Diane K. Kuwamura - Rockville, MD

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1994
    J.D.
    Honors: Law Clerk to the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, Maryland.

• Non Legal Education

  • Boston University, 1987
    B.S.B.A.
  • Questrom School of Business
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Honors: Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sorority
    Major: Business Administration (BSBA) in Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal

Pro Bono Activities

• Chair of the Board of Directors of Montgomery Hospice

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1995
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• Supreme Court of the United States of America

Other Affiliations

• Montgomery County Bar Association (Member)
• Maryland State Bar Association, 1998 - Present (Member, Taxation Section)
• Maryland Bar Association, 1998 - Present (Member, Estate and Trust Law Section)
• Maryland Bar Association, 2001 - Present (Member, Business Law Section)
• American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section)
• American Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section)
• American Bar Association (Member, Estate and Trust Law Section)
• Washington DC Estate Planning Council, 2007 - 2008 (Officer-Secretary)
• United States Supreme Court Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association-Estates and Trusts and Taxation Sections
• American Bar Association-Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section and Taxation Section
• Montgomery County Bar Association-Estates and Trusts Section.
• Maryland State Bar Association. (Fellow)
• Washington, DC Estate Planning Council, 2000 - Present
• Washington, DC Estate Planning Council, 2010 - 2011 (President)
• Washington, DC Estate Planning Council., 2005 - 2012 (Council’s Board)
• Montgomery County Estate Planning Council (Board of Directors)