W. Shepherdson Abell

Probate, Mediation
8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1100
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815


Probate

Admitted

1970, Maryland; 1975, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Georgetown University, J.D., 1970

Law School Graduation Year

1970

College

Boston College, A.B., summa cum laude, 1963; Harvard University, M.P.A., 1965

Memberships

Montgomery County and Maryland State (Member, Estates and Trusts Section Council, 1981; Chairman, 1985) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar

Biographical

Delta Theta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1985—; Lecturer on Tax and Estate Planning, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers, 1979—. Executive Assistant to the Lt. Governor of Maryland, 1970-1974. Secretary, Maryland Department of Employment and Social Services, 1974-1975. Chairman, Maryland Commission on Hereditary Disorders, 1974-1978. Chairman, Governor's Commission on Welfare Grants, 1979. Chairman, Governor's Fiscal Review Committee, 1984. Member: The Barristers; The Lawyers' Club of Washington, D.C. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Military

Lt., U.S. Navy, 1967-1971