Estate planners prepare wills, trusts, and health-care powers of attorney. The following experts all have law degrees; we’ve noted CPAs. We’ve also included any specialties, though most attorneys handle any type of client.
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Anne W. Coventry
Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. www.pasternakfidis.com
Anne Coventry serves as head of the firm’s Estate Planning and Administration Group. Her practice focuses on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, including transfer of ownership, entity selection and formation, trust arrangements, and closely held business planning, as well as estate and trust administration. She serves on the Steering Committee of the DC Bar’s Tax Section and on the Section Council for the Estates and Trust Law Section of the Maryland State Bar.
7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-656-8850
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Michael Curtin
Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans www.curtin-law.com 1900 M Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-3300
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Nancy G. Fax
Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. www.pasternakfidis.com
Nancy Fax, managing partner of the firm, concentrates on estate planning and estate and trust administration. She is a recognized expert in the field of estates and trusts law and the author of Maryland Estate Planning and Probate Laws Annotated. Ms. Fax is a member of the Executive Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a highly selective national organization that brings together top trusts and estates lawyers nationwide.
7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-656-8850
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John L. Laster
Law Offices of John L. Laster www.trusttolast.com
John Laster is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. He focuses on estate planning and administration, special needs concerns, and planning for non-traditional families. He is a founding member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a charter member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners. He also teaches at Georgetown Law School. Since 1989, John has served on the board of CLA, an organization serving the needs of persons with intellectual disabilities.
103 Rowell Court, Falls Church, VA 22046 | 703-538-3600
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Frederick J. Tansill
Frederick J. Tansill & Associates www.fredtansill.com
After being a partner at two national law firms for 12 years, Fred founded Frederick J. Tansill & Associates in 1997 in McLean. Fred graduated from Brown University (1970) and from Georgetown (Law 1974, Masters in Tax 1982). He is a Fellow of ACTEC and has chaired the D.C. and Virginia Bars’ Wills, Trusts and Estates Sections. He has practiced law in taxation, trusts and estates and closely-held business matters in the Washington, D.C. area for more than 35 years.
6723 Whittier Avenue, Suite 104 McLean, Virginia 22101-4533 | 703-847-1359
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Steven A. Widdes
Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC www.steinsperling.com
Steve is Co-Chair of Stein Sperling’s Estates and Trusts group and works closely with clients in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and tax and business succession planning. He also assists clients in protecting assets for future generations through long-term trusts for children, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. Previously an attorney with the IRS Estate and Gift Tax Branch, he has extensive knowledge of the matters affecting clients’ estate plans.
25 West Middle Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20850 | 301-838-3227
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Deborah A. Cohn
Paley Rothman www.paleyrothman.com
Deborah A. Cohn treats every client with respect and provides each with an estate plan appropriate for his or her specific circumstances. Ms. Cohn’s approach is pragmatic and creative, and clients appreciate their estate-related goals—and their family’s needs—will be met. Her probate and trust administration experience complements her estate planning talents, and she’s worked extensively on the estate, gift and other tax concerns of non-U.S. citizens and individuals owning property abroad. Ms. Cohn’s achievements reflect the respect of her peers; she chairs the Estate & Trust Section Council of the Maryland State Bar Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
4800 Hampden Lane 7th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814 | 301-951-9341
Charles S. Abell, Chevy Chase
W. Shepherdson Abell, Chevy Chase
Gary Altman, Rockville
Ronald D. Aucutt, McLean
Leigh-Alexandra Basha, McLean
Holly M. Bastian, Washington DC
Edward J. Beckwith, Washington DC
Doris Blazek-White, Washington DC
James L. Boring, Vienna
Rachel D. Burke, Chevy Chase
Thomas H. Campbell, Fairfax
Calvin H. Cobb III, Washington DC
Deborah D. Cochran, Vienna
Earl M. Colson, Washington DC
Paul B. Cromelin, III, Washington DC
Michael F. Curtin, Washington DC
John Dedon, Reston
Jay M. Eisenberg, Potomac
Marc R. Feinberg, Bethesda
Donna Esposito Fincher, Vienna
Jonathan M. Forster, McLean
Richard S. Franklin, Washington DC
Robert J. Freda, McLean
Ellen K. Harrison, Washington DC
Beth Shapiro Kaufman, Washington DC
Don Kozusko, Washington DC
John Laster, Falls Church
Rhonda J. Macdonald, CPA; Vienna
Robert E. Madden, Washington DC
Mary Ann Mancini, Washington DC
Virginia A. McArthur, Washington DC
Jerry J. McCoy, Washington DC
James E. McNair, Falls Church
William G. Murray, Arlington
Alison K. Noll, Vienna
Anne J. O’Brien, Washington DC
Philip L. O’Donoghue, Chevy Chase
Thomas W. Richardson, Washington DC
Alban Salaman, Washington DC
A. Christopher Sega, Washington DC
Douglas L. Siegler, Washington DC
Martha Sotelo, Vienna
Frederick J. Tansill, McLean
Kelly A. Thompson, Arlington
Stefan F. Tucker, Washington DC
C. Daniel Vaughan, Vienna
Patrick J. Vaughan, Washington DC
Robert E. Ward, Bethesda
Steven A. Widdes, Rockville
