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Northwestern University
B.S., 1998
Washington and Lee University School of Law
J.D., 2001
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
Maryland State Bar Association
Estates and Trusts Section, Section Council Member (2016–2023)
District of Columbia Bar
Steering Committee Member, Taxation Section (2013–2016)
Past Chair, Estate Planning Committee, Taxation Section (2009–2011)
Vice-Chair, Estate Planning Committee, Taxation Section (2008–2009)
Standing Committee Member, Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Section (2005–2006)
Georgetown University Law Center – LLM Program
Adjunct Professor (Fall 2017)
American Bar Association
Second Vice-Chair and Subcommittee Chair for Important Developments (2011–2013), Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, Section of Taxation
Member, Section of Taxation
Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council
Montgomery County Estate Planning Council
Member
Rachel Burke is a partner in the firm’s Estate Planning practice, where she tailors the estate plans of individuals and couples to meet both their tax focused and personal goals. Rachel also advises and assists fiduciaries and beneficiaries in the administration of existing trusts and estates. She enjoys multigenerational planning and administration matters including business succession planning.
Rachel has experience with lifetime giving strategies and testamentary plans to reduce gift, estate, and generation-skipping taxes. She has written and spoken on the topic of fiduciary income taxation.
Washingtonian Magazine Top Money Advisors: Estate Attorneys and Top Lawyers: Trusts and Estates (2022)
(2012-2023)
Super Lawyers: Washington, D.C. and Maryland
2019-2024 (Rising Star 2016-2018)
Legal Bisnow Trending: 40 Lawyers Under 40
July 23, 2015
Martindale Hubbell
AV Rated
Speaker, “Maryland Caselaw Updates”, District of Columbia Bar (June of 2016 through 2019)
Speaker, “Current Trends in Estate Planning,” Georgetown University Law Reunion (2018)
Speaker, “2017 Heckerling Highlights”, Montgomery County Bar Association (January 2017)
Speaker, “Your 2017 Trusts and EStates ‘Pocket Part’,” Georgetown University Law Reunion (2017)
Panelist, “DC, MD and VA Developments,” Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council (2017)
Author, “Maryland Caselaw Developments”, Maryland State Bar Association Fall 2015-2019 Newsletters
Speaker, “The Evolving Estate Plan—Takeaways from Heckerling 2015” (Jan. 22, 2015), Maryland State Bar Association Estate Gift Tax Study Group
Speaker,“Top Ten Takeaways from Heckerling” (January 2014), Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County
Speaker,“Recent Developments in Fiduciary Income Tax” (2011–2013), Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, Section of Taxation, ABA
Speaker,“Creating Grantor Trusts” ABA/RPTE eCLE (May 10, 2011)
Speaker,“Creating Intentional Grantor Trusts Using Section 674,” ABA Section of Taxation and Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Trust and Estate Division 2010 Joint Fall CLE Meeting (September 23–25, 2010)