Kelsey R. Sjoblom

Kelsey R. Sjoblom is an attorney at Duncan Green, P.C. in Des Moines. She works in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business law. Kelsey helps families prepare wills and revocable or irrevocable trusts, taking account of personal goals and estate and gift tax considerations. She also assists closely held business owners with succession planning and decisions about business organization, administration, and reorganization.

Kelsey received a B.A., with honors, from Luther College in 2011. She earned her J.D., with honors, from Drake University Law School in 2016. At Drake, she completed a Business Law Certificate and served on Drake Law Review. She also received a scholarship from the Iowa Taxpayers Association and the Edwin Earle Ferguson Prize Silver Award. This education relates directly to her work on trusts, taxation, and business structures.

Kelsey prepares estate documents and helps clients administer wills, revocable trusts, and irrevocable trusts after a death. Her work extends to estate and gift tax planning, charitable gifts, and methods for transferring family wealth. On the business side, she helps plan ownership changes caused by sales, retirement, or death. She also addresses buy-sell agreements and entity structures, connecting estate decisions with the continuity of family-owned enterprises.

Kelsey R. Sjoblom completed the Heart of America Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She was selected to Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2022 through 2025. Kelsey is affiliated with Iowa estate planning and legal professional organizations and the Professional Advisors Council of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Her practice links family estate goals with trust administration and practical business succession arrangements.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Duncan Green, P.C.
• Member, Iowa State Bar Association
• Member, Polk County Bar Association
• Member, Polk County Women Attorneys
• Member, Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Member, Professional Advisors Council, Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
• Member, Mid Iowa Estate and Financial Planners

Licensed State

• Iowa

Education

• Drake University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Luther College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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