Lauren A. Jenkins

Principal

Bethesda Office
Tysons Corner Office

Contact

Email: ljenkins@offitkurman.com

Phone: 703.745.1821

Fax: 703.745.1835

Mailing: 8000 Towers Crescent Drive

Suite 1400 Tysons Corner , VA 22182

Linkedin: Lauren 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.

Lauren 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. Lauren 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.

Lauren guides clients through the complexities and nuances of estate and trust administration. She advises fiduciaries with respect to their powers and responsibilities, including filing obligations under state and federal law. Additionally, Lauren represents beneficiaries who desire separate counsel to ensure their interests are protected and they receive their full entitlement.

Lauren also represents clients before the IRS, including offers in compromise and voluntary disclosures to resolve noncompliance with respect to U.S. reporting obligations.

RECOGNITIONS

Northern Virginia Top Lawyers, Estates and Trusts, 2023
Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2023-2024
Top Lawyer, Washingtonian Magazine, 2022
Top Attorneys, Estates & Trusts, Arlington Magazine, 2021-2023
Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2021, 2023 Taxes
Top Attorneys, Trusts & Estates, Bethesda Magazine (recognition honors the region’s most respected legal practitioners, as chosen by their peers), 2019
Top Lawyer, Trusts & Estates, Washingtonian Magazine, 2017-2018, 2020
Top Lawyer, Financial, Northern Virginia Magazine, 2017
Top Wealth Adviser, Estate Attorneys, Washingtonian Magazine, 2016
Best Lawyer, Trusts & Estates, Washingtonian Magazine, 2015
Top Money Advisers, Estate Attorneys, Washingtonian Magazine, 2014
Top Financial Professionals, Estate Planning, Northern Virginia Magazine, 2014-2016

Awards

Practice Areas

Education & Admissions

Georgetown University, LL.M., (Taxation)
Georgetown University, Certificate, Estate Planning
Emory University School of Law, J.D., with honors
University of Massachusetts Boston, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude

Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland

Professional Affiliations

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Fellow
- Family Law Task Force, Member
Virginia Bar Association
- Wills, Trusts and Estates Section, Secretary
- Wills, Trusts and Estates Section, Legislative Committee Member
Virginia State Bar, Trusts and Estates Section, Past Chair
District of Columbia Bar
- Estates, Trusts & Probate Law Community, Member
- Taxation Community, Member
Maryland State Bar Association
- Estate & Trust Law Section, Member
- Taxation Law Section, Member
American Bar Association
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Section, Member
- Taxation Section, Member

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