Maria M. Lynch - Raleigh, NC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1979
    J.D.
    Honors: With Honors
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: University of North Carolina Law Review, Research Editor, 1978 - 1979

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Tennessee, 1974
    B.A.
    Honors: With High Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Wills, Trusts and Estates, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2005 – 2007, 2017, 2018, 2019
  
• Wills, Trusts and Estates, Duke University School of Law, 2007 - Present
  
• Why We Love Private Foundation: North Carolina Bar Association, 2017
  
• How to Negotiate a Fiduciary Litigation Case: North Carolina Bar Association, 2013

Published Works

Articles

• Circular 230 Update: UNC Tax Institute 2012 and 2013; Duke Estate Planning Conference, 2012
  
• The Unauthorized Practice of Law: Triangle Continuing Education Summit 2011, modified and republished in The Will and the Way, 2011
  
• Ethical Considerations in Estate Planning: The Ethics of Asset Protection Planning: ACTEC 2010 Southeast Regional Meeting
  
• Minimizing GST Tax: CTFA, 2009
  
• New Tax Return Preparer's Standards and the Intersection of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers: UNC Tax Institute, 2009
  

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Tax Court, 1981

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified Specialist, Estate Planning and Probate Law, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization

Other Affiliations

• North Carolina Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1995 - Present (Fellow)
• North Carolina Bar Association Estate Planning Fiduciary Law Section, 2010 - 2016 (Council Member)
• North Carolina Bar Association Estate Planning Fiduciary Law Section, 2007 - 2011 (Chair, Ethics Committee)
• Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialty Committee North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization (Past Chair)
• Wake County Bar Association Board of Directors, 2011 - 2014 (Director)
• 10th Judicial District Grievance Committee, 2010 - 2011 (Chair)
• North Carolina State Bar, 1993 - 2001 (Councilor)
• Tenth Judicial District Bar, - 2018 (President)