continuing legal education at the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), and estate and trust matters for the Placer County Bar Association. Mr. Last previously volunteered with Contra Costa County Senior Legal Services (CCSLS) and ran their wills clinic at the Richmond Senior Center. During law school, he clerked for the Office of the California State Public Defender (OSPD), doing research and writing relating to death row appeals as part of McGeorge School of Law's work study program.

CEB Region:

Bay Area Region

Practice Areas:

Trusts & Estates Estate Planning Probate Administration Trust Administration