Résumé

Agnes C. Powell, Esq.
Law Offices of Agnes C. Powell, P.C.
8957-A Edmonston Rd.
Greenbelt , Md. 20770

(301) 982-0275

EDUCATION:

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

LL.M. (Master of Legal Letters in Estate Taxation)

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

J.D.

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

B.S. cum laude

 

EXPERIENCE :

Solo Practitioner 1991 - present

Greenbelt, Md.

Private practice including: (1) drafting powers of attorney, Wills, trusts (e.g., for the benefit of minors, dependent adults, etc., marital planning, and estate planning), including revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, and other estate planning documents; (2) drafting prenuptial agreements; (3) handling probate and estate administration matters; (4) handling probate litigation, including but not limited to Will contests;
and (5) resolving federal and state tax controversies.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

U.S. Supreme Court Bar

U.S. Tax Court Bar

American Bar Association

National Bar Association (NBA)

Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers' Division (NBA)(board member 2002-2004)

D.C. Bar Association

D.C. Women's Bar Association (board member – ’99-’02)

Maryland State Bar Association (Member, Estates & Trusts Section Council -- 2004)

Maryland State Women's Bar Association (board member – ‘98-’00)

Pr. Geo. Co., Md. Bar Ass’n. (board member – ‘98-’00; Estates & Trusts sub-cm’tee chair – ‘98-present)

Prince George's County Women's Bar Association (Pres. - '97-98)

J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association (NBA) (board member and corresponding sec’y. – ‘98-‘99)

Prince George’s Co., Md. – Montgomery Co., Md. Tax Study Group (monthly breakfast group)

 

PUBLICATIONS, SPEAKING INVITATIONS:

“Avoiding Will Contests,” Vol. XXVI Legal Times (No. 17) p. 37, April 28, 2003.

“Hocus-Pocus: The Federal Estate Tax—Now You See It, Now You Don’t,” 15 Nat’l Bar Jrnl 5 (Sept/Oct. 2001).

“BEWARE! Living Trust Scams Do Exist,” Prince George’s Co. Bar Ass’n. Journal 12 (April 1999).

" The Reverse Mortgage," 10 Tax Management Financial Planning Journal 3 (Jan. 1994).

"The Need for Increased Life Insurance Due Diligence," 131 Trusts & Estates 39 (May 1992).

Speaker, Wilmington, Del. Trust Co. Estate Planning Conference, Dover, Del. (Oct. 1992); topic: “Life Insurance Due Diligence.”

 

Available for Seminars to church groups, civic and professional groups

 

 

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