Jane has been a member of the Board of Trustees, The Community Foundation Boulder County from 2015 to present. She has also served on the Legal Committee for the Boulder Foundation, including as Chair of that Committee from 2015 until 2018. Jane has previously provided her support as a supervising attorney, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, The Wills Lab.
Jane C. Paddison
Retired
jane.paddison@hbcboulder.com
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Experience
Ms. Paddison has provided counsel in the areas of sophisticated estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax planning to a diverse group of individuals and entities for the past thirty-five years. She also provides counsel to business owners in structuring entities for tax and asset protection purposes; prepares marital agreements; advises on probate and trust administration and income tax issues; and provides expert witness testimony in divorce and probate litigation matters.
Jane complements her planning practice by representing clients in various tax controversy matters, including estate tax audits, before the Internal Revenue Service Appeals Office and the United States Tax Court.
Prior to joining HBC, Jane was a solo practitioner in Boulder for ten years, and was previously affiliated with Denver based firms, including as a partner of Gelt, Paddison & Grassgreen, P.C. in Denver.
AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Education
Boston University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1989
University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., 1985
University of Maine, B.A. with Honors, 1979
Bar Admissions / Clerkships
Colorado, 1988
Louisiana, 1996 (inactive)
U.S. Tax Court, 1986
Maine, 1986 (inactive)
New Hampshire, 1985 (inactive)
Memberships / Awards
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) member, 2013 to present
Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow Emeritus
Colorado Bar Association
Member Trust and Estate Section Council Member, 2013-2015
Statutory Revisions Committee, Trust and Estate Section
—Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act Subcommittee, 2014
—Uniform Powers of Appointment Act Subcommittee, 2013
—Domestic Asset Protection Trust Subcommittee, 2011-2012
—Uniform Probate Code III Committee, 2009-2010
—Past Editor of the Trust and Estate Section for the Colorado Lawyer (1993 - 1994)
Boulder Estate Planning Council, Member
5280 Magazine – Top Lawyer, Denver – Trusts and Estates (inaugural year) and Estate Planning 2016-2022
Best Lawyers in America
Selected for Trusts and Estates, 2010-2022
Colorado Super Lawyers
Selected for Estate Planning & Probate, 2011-2022