Arlen M. Tompkins

Principal

Philadelphia Area: Phone 267.338.1307 | Fax 267.338.1335
atompkins@offitkurman.com

Practice Areas
Estates and Trusts
Orphans’ Court Litigation
Tax Exempt Organizations
Taxation

Practice Focus
Mr. Tompkins focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration including Orphans’ Court fiduciary litigation matters, tax exempt organizations, tax compliance, guardianships and elder law.

Education
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY), 1972
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 1968

Bar and Court Admissions
Pennsylvania
New York
U.S. Tax Court

Points of Distinction
Mr. Tompkins has experience handling complex estate planning matters, including business succession and asset protection issues. He also has appellate experience before the Pennsylvania Supreme and Commonwealth Courts involving Pennsylvania inheritance tax and healthcare law issues. Mr. Tompkins represents several large private charitable foundations with respect to organizational, tax and administrative matters.

Activities
Mr. Tompkins has addressed numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Villanova University School of Business, the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council and the Delaware County Small Business Association, on a variety of topics relating to estate and personal financial planning, estate and trust administration, elder law and healthcare issues. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association—Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section.

Previous Work
Prior to joining Offit Kurman, Mr. Tompkins worked for the Internal Revenue Service Estate and Gift Tax Division, and as a principal in an international accounting firm where he provided estate and personal financial planning services. More recently, he has been associated with several prominent Philadelphia and suburban Pennsylvania law firms, including Abrahams, Loewenstein & Bushman, P.C.