Jane C. Paddison

Retired
Written By Stefanie Papasoglu
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Retired

 

Practice Areas

 

Experience

Ms. Paddison has provided counsel in the areas of sophisticated estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax planning to a diverse group of individuals and entities for the past thirty-five years. She also provides counsel to business owners in structuring entities for tax and asset protection purposes; prepares marital agreements; advises on probate and trust administration and income tax issues; and provides expert witness testimony in divorce and probate litigation matters.

Jane complements her planning practice by representing clients in various tax controversy matters, including estate tax audits, before the Internal Revenue Service Appeals Office and the United States Tax Court.

Prior to joining HBC, Jane was a solo practitioner in Boulder for ten years, and was previously affiliated with Denver based firms, including as a partner of Gelt, Paddison & Grassgreen, P.C. in Denver.

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

 

  • Jane has been a member of the Board of Trustees, The Community Foundation Boulder County from 2015 to present. She has also served on the Legal Committee for the Boulder Foundation, including as Chair of that Committee from 2015 until 2018. Jane has previously provided her support as a supervising attorney, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, The Wills Lab.

    While Bill has dedicated many hours of service to the Boulder community, outside the United States he is best known for his deep commitment to developing the rule of law in emerging democracies around the world. From September of 1991 to September of 1992, Bill served as the first liaison for the ABA's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 1992, he has continued his active involvement in the reform efforts in over twenty countries ranging from Russia to Myanmar to Syria. Some examples:

    • In 1999 - 2000, Bill served in Prague as the initial Executive Director of the CEELI Institute, a post-graduate lawyer and judicial training institute sponsored by the ABA.

    • In recognition of his experience, and at the request of the International Bar Association in London, Bill served as an advisor to the Law Society of Kenya in 2002.

    • Bill was a founder of the International Legal Assistance Consortium based in Stockholm, Sweden, and served as chairman of the Executive Committee from 2006-2008.

    • Bill was part of the American delegation selected by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to participate in the sixteen-nation Arab Judicial Forum in Manama, Bahrain in 2003.

    • In 2010, Bill was an instructor for Iranian lawyers at BahçeŞehir University in Istanbul.

    • Over the years, Bill has led assessment missions for various international organizations to Cambodia, South Sudan, Egypt, Algerian, Libya, Syria and Myanmar.

    • Author, “Estate Administration,” chapter 102 in Krendl’s Colorado Methods of Practice, West Pub. Co., 2015 - 2017

    • Author, “Estate Planning,” chapter 104 in Krendl’s Colorado Methods of Practice, West Pub. Co., 2015 - 2017

    • Co-Author, “Marital Agreements,” chapter 30, The Estate Planning Handbook, CLE in Colorado, Inc., 2010 - 2015

    • Co-Author, “Court-Approved Trust Modifications - Binding Effect on the IRS and Tax Consequences,” The Colorado Lawyer, Colorado Bar Association, Publisher, June, 2012

    • Co-Author, “Trusts that Cry for Attention,” Trusts & Estates Magazine, Penton Media, Inc., Publisher, December, 2011

    • Co-Presenter, May, 2015: Understanding and Using Specialized Trusts, including GRATs, IDITs, Pet Trusts, and More, CBA-CLE Trust and Estate Section

    • Presenter, December, 2011: Income Tax - Your Aging Client and Deceased Client, Boulder County Bar Association

    • Presenter, November, 2011: Gifts of Interests in Family Partnerships and LLCs Do they Qualify for the Annual Gift Tax Exclusion, Boulder County Bar Association

    • Co-Presenter, June, 2011: Disobedient Wealth Transfer Arrangements and an IRS That Doesn’t Always Listen, CBA-CLE, Estate Planning Retreat

    • Co-Presenter, October, 2010: An Update You Can’t Afford to Miss: the Future of Estate Planning and Income Taxes - 2010 Income Tax Update, CLE sponsored by The Community Foundation of Boulder County

    • Co-Presenter, August, 2001: The New Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, CBA-CLE

 

Education

  • Boston University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1989

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., 1985

  • University of Maine, B.A. with Honors, 1979

Bar Admissions/ Clerkships

  • Colorado, 1988

  • Louisiana, 1996 (inactive)

  • U.S. Tax Court, 1986

  • Maine, 1986 (inactive)

  • New Hampshire, 1985 (inactive)

Memberships / Awards

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) member, 2013 to present

  • Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow Emeritus

  • Colorado Bar Association

    • Member Trust and Estate Section Council Member, 2013-2015

    • Statutory Revisions Committee, Trust and Estate Section

      • Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act Subcommittee, 2014

      • Uniform Powers of Appointment Act Subcommittee, 2013

      • Domestic Asset Protection Trust Subcommittee, 2011-2012

      • Uniform Probate Code III Committee, 2009-2010

      • Past Editor of the Trust and Estate Section for the Colorado Lawyer (1993 - 1994)

  • Boulder Estate Planning Council, Member

  • 5280 Magazine – Top Lawyer, Denver – Trusts and Estates (inaugural year) and Estate Planning 2016-2022

  • Best Lawyers in America

    • Selected for Trusts and Estates, 2010-2022

  • Colorado Super Lawyers

    • Selected for Estate Planning & Probate, 2011-2022

 

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