I helped people navigate some of the hardest moments of their lives: divorce, custody, property and debt division, and more. Little did I know that some of the hardest moments of my life would include losing my parents within four months of each other.. Although we knew what my parents’ wishes were after they passed away, neither of them planned their end-of-life-care or signed something as simple as a HIPAA release or living Will (also known as an advance healthcare directive). As a result, we never knew what their final healthcare wishes were for the time preceding their deaths.. My mom, suffering from terminal brain cancer, was forced to pass away on someone else’s terms. She lay on her deathbed for 12 days without food, hydration, or pain medication. Since there was nothing in writing regarding her last wishes, my sister was able to prevent me from participating in my mother’s end-of-life decision-making process, talking to her physicians, or securing her pain medication.. To this day, a rift exists in my family because of that. Because of the need to prevent family fueds I changed my practice to Estate Planning, Wills, and Trusts.

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Maribeth Conway

405 W 36th Ave Ste 102 , Anchorage , Alaska 99503 Zip code: 99503

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Maribeth Conway represents clients in all types of estate planning matters, ranging from simple wills to complex irrevocable and dynastic trusts; in probate, conservatorship, guardianship and trust matters; with charitable planning and business affairs. Ms. Conway offers her clients an innovative and sophisticated estate planning practice. Her practice emphasizes basic estate planning, probate and trust administration, tax planning, business formation and succession planning. She has more than twenty years of special expertise in estate, gift and fiduciary tax matters, fiduciary representation, and planning for incapacitated adults and developmentally disabled family members.. Maribeth was born and raised in Anchorage and is a fourth generation Alaskan. She is also a documented direct lineal descendent of a patriot of the American Revolution and member the Daughters of the American Revolution. Together with her husband and son, she makes her home in Anchorage and is active in cross-country skiing and hiking in her “spare time.”

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Lea McDermid

Firm: Durrell Law Group

1400 W. Benson Blvd., Suite 370 , Anchorage , Alaska 99503 Zip code: 99503

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

I graduated from Berkeley Law in 2001 and then moved to Alaska to clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court. I owned a law firm for 13 years, where I practiced primarily immigration law. In 2018, I began working at Shaftel Delman, LLC, where I continued my immigration practice and also practiced estate planning, business law, and probate/trust administration. I joined Durrell Law Group in April 2020, where I continue to practice in these areas of law.. On a personal note, I am married and have two school-aged children. As a family we enjoy getting into the outdoors skiing, camping, hiking, and mountain biking. I had never been to Alaska before 2001 and had not planned on staying beyond my one year clerkship. But I fell in love with Alaska and now consider it home.

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