{"id":1236,"date":"2019-04-16T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:00:28","slug":"jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Geiermann ’13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The UND School of Law Student Bar Association hosted a lecture featuring law school alumnus Jacob Geiermann<\/a>, who spoke about his experiences working as a trust and estates attorney. He also provided advice for students to help prepare them for a future law career.<\/p>\n

Geiermann received his law degree from UND School of Law in 2013. In 2018, he was recognized as a super lawyer\u2019s rising star and was named as a fellow in the ABA\u2019s Real Property Trust and Estates (RPTE) Section fellowship program. Part of his role in the section is reaching out to local communities and law schools as a speaker in trust and estate topics. He serves on the board of directors of the Red River Valley Estate Planning Council and the development committee of the Fargo-Moorhead Area Community Foundation. He actively serves on the legislation committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association Probate and Trust Law Section. Geiermann has experience as a lobbyist, has drafted legislation and advocates for improvements in trust and estate law in both North Dakota and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

As an associate attorney at Ohnstad Twitchell, Geiermann does tax planning, wills, trusts and powers of attorney. The type of work he does is much needed in estate planning. \u201cThe thing that I really enjoy about my area of law is you have to have a core focus on wills, trusts, estates, and tax, but you also must have at least a working knowledge in real estate, family law, business law, and a range of other laws, because when you\u2019re doing an estate plan it\u2019s, comprehensive,\u201d said Geiermann.<\/p>\n

He encouraged students to consider the benefits of looking for employment in North Dakota. \u201cOne thing that I\u2019ve really enjoyed about working at a more mid-size firm is that you can actually meet clients and have face to face contact,\u201d said Geiermann. \u201cA lot of larger size firms in the cities, where you can make more money and work on some interesting files, you\u2019ll be tied to your desk researching, writing, and having very little contact with people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told students the opportunity they have in law school is unique and advised them to enjoy their time in school since it goes by fast. Geiermann suggested students find a balance between school and life, and encouraged students to enhance their research skills using technology, because what they learn now is going to be above and beyond other attorneys. He said the most important thing for law students to understand and memorize is different concepts in law school and the purpose the concepts serve, compared to focusing on different cases and names. In law school, he was involved in moot court, and recommended students get involved in the North Dakota Law Review to enhance their writing skills.<\/p>\n

Geiermann discussed the importance of ethics in law. \u201cOne thing that I\u2019ve learned as an attorney is that different attorneys have different opinions on the importance of ethics,\u201d he said. I think that ethics are extremely important, and once you graduate and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, you have to be cognizant and constantly aware of the ethical implications.\u201d<\/p>\n

To conclude, Geiermann told students to discover their passions and find a career in something that they really enjoy. He said, \u201cfind an area of law to practice that you are really excited about, and find a purpose more than just making money.\u201d<\/p>\n

by: Andrew Truckenmiller<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UND School of Law Student Bar Association hosted a lecture featuring law school alumnus Jacob Geiermann, who spoke about his experiences working as a trust and estates attorney. He also provided advice for students to help prepare them for a future law career. Geiermann received his law degree from UND School of Law in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":1238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[517,509],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UND School of Law Student Bar Association hosted a lecture featuring law school alumnus Jacob Geiermann, who spoke about his experiences working as a trust and estates attorney. He also provided advice for students to help prepare them for a future law career. Geiermann received his law degree from UND School of Law in […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Dakota Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"682\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"pyon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"pyon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"pyon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6\"},\"headline\":\"Jacob Geiermann ’13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":581,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/geiermann-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/geiermann-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/geiermann-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/geiermann-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":682},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jacob Geiermann ’13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Dakota Law\",\"description\":\"Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6\",\"name\":\"pyon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"pyon\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/ndlaw\\\/author\\\/pyon\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law","og_description":"The UND School of Law Student Bar Association hosted a lecture featuring law school alumnus Jacob Geiermann, who spoke about his experiences working as a trust and estates attorney. He also provided advice for students to help prepare them for a future law career. Geiermann received his law degree from UND School of Law in […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/","og_site_name":"North Dakota Law","article_published_time":"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":682,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"pyon","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"pyon","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/"},"author":{"name":"pyon","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/#\/schema\/person\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6"},"headline":"Jacob Geiermann ’13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney","datePublished":"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/"},"wordCount":581,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg","articleSection":["Alumni","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/","name":"Jacob Geiermann '13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney - North Dakota Law","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-16T15:41:59+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-16T18:00:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/#\/schema\/person\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/geiermann-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":682},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/2019\/04\/jacob-geiermann-13-talks-about-experiences-as-trusts-and-estates-attorney\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jacob Geiermann ’13, Talks About Experiences as Trusts and Estates Attorney"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/","name":"North Dakota Law","description":"Updates from the University of North Dakota School of Law.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/#\/schema\/person\/051bdd734cfcf7221e0d7d5dc3e201f6","name":"pyon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02ff445467857e140b145c01aa6992349f5b3c46928d967b4d359a5996969916?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"pyon"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/author\/pyon\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/ndlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}