Suzanne C. Farley is a member of Venable’s national Tax and Wealth Planning Practice. She focuses her practice on estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and families, with a particular emphasis on family wealth transfers for large estates; trust and estate administrations; court proceedings and IRS audits related to trust and estate administrations; charitable giving; business formation and succession planning; and the formation and representation of tax-exempt entities.
Experience :
Represented high-net-worth individual in advanced planning, including grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) and use of gifts and sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), which resulted in significant tax savings.
Represented high-net-worth individual in advanced planning, including a charitable lead annuity trust (CLAT), formation of a private family foundation, and Delaware dynasty trusts.
Represented trustees of multi-million-dollar estate owning substantial private real estate assets in the United States and Canada, where the estate successfully obtained estate tax deferral under Internal Revenue Code Section 6166, and a 10-year payment plan for generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Represented estates in settling estate tax audits before the Internal Revenue Service, where contested issues included the value of closely held business interests, promissory notes, and real estate.
Represented trustee of a billion-dollar estate in preparation of an estate tax return, post-mortem tax planning, and administration of estate assets, including substantial real estate holdings.
Represented partners of numerous private equity fund complexes in estate and transactional planning.
Represented a professional sports franchise in forming and obtaining tax-exempt status for its related nonprofit organization.
Education :
LL.M. Taxation Golden Gate University School of Law 2012
J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law 2007
B.F.A. magna cum laude City University of New York, Hunter College 2003
Bar Admissions : California
Professional Memberships :
Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, Taxation Section
Member, State Bar of California, Taxation & Estate Planning Sections
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