Attorney Zach Wiegand Named Super Lawyer Rising Star for 2022

Gold Leaf Estate Planning, LLC

POSTED ON: July 19, 2022

We are pleased to announce that attorney Zach Wiegand has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer Rising Star for 2022 by Super Lawyers Magazine for the Estate Planning and Probate practice area. This marks the sixth consecutive year (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022) that he has been nominated by his peers (other attorneys) and selected to this list.

You can view Zach Wiegand’s Super Lawyer profile here:

http://profiles.superlawyers.com/minnesota/burnsville/lawyer/zachary-wiegand/4c74ae63-ccdf-4eab-a8e4-a04e0a1a711d.html

According to Super Lawyers: Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Learn more about Super Lawyers here:

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More about Zach:

Zach Wiegand is a Minnesota estate planning and probate attorney who counsels clients on estate planning, probate, and trust administration matters. Zach helps families preserve and protect their hard-earned assets by drafting comprehensive and protective estate plans including wills, trusts, health care directives and powers of attorney. Following the death of a loved one, Zach also helps navigate families through the probate or trust administration process.

By working closely with his clients and listening intently to their concerns, Zach is better able to understand the goals and wishes of each individual and family he represents. Once each client’s goals are identified, Zach is then able to provide complex solutions in understandable terms.

Zach earned his J.D., cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law where he also received Dean’s List honors. While at William Mitchell, he was named a Student Award of Merit Finalist. Prior to attending law school, Zach earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in history at Norwich University where he played for the Norwich Cadets men’s ice hockey team.

Upon graduating from law school, Zach served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Tammi A. Fredrickson in Minnesota’s 10th judicial district. Following his judicial clerkship, Zach practiced with an estate planning firm in St. Paul and subsequently opened his own estate planning practice.

An Arizona native, Zach is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Probate & Trust Law Section and Wealth Counsel, a national organization of estate planning attorneys dedicated to practice excellence. Zach also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Shattuck-St. Mary’s School Foundation. Zach lives in the Twin Cities with his wife, Ruth and their son Henrik. In his spare time, Zach volunteers for the Minnesota Wills for Heroes program and also enjoys traveling, reading, and playing hockey.

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Attorney Zach Wiegand

Zach Wiegand is an estate planning and probate attorney in Minnesota who helps clients on estate planning, probate, and trust administration matters. Zach helps families preserve and protect their hard-earned assets by drafting comprehensive and protective estate plans including wills, trusts, health care directives and powers of attorney.

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