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I represent individuals in a range of estate planning matters, including the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and designations of standby guardian. I enjoy advising clients through the entire estate planning process so that their estate planning goals are met and they feel empowered after executing their estate plan.

Oren Goldberg, an Of Counsel in the Estate Planning & Administration Group at Pasternak & Fidis, P.C., in Bethesda, Maryland, joined the Firm as an associate in 2008. After helping to launch a family business in 2014, Oren rejoined the Firm in 2018.. Oren advises individuals and families on all aspects of estate planning, probate, and estate and trust administration. He brings knowledge and experience in business succession planning and asset protection planning to the practice. Oren also helps clients achieve their charitable objectives, both in life and after death.. Oren often advises families on multi-generational estate planning. In addition to preparing wills, financial appropriate trusts, and health care powers of attorney, this may include advising clients on appropriate generation-skipping planning, special needs planning, and finding effective ways to maximize avaiable tax exemptions and exclusions. Oren is experienced in the use of various estate planning vehicles, including generation-skipping trusts, life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and may advise on the use of supplemental special needs trusts, silent trusts, and best practices when planning for the disposition of family business assets.. Oren believes: “The goal of estate planning, especially when a family business is concerned, should be the efficient transfer of ownership and control, while minimizing taxes and the potential for intra-family conflict.” To that end, Oren often advises clients to take the “long view” with their estate planning, recognizing that the process is ongoing, will require collaboration with accountants and financial advisors, and may involve annual reviews to identify how changing circumstances often open new planning opportunities.. Oren is admitted to the Bar in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and South Carolina (inactive). Prior to joining the Firm, Oren received his LL.M. in Taxation, as well as the Certificate in Estate Planning, from Georgetown University Law Center. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he was Publications Editor of the South Carolina Journal of International Business and President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.. After law school and before moving to the D.C. Metro area, Oren clerked for the Charleston County Probate Court in Charleston, South Carolina. Oren’s wife, Laurel, was raised in Charleston, and they maintain ties to the city through the Piccolo Spoleto program, where Laurel’s father directs a program on early music.. Oren graduated from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film and Television Production. Before attending law school, Oren worked as a film and video editor, but today he more often uses these skills to edit videos of his daughters’ performances.. A native New Yorker and dual American-Israeli citizen, Oren is bi-lingual in English and Hebrew, enjoys visual and performing arts, and particularly cherishes his time with family, including daughters, Hannah and Ellie, and their Sheepadoodle, Penny. When they are not rehearsing for or performing in a musical theater production, playing basketball, or participating in activities at Temple Micah in Washington, DC, the Goldbergs often can be found hiking area parks and trails with Penny, or visiting extended family in New York, South Carolina, Florida, New Zealand, or Israel.

Dependable attorney experienced in financial matters.

I am an estate planning and elder law attorney in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  I am a VA accredited attorney which allows me to advise and assist clients with planning to obtain Veteran's benefits for long-term care needs.  My office is in Greenbelt, Maryland, however, I will make home visits or schedule out of office meetings if it is more convenient for my clients.

Dionne is admitted to practice in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Alliance for Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Inc.. Before joining The Griffin Firm, PLLC, Dionne served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sylvester B. Cox, Jr. at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. She also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Michael W. Reed at the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.. Dionne received her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she was a student attorney in the Civil Advocacy Clinic. She represented individuals in actions against the Social Security Administration and counseled clients seeking record expungements of prior convictions.. Dionne was also one of eight students’ hand-selected for the Fannie Angelos Scholar Program, which recruits talented students from HBCUs to attend UB Law.. Merging her passion for the law and her faith, Dionne served as an extern at Christian Legal Aid of the District of Columbia. There, she assisted clients in family law cases, constructed and co-taught legal presentations to residents at DC’s Central Union Men’s Mission and Family Ministry Center.. Dionne received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Clark Atlanta University. While in college, Dionne became a member of Spelman College’s Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, Inc.. In addition to practicing law, Dionne takes every opportunity to offer personal, professional, and spiritual mentorship in her community. She currently serves as the Dance Ministry Leader at Christian Life Center in Belcamp, Maryland. She also leads Christian Life Center’s Singles Women’s Ministry. Moreover, she mentors young legal professionals in her law school’s Black Law Students Association and the Fannie Angelos Scholar Program. In her spare time, she also serves as a biblical teacher to her colleagues.