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Lauren A. Jenkins

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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.

    Education

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

    State Bar Admissions

    • 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

    Recognitions

    • Arlington Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, Estates and Trusts, 2025
    • Northern Virginia Top Lawyers, Estates and Trusts, 2023
    • Named The Best Lawyers in America® for Trusts and Estates (2023-2026)
    • Top Lawyer, Washingtonian Magazine, 2022 and 2024
    • Top Attorneys, Estates & Trusts, Arlington Magazine, 2021-2023
    • Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, 2021, 2023-2025 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
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