formerly known as Laura Stone Quam
Founding Partner
EDUCATION
J.D., Vanderbilt
School of Law, 1992
Dean’s List
Associate Editor, Vanderbilt
Journal of Transnational Law
B.A. in Business and Economics,
Brown University, 1989
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
District of Columbia
Maryland
With more than 20 years of experience assisting clients with their estate planning (including life insurance and charitable planning), business succession and estate and trust administration, Laura has been recognized as a Top Estate Attorney in the Washingtonian magazine. Laura uses her extensive knowledge of estate and gift taxes together with her effective communication skills and personable demeanor to provide clients with an understandable, efficient and comfortable experience. Each estate plan is crafted to meet the individual needs of the client while minimizing estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Laura has a particular passion for assisting clients entering new phases of their lives, whether due to marriage, divorce or death of a loved one. In addition, she enjoys working with multi-generational families to coordinate their estate plans, protect assets and counsel younger generations about the responsibility of inheriting wealth.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
- Venable LLP, Of Counsel
- Tucker, Flyer & Lewis, PC, Associate
- First Virginia Bank, Trust Officer
- Miles & Stockbridge PC, Associate
- State of Tennessee Chancery Court, Law Clerk
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- Selected as a Top Financial Adviser by Washingtonian in 2022
- Selected as a Top Estate Attorney by Washingtonian in 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017 and 2015
- Past President and Board Director, Estate Planning Council of Montgomery County
- American Bar Association – Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law; Section of Taxation
- Maryland State Bar Association – Estate and Trust Law Section
- District of Columbia Bar Association – Section of Estates, Trusts and Probate Law; Taxation Section
- Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council
- Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, Student Outreach Subcommittee
- Quoted in Tax Analysts’ Exempt Organization Tax Review, Jan 2019 article entitled “Taxation of Cross-Border Nonprofit Activity”
- “Houston We Have A Problem – How to Work with Clients with Diminished Capacity” (Moderator) presented to the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council
- “Estate Planning Bootcamp” presented numerous times to financial advisory firms, corporate executives and community groups
- “Maximize Personal Liquidity in an Exit”: 2020 Brightwood Capital CEO Forum, February 4, 2022
