Matthew HochstetlerMember

Matt Hochstetler is a founding member in the boutique trusts-and-estates firm of Kirkland Hochstetler PLLC and practices in the firm’s Naples, Florida and Canton, Ohio offices. He serves wealthy families, family offices, and private family trust companies across the United States. Matt counsels his clients on estate and generational-wealth-transfer planning and trust and estate administration as well as matters concerning the structure and operation of family offices and private trust companies.

Matt is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a member of the Florida, Georgia, and Ohio bars, and a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. He also writes and speaks on a variety of tax and trusts-and-estates matters.

Matt received his LLM from the University of Miami Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning, where he was first in his class. He received his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the executive board of the law review.