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Deborah A. Cohn
Principal
(301) 951-9341
(301) 654-0165 fax
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Deborah A. Cohn is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning, Estate/Trust Administration, Tax, Employee Benefits, and Retirement Plans practice groups. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, business planning and taxation. Her practice particularly emphasizes the estate, gift and other tax concerns of non-US citizens, including foreign nationals employed by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and similar international institutions, and the particular opportunities available to owners of closely held businesses.
Working with young couples, professionals, non-citizens, business owners and retired individuals gives Ms. Cohn the opportunity to combine her tax planning talents with the maturity and compassion to handle a wide range of family issues. Whether her clients seek sophisticated tax planning, asset protection and wealth preservation, business succession planning or pragmatic solutions to family issues, she applies her creativity and broad experience to address their most important goals.
Ms. Cohn has spoken and written extensively on a wide variety of estate planning and estate administration issues and has created and chaired programs on estate planning for non-U.S. citizens. She is also active in professional and bar associations.
In addition to her professional activities, Ms. Cohn has been actively involved in her community. She is a past treasurer of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (2001-2004) and trustee of the United Jewish Endowment Fund (2005-2011). She has served as Vice President for Finance and Development of Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County and has been a director of the Jewish Community Relations Council and the National Women’s Philanthropy Board of the United Jewish Communities.
Ms. Cohn is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Education
J.D., With Honors, George Washington University National Law Center, 1978
A.B., Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College, 1974
Memberships, Awards & Bar Association Activities
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Bethesda Magazine, 2011, Best Estate Planning Attorneys in Montgomery County, Maryland
Chair-Elect, Estate & Trust Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, 2011
Former Co-Chair, Estate & Trust Law Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association
Member, International Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP-USA)
Member, Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council
Speeches & Publications
Speech: “Understanding the Role of the Personal Representative,” National Business Institute (2011)
Speech: “Taking the First Steps: Filing an Estate in Probate Court,” National Business Institute (2011)
Speech: “Succession Planning for Business Owners,” The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce (2011)
Speech: “Basic Estate Planning for the Mid-Sized Estate of $2 Million to $10 Million,” District of Columbia Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (2011)
Speech: “International Estate Planning,” World Bank Pension Department Pre-Retirement Seminars (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007)
Publication: “Now About That Chalet in Grenoble? -International Estate Planning,” Maryland Bar Journal, Vol. XLII, Number 5, (2009)
Speech: “Using and Drafting Trusts in Estate Planning: Marital Deduction Trusts and Life Insurance Trusts,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (2011, 2009, 2007, 2005)
Publication: “Will Drafting,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (2009, 2007, 2005)
Publication: “Estate and Income Tax Planning for Non-U.S. Citizens,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (2008)
Publication: “Tax Traps and Pitfalls for Estates and Estate Planners,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (2006)
Publication: “A Primer on Required Minimum Distributions: How to Take Maximum Advantage of Retirement Plan Assets,” Maryland Bar Journal, Vol. XXXVI, Number 2, (2003)
Publication: “Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans for Tax Exempt Organizations,” New York University – Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (2003)
Speech: “Eight Greatest Estate Planning Techniques in Maryland: Estate Planning for Non-U.S. Citizens, GRATs and Sales to Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts),” LORMAN (2003)
Publication: “Non-Tax Practical Considerations in Estate Planning,” LORMAN (2002)
Publication: “Estate and Business Planning with IRAs and Qualified Retirement Plan Accounts,” Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (2002)
Publication: “Small Business and The Cafeteria Plan,” New York University – Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (2002)
Publication: “Increasing Small Plan Formation: A Blueprint for Congressional Action for the Next Five Years,” New York University – Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Institute on Federal Taxation (2001)
Publication: “401K Safe Harbors Work For Small Business,” New York University – Proceedings of the Fifty-Eighth Institute on Federal Taxation (2000)