Bill Keeler is a Shareholder in Buchalter's Portland office and a member of the Firm's Tax & Estate Planning practice group. Mr. Keeler brings more than 40 years of experience representing families, individuals, and trustees in various estate and trust disputes. Mr. Keeler focuses on all matters involving estates, trusts, and conservatorships, and has been designated an expert witness in trust, estate and conservatorship litigation as well as in related tax and professional negligence cases. He has also served as a mediator for trust, estate and conservatorship disputes, bringing an extensive knowledge of estate planning and trust administration, practical, as well as real life experience as trial counsel and his training as a mediator, to settling cases in the same trusts' and estates' arena.

Mr. Keeler taught Estate Planning at California State University, Fresno, sharing his considerable knowledge and experience with students for over a decade. He has since lectured extensively for Continuing Education of the Bar, the National Business Institute, and addressed numerous Bar Associations, Estate Planning Councils, and estate planning professionals. Mr. Keeler has served as judge pro tem in the probate departments of the Fresno County Superior Court, and the Orange County Superior Court.

Mr. Keeler has been recognized as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He also has Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, and was named in 2012 to the Oregon Super Lawyers list.

Bar Admissions

• Oregon
• California

Education

• USC Gould School of Law, J.D.
• University of Notre Dame, B.A.

• Why can’t beneficiaries and trustees just get along?
• Using Taxes to Settle Estate and Trust Disputes
• Concerns and Safeguards for California Estate Planners
• The California Inheritance Tax Scheme: 1981 Version
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Speaker at Fresno County Bar Association CLE
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at 2012 Oregon Estate Planning Seminar
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Association of Business Trial Lawyers 39th Annual Seminar
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Northwestern Mutual Portland Speaking Engagement
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Family Legacy Forum
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Portland Estate Planning Council
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Kern County Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Section
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Fresno County Bar Association Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate Section
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Association of Business Trial Lawyers 37th Annual Seminar
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Association of Business Trial Lawyers 35th Annual Seminar
• William J. ("Bill") Keeler, Jr., Speaker at Sacramento Estate Planning Council