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Lauren A. Jenkins
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PRACTICE FOCUS
Lauren A. Jenkins focuses her practice on tax and estate planning, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, trust and estate administration, and tax compliance in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Ms. Jenkins represents individuals and families with creating and implementing estate plans to achieve their personal and financial objectives. Such planning often includes drafting wills, revocable trusts, and powers of attorney, as well as more advanced estate planning to preserve wealth for future generations. Ms. Jenkins also has experience advising clients who require both domestic and international components to their estate plans, as well as drafting and negotiating prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Ms. Jenkins guides clients through the complexities and nuances of trust and estate administration. She advises fiduciaries with respect to their powers and responsibilities, including filing obligations under state and federal law. Additionally, Ms. Jenkins represents beneficiaries who desire separate counsel to ensure their interests are protected and they receive their full entitlement.
Ms. Jenkins also represents clients before the IRS, including offers in compromise and voluntary disclosures to resolve noncompliance with respect to U.S. reporting obligations.
HONORS & AWARDS
- Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2023
- Washingtonian Top Lawyer, 2022
- Top Attorneys, 2021, Estates & Trusts, Arlington Magazine
- Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2021
- Bethesda Magazine Top Attorneys, Trusts & Estates (recognition honors the region’s most respected legal practitioners, as chosen by their peers), 2019
- Top Lawyer 2017-2018, 2020, Trusts & Estates, Washingtonian Magazine
- Top Lawyer 2017, Financial, Northern Virginia Magazine
- Top Wealth Adviser 2016, Estate Attorneys, Washingtonian Magazine
- Top Financial Professional 2016, Estate Planning, Northern Virginia Magazine
- Best Lawyer 2015, Trusts & Estates, Washingtonian Magazine
- Top Financial Professionals 2015, Estate Planning, Northern Virginia Magazine
- Top Money Advisers 2014, Estate Attorneys, Washingtonian Magazine
- Top Financial Professionals 2014, Estate Planning, Northern Virginia Magazine
PUBLICATIONS
- Home Repair: A Handy Guide to Fixing a QPRT, Probate & Property, January/February 2019
- Virginia Wills, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, November 30, 2018
- Virginia Advance Directives, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, September 7, 2018
- Welcome to the Jungle: The Mini-Guidebook for an Irrevocable Trust, Virginia Lawyer, February 2015
- Estate Planning with Portability: Not a Panacea, Holland & Knight Alert, April 23, 2013
- After the Love is Gone: Reconciling with Your Virginia Irrevocable Trust, Virginia State Bar Trusts and Estates Section Newsletter, December 1, 2010
- Probate Administration in Virginia: An Overview for the Personal Representative, Virginia State Bar Trusts and Estates Section Newsletter, December 1, 2008
- Giving Tangible Personal Property to Charity: What You Need to Know, Holland Knight Newsletter, Winter 2007
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Taking Care of Business: Coordinating your Business and Estate Plans, The Alternative Board, Maple Lawn, Maryland, November 28, 2018
- Preparing a Will: What Everyone Needs to Know, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, August 8, 2018
- Planning with Trusts: What Everyone Needs to Know, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, June 28, 2018
- Cabins and Compounds - Boats and Biplanes: Planning for Vacation and Recreation Assets, 30th Annual RPTE Spring Symposia, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, Orlando, Florida, May 11, 2018
- Virtual Afterlife: Your Digital Assets Survive, McLean Bar Association, McLean, Virginia, April 11, 2018
- Deconstructing the Unwanted ILIT, Virginia CLE 36th Annual Trusts and Estates Seminar:
- Fairfax, Virginia, October 23, 2017
- Williamsburg, Virginia, October 30, 2017
- Virtual Afterlife: Your Digital Assets Survive, 2017 Fairfax Bar Association Convention, Farmington, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2017
- Fairfax Bar Association Jeopardy ...And We're Not Talking Double CLE, 2017 Fairfax Bar Association Convention, Farmington Pennsylvania, October 20, 2017
- You Were Always on My Mind: Planning for Incapacity, Financial Planning Association NCA NexGen Retreat, Great Falls, Virginia, July 26, 2017
- Estate Planning: What You Need to Know from a Legal Perspective, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, June 28, 2017
- Joint Trusts: Does it Take Two (Revocable Trusts) to Make a Thing Go Right?, D.C. Bar Estate Planning Tax Series Luncheon, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2017
- Estate Planning: The Basic and Not So Basic, Hancock Financial Group Seminar, Reston, Virginia, April 25, 2017
- Smart Estate Planning, Cassaday & Company Retirement Symposium, Tysons Corner, Virginia, June 18, 2016
- Business Planning and Estate Planning, Fairfax Bar Association, Business Law/Corporate Counsel Section, Tysons Corner, Virginia, April 21, 2016
- Estate Planning: Answers to the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, November 18, 2015
- 2014-2015 Virginia Developments in Estate Planning and Administration, Virginia CLE Seminar, Roanoke, Virginia, October 22, 2015
- Estate Planning: What You Need to Know from a Legal Perspective, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, September 29, 2015
- Estate Planning: Your Bridge Over Troubled Waters, U.S. Government Publishing Office Program, Washington, D.C., July 29, 2015
- Smart Estate Planning, Cassaday & Company Retirement Symposium, McLean, Virginia, June 13, 2015
- Estate Plans: No Two Are Alike, Lynch Retirement Investment Group Estate Planning Seminar, Falls Church, Virginia, June 4, 2015
- Estate Planning: Answers to the Questions You were Afraid to Ask, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, May 27, 2015
- Special Challenges in Probating Estates of Non-Citizens: Your Passport to Probate & Beyond, D.C. Bar Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Luncheon Series, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2015
- Estate Planning: Your Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Program, Rockville, Maryland, April 7, 2015
- Best Tips for Preparing Business Owners for an Exit, Omega Wealth Management Advisor Forum, Tysons Corner, Virginia, January 16, 2015
- Leveraging the GST Exemption: An Alternative to Portability Planning, Strafford CLE Webinar, December 2, 2014
- Taking Care of Business: Coordinating your Business and Estate Plans, XPX DC Metro Program, Rockville, Maryland, November 20, 2014
- Top Ten Estate Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, SunTrust Private Wealth Management Program, McLean, Virginia, November 5, 2014
- You Give Trusts a Bad Name: Avoiding Pitfalls in Joint Trust Administration, Virginia CLE Seminar
- Williamsburg, Virginia, October 21, 2014
- Lexington, Virginia, October 23, 2014
- Fairfax, Virginia, October 29, 2014
- Key Issues in Estate Planning, Cassaday & Company Retirement Symposium, McLean, Virginia, May 31, 2014
- Building and Preserving Your Wealth Outside of Traditional Capital Markets, Holland & Knight Program, McLean, Virginia, September 19, 2013
- Smart Estate Planning, Cassaday & Company Retirement Symposium, McLean, Virginia, June 15, 2013
- Your Step-by-Step Guide through Troubled Probate, National Business Institute CLE Seminar, Fairfax, Virginia, October 31, 2011
- 529 Plans: Everything School Didn’t Teach You, Estate & Gift Taxes and Fiduciary Income Tax Young Lawyers Subcommittees, ABA Section of Taxation, May 6, 2011
- Drafting Basic Estate Planning Documents, National Business Institute CLE Seminar, Fairfax, Virginia, August 23, 2010
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