Ms. Rawson has advised individuals with respect to their estate planning since 1993 and has represented individual and corporate clients in all aspects of estate and trust administration.  She counsels clients with respect to both simple and complex planning for a variety of needs that range from those of the single individual to complicated second marriages and succession planning for small business owners.  In her practice, Ms. Rawson utilizes such planning tools as wills and revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, charitable trusts, Grantor Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies and private foundations.  Ms. Rawson also advises clients as to the various elections and methods of designating beneficiaries for individual retirement accounts, qualified plan benefits and 403(b) plans, and advises plan beneficiaries as to their options.  In addition, Ms. Rawson handles various proceedings in the Orphans’ Court, including will contests, will and trust construction and reformation proceedings and contested accountings.

In addition to her estates and trusts practice, Ms. Rawson has considerable experience in advising and representing nonprofit organizations with respect to the process of organizing and obtaining tax exempt status as well as ongoing operational matters. 

Ms. Rawson is a former chair of the Estates and Trusts subsection of the Ohio Bar Association Federal Taxation Section, as well as a former Executive Committee member of the Section.  She has also been a guest lecturer for the paralegal program at Ohio University, Zanesville campus.

Education:
J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1992 (Cum Laude)
L.L.M., Capital University School of Law, 1993
B.B.A., Ohio University, 1989 (Summa Cum Laude)

Admissions:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of Ohio; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania