Betsy handles family wealth transfers involving gift and estate planning, taking into consideration the federal gift and estate tax impact of alternative plans. Betsy's representation includes both the transfer of closely held business interests and a focus on charitable planned giving.

Betsy's estate and trust administration experience includes compliance with the filing requirements of the Orphans' Court and federal, state and local tax authorities. She represents individuals and estates and trusts in the resolution of federal, state and local tax controversies, and in disability planning involving advance directives for health care and the use of powers of attorney and revocable trust agreements for asset management.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1985

Order of the Coif, American Jurisprudence Prize Award-Constitutional Law

Judge Morton P. Fisher Memorial Prize Award for work in Income Taxation

Duke University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1968

Phi Beta Kappa

Graduation with distinction from Department of Business Administration-Honors Thesis

North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Student Award

C.P.A., Elijah Watts Sells Certificate of Honorable Mention for performance on CPA exam-exam score in top .1% nationally

American Bar Association

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Annapolis Life Care, Inc.

Board of Directors

Anne Arundel County Bar Association

Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

Planned Giving Task Force

Maryland State Bar Association

Section on Estates and Trusts

St. Martin's in the Field Episcopal Church

Planned Giving Committee

Women's Bar Association of Maryland

Adjunct Professor in Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore