Abel J. Merrill lectures frequently and has written a statewide column on current estate planning ideas. He has attended the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning for the past 23 years.

Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Charitable Giving; Estate and Gift Taxation.

Admitted: 1964, Maryland

Law School: University of Maryland, LL.B., 1964.

College: Colgate University, B.A., 1959.

Member: Anne Arundel County, Maryland State (Member, Section Council Estates and Trusts, 1978-1982, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations

Biography: Assistant Editor, Maryland Law Review, 1962-1963. Law Clerk, Chief Judge Simon B. Sobeloff, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1964-1965. Member: Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, 1975-1985; Character Committee of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1987-1988; Pension Oversight Board, Anne Arundel County, 1999-2002. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

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