Robert C. Brink

Practice Areas:
• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Tax Law
• Trusts

Contact:
907-276-1592

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
• Alaska (1980)

EDUCATION:
• Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, University of Nebraska (1969)
• Doctor of Juris Prudence, Gonzaga University School of Law (1979)
• Advanced law degree in taxation (LL.M.), University of Miami School of Law (1980)

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
• AK Bar Association, Tax Section (Past Chairman), Estate Planning & Probate Section, and Elder Law Section; AK Planned Giving Council
• Anchorage Estate Planning Council (Past President).
• AK Bar Representative to IRS Western “Region” (13 States) Liaison Com. ‘92 to present (past chrm).
• AK “District” IRS-CPA Liaison Committee, ‘85 to ‘96; ‘97-Present AK-IRS Liaison Committee.
• Former Board of Directors, Alaska U.S.A. Federal Credit Union, Arctic Winter Games Corp., and Anchorage Senior Center Endowment Trust (past chrm).
• Past President, United States Judo Federation, Inc. 1987-1996

PUBLICATIONS:
• “The Simple Will and Attorney Competence”
• “Powers of Appointment to Reduce Estate and Gift Taxes”
• “Alaskan Oil & Gas Ventures: Tax Shelter Analysis” (1980)
• “A Digest of Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981"
• “Sec. 1031 Tax Free Exchanges” (1983)
• “Limited Liability of Ltd. Liability Companies” (1997)
• Over 100 tax articles and CLE study guides

WORK EXPERIENCE
Mr. Brink is presently Of Counsel with Hartig Rhodes Hoge & Lekisch, P.C. For the past 25 years, he has practiced in the area of trusts, estates, and taxation. He has emphasized planning, problem solving, and tax issues. He is an accredited member of the National Association of Estate Planners and has testified as an expert witness in Alaska state courts regarding tax issues, estate planning and probate. Mr. Brink has frequently lectured to professional groups, including the Tax Institute-University of Alaska-Fairbanks, the Alaska Society of CPAs, the Alaska Society of Independent Accountants, the Alaska Association of Tax Practitioners, and the Alaska Bar Association. Since 1985, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America under Tax Law and Trusts & Estates Law. Mr. Brink has been a Judo Practitioner since 1962, competing internationally and acting as a national referee, coach, instructor, program administrator, corporate counsel, and national officer.