Ms. Mancini's practice focuses on real estate, business and insurance planning. As a part of that practice she counsels high net worth individuals and families, and closely-held businesses; on entity planning, including structuring and formation; and the protection and preservation of client assets. She is experienced in planning for the closely-held business owner and the business succession and estate planning issues faced by the entrepreneur and his or her family. She is also a nationally recognized expert in techniques that utilize life insurance in estate and business plans, which include insurance trusts, split dollar and deferred compensation arrangements and life settlements. Ms. Mancini represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in trust and estate matters and she has substantial experience representing her clients in estate and gift tax matters before the Internal Revenue Service.

Bar and Court Admissions

District of Columbia, 1988

Rhode Island, 1984

Education

Georgetown University, LL.M., 1992

The Catholic University of America, J.D., 1984

Washington College, B.A., 1980

Publications

• Mary Ann Mancini & Caitlin Murphy, "The Elusive Insurable Interest Requirement: Are You Sure the Insured is Insured?" Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, Winter 2012
• Lawrence Brody & Mary Ann Mancini, "Issues Raised When Private Premium Financing Is Used to Pay Premiums on a Life Insurance Policy Owned by a Grantor Trust," BNA Estates, Gifts and Trust Journal, March 2009
• Mary Ann Mancini & Howard M. Zaritsky, "Insurable Interests: Aprés Chawla, le Deluge", American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Winter 2006
• Farhad Aghdami, Mary Ann Mancini & Howard M. Zaritsky, "Structuring Buy-Sell Agreements," Warren, Gorham and Lamont, 2002 (Second Edition)

Speeches and Seminars

Ms. Mancini is a frequent lecturer, speaking before such organizations as: The American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; University of Miami Heckerling Estate Planning Institute; Southern Federal Tax Institute; ALI-ABA, District of Columbia Bar Association; District of Columbia Estate Planning Council; Douglass W. Conner Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Administration Seminar; Duke University Estate Planning Conference.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association – Tax Section, Probate and Trust Law Fiduciary Income Tax Committee (Past Chair); Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Division, CLE Committee, Vice-Chair (2003- 2004); FLPS Chair (1999-2000); Council Director, Tax Section Council (2010-2013)
• District of Columbia Bar – Estates, Trusts and Probate Section, Steering Committee (1999-2001); Tax Section, Chair of the Estate Planning Committee, 2006-2008
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel – Fellow, Past-Chair Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, Board of Regents
• D.C. Estate Planning Council

Civic Involvement and Honors

• Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law, 2nd Edition - Outstanding practitioner in trusts and estates law, 2012
• Washington SmartCEO magazine – Recognized as one of Washington’s "Legal Elite"
• The Best Lawyers in America – Trusts and Estates, 2006-present
• Washington D.C. Super Lawyer
• Washingtonian.com – "Big Guns: Washington’s Top 800 Lawyers"
• The Washingtonian magazine – Top estate and trust attorney
• Washington & Lee University School of Law – Adjunct professor, 2004-2006
• Georgetown University Law Center – Adjunct professor, 1999-2002; 2007-present