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Matie B. Little
Associate
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
T:  202.662.3430
F:  202.393.7601

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Ms. Little is an associate with Ivins, Phillips & Barker’s Estate Planning Department.  Her practice concentrates on assisting clients with high net worth efficiently and effectively implement their lifetime gifting and estate plans using wills, various types of trusts, charitable giving and family business entities.  She administers estates, assists with trust accountings and prepares financial powers of attorney, medical powers of attorney, living wills and premarital agreements. 

Ms. Little also counsels public charities and private foundations on a variety of regulatory, transactional and compliance issues, such as corporate governance, self-dealing and annual reporting.

Representative Matters
  • Ms. Little has assisted couples in ensuring the use of each spouse’s estate and generation skipping transfer tax exemptions using various techniques, including interspousal gifts with lifetime qualified terminal interest property trusts.
  • Ms. Little has attended annual board meetings of charitable organizations and advised such organizations on annual audit requirements, document retention and reasonable compensation.  
  • Ms. Little has represented clients in contested trust accounting and probate matters. 
Memberships & Affiliations

American Bar Association, Real Property and Trusts & Estate Law Section

D.C. Bar Association, Tax Section

Maine Bar Association

Massachusetts Bar Association

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, 2008, LL.M. in Taxation with a Certificate in Estate Planning, with distinction

American University, Washington College of Law, 2007, J.D., summa cum laude

University of Maine, Honors College, 2003, B.A., Psychology, summa cum laude and High Honors

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Maine

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