黛安•汤普森 is a firm shareholder and leader of the firm's wills, 信托基金, 房地产 planning and administration practice group. She is nationally recognized for her legal practice focusing on 房地产 and wealth transfer planning, 信托基金 and 房地产s administration, 和税务.
A highly respected 房地产 and tax planning lawyer, Diane is a much sought after advisor to ultra high and high net worth individuals and families on the broad range of very complex 房地产 planning concerns. She focuses on personalized planning with an emphasis on reducing the tax impact of federal income, 房地产, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to maximize the transfer of wealth. She guides personal representatives through the 房地产 administration process and prepares 房地产 tax returns, inheritance tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns of the United States and other jurisdictions.
One focus of Diane’s practice is post-mortem tax and disclaimer planning. She maintains the most complete compilation of 房地产 and tax reference resources in the country on disclaimer law, which is used nationally by many other professionals.
Diane is a frequent lecturer, particularly on the subject “Disclaimers: When, Why & How to Say ‘No’ to an Inheritance.” She has lectured at many top industry conferences including the University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Conference, 杜克大学遗产规划会议, 南加州税 & Estate Planning Forum, among others.
戴安写了《现金网官网》. 13, When it is Better to Disclaim Than to Receive: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning” (Matthew Bender & Co. 2005). Additionally, she has instructed courses for numerous state CPA societies.
1988年到1996年, Diane taught courses in advanced 房地产 planning and federal taxation of 房地产s, 威廉的礼物和信托 & 玛丽法学院.
Structured a plan of numerous disclaimers, to include the use of the credit for tax on prior transfers, for husband and wife 房地产s with combined assets of $7,500,000 resulting in an 房地产 tax savings of $1,700,000.
Prepared an 房地产 plan using grantor retained annuity 信托基金, 及其他不可撤销信托, resulting in millions of dollars saved in transfer taxes.
Prepared an 房地产 plan which included provisions for the transfer of Roth IRAs, 通过信托, to grandchildren which will result in income tax free growth for a long period of time for the grandchildren.
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- 萨福克律师协会
- American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel, Fellow and Chair of the Tax Policy Study Committee
- Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 1991-2025
Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, Lawyer of the Year in Norfolk, 2015 - Virginia’s Legal Elite, Taxes/Estates/Trusts/Elder Law, 2008, 2013-2023
- Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006-2024
- Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women, 2006-2010
- Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women, 2016-2018, 2020 and 2023
- Virginia Super Lawyers, Top 100, 2017
- Coastal Virginia's Top Lawyers, Wills, Trusts, & 苑2016 - 2024
- 了解遗产规划 & 资产转让的所有权 ——2017年4月
- Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (“GRATs”) ——2012年1月