Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP, is pleased to announce that Tess Pierce, Torrey Wilkins and Jamie Blair have become partners with the firm in the trusts and estates practice. Tess is a graduate of Georgetown University (2014) and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (2017). She joined the firm as an...Read More
Phil O’Donoghue, Charles Abell and Rachel Burke have been named to the list of Washingtonian Top Wealth Advisers Hall of Fame that will highlight our February issue of Washingtonian. This is our first ever Washingtonian Top Wealth Advisers Hall of Fame Award and we are excited to share this news! They’ve been featured on Washingtonian’s...Read More
Several of the firm’s estate planning attorneys were again recognized as among the best in the region by Washingtonian magazine Congratulations to Charles Abell, Mary Beth Beattie, Rachel Burke, and Phil O’Donoghue. Washingtonian compiles this list every other year by soliciting recommendations from other top attorneys in the field, and then following up with its...Read More
A gift tax is imposed on certain lifetime transfers, and an estate tax is imposed on certain transfer at death. A generation-skipping transfer tax generally is imposed on transfers, either directly or in trust or similar arrangement, to a “skip person” (i.e., a beneficiary in a generation more than one generation younger than that of...Read More
On March 4, 2019, Rob Grant spoke to the Montgomery County Bar Estates & Trusts Section on “Will Caveats: An Overview,” and discussed the grounds for filing a will caveat, drafting a petition and response, and procedural issues to consider including the statute of limitations; transmission of issues to the Circuit Court; and the interplay...Read More
Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP, announces the addition of two attorneys to the firm in 2020, Mary Beth Beattie and Matthew Lambros Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP, announces the addition of two attorneys to the firm in 2020. Mary Beth Beattie brings 33 years of experience in sophisticated estate planning, estate and trust administration, probate,...Read More
FD&A attorney, Cory Larkin, will discuss the rapid development of state laws authorizing electronic wills, remote witness attestation, and remote notarization on March 5, 2019. About the Program: For better or worse, advancing technology permeates nearly every facet of modern life – and soon it might obviate the portentous, inconvenient and (sometimes) critically important denouement of...Read More
U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers rank the firm in the top tiers for Real Estate Law and Trusts & Estates Law in the 2019 National and Washington DC rankings. Furey, Doolan & Abell is pleased to announce that the firm has been named to the 2019 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” National Rankings Real Estate Law — Tier...Read More
The sweeping tax reform legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017 (commonly called The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the “Act”) made significant changes to the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax laws. Further, Maryland and DC lawmakers have responded with adjustments to local estate tax...Read More
