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Laura L. Stone
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Laura L. Stone
Partner | Washington, D.C.
Laura has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with their estate planning, business succession and estate and trust administration.

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With more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with their estate planning (including life insurance and charitable planning), business succession and estate and trust administration, Laura has been recognized numerous times as a Top Estate Attorney in the Washingtonian magazine. Laura uses her extensive knowledge of estate and gift taxes together with her effective communication skills and personable demeanor to provide clients with an understandable, efficient and comfortable experience. Each estate plan is crafted to meet the individual needs of the client while minimizing estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Laura has a particular passion for assisting clients entering new phases of their lives, whether due to marriage, divorce or death of a loved one. In addition, she enjoys working with multi-generational families to coordinate their estate plans, protect assets and counsel younger generations about the responsibility of inheriting wealth. Practice Areas Charitable Planned Giving Estate Planning estate_trust_administration; Family Business Advice Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements Family Office Services Tax Planning
Capabilities
Charitable Planned Giving
Estate Planning
Estate & Trust Administration
Family Business Advice
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Family Office Services
Tax Planning
Speeches & Publications
Quoted in Tax Analysts’ Exempt Organization Tax Review, Jan 2019 article entitled “Taxation of Cross-Border Nonprofit Activity”
“Houston We Have A Problem – How to Work with Clients with Diminished Capacity” (Moderator) presented to the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council
“Estate Planning Bootcamp” presented numerous times to financial advisory firms, corporate executives and community groups
“Maximize Personal Liquidity in an Exit”: 2020 Brightwood Capital CEO Forum, February 4, 2022
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Education
Vanderbilt School of Law, J.D.; Dean’s List; Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Brown University, B.A. in Business and Economics
Awards & Honors
Repeatedly Named as Top Financial Advisor and Top Lawyer
Top Wealth Advisor Hall of Fame, Washingtonian Magazine
Organizations
Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County, Past President, Board Director, and Charitable Outreach Committee
Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member
American Bar Association – Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law; Section of Taxation
Maryland State Bar Association – Estate and Trust Law Section
District of Columbia Bar Association – Section of Estates, Trusts and Probate Law; Taxation Section
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