Jane C. Paddison

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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.

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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