Chris advises high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, fiduciaries and business owners on a broad range of estate planning, wealth transfer, business succession, trust administration and charitable planning matters. His guidance focuses on helping clients preserve wealth, safeguard assets, minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax exposure, and protect legacies that pass from one generation to the next.
Chris assists clients with a range of estate planning strategies, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, SLATs, ILITs, GRATs, beneficiary designation planning and lifetime gifting strategies designed to preserve wealth and minimize transfer taxes. He also advises clients on charitable planning vehicles, including CRTs, CLTs, DAFs and private foundations, helping align philanthropic goals with broader estate, gift and income tax planning objectives. In addition, Chris works with business owners on succession planning strategies aimed at facilitating the efficient transfer of closely held business interests across generations.
In the area of trust administration, he works closely with executors, trustees and beneficiaries throughout all phases of estate and trust administration, including probate proceedings, compliance, creditor matters, funding, accountings and distributions. He also advises fiduciaries on post-mortem planning opportunities and other matters that support the efficient administration and preservation of family wealth.
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Lancaster County Bar Association
- Lancaster Chamber
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Education
- Penn State Dickinson Law, J.D. and MBA
- Georgetown University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
- Wingate University, B.S.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
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- Lancaster
- Phone: 717.399.6623
- Fax: 610.371.7893
- Wealth Planning, Trusts and Estates
Chris advises high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, fiduciaries and business owners on a broad range of estate planning, wealth transfer, business succession, trust administration and charitable planning matters. His guidance focuses on helping clients preserve wealth, safeguard assets, minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax exposure, and protect legacies that pass from one generation to the next.
Chris assists clients with a range of estate planning strategies, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, SLATs, ILITs, GRATs, beneficiary designation planning and lifetime gifting strategies designed to preserve wealth and minimize transfer taxes. He also advises clients on charitable planning vehicles, including CRTs, CLTs, DAFs and private foundations, helping align philanthropic goals with broader estate, gift and income tax planning objectives. In addition, Chris works with business owners on succession planning strategies aimed at facilitating the efficient transfer of closely held business interests across generations.
In the area of trust administration, he works closely with executors, trustees and beneficiaries throughout all phases of estate and trust administration, including probate proceedings, compliance, creditor matters, funding, accountings and distributions. He also advises fiduciaries on post-mortem planning opportunities and other matters that support the efficient administration and preservation of family wealth.
Affiliations
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Lancaster County Bar Association
- Lancaster Chamber
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Education
- Penn State Dickinson Law, J.D. and MBA
- Georgetown University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
- Wingate University, B.S.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court