Bar Admissions

  • Maryland

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2004
    Senior Writing Fellow, Legal Writing Fellow

    Publications Editor, The State and Local Tax Lawyer

    Editorial Board, The Tax Lawyer
  • B.A., magna cum laude, Franklin and Marshall College, 1999
    Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships

  • Baltimore Estate Planning Council

    American Bar Association

    Maryland State Bar Association
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Sarah H. B. Kahl
Associate

Sarah Kahl is an associate in the firm's Tax and Wealth Planning Group. She focuses her practice on trusts, estates and non-profit entities.

Ms. Kahl is experienced in a variety of tax saving strategies such as grantor retained annuity trusts, life insurance trusts, sales to grantor trusts, and private annuities. She also assists clients in tax planning with monetization techniques such as a variable prepaid forward.

Ms. Kahl helps clients leave charitable legacies, for example, through the use of a charitable remainder trust, conservation easements, or the creation and maintenance of a private foundation. She helps clients reach charitable goals by drafting comprehensive gift agreements with recipient charities.

Representative Clients

Ms. Kahl's clients include individuals and family businesses. She also represents estates and non-profit entities, including a land trust and a number of private foundations.

Activities

Ms. Kahl is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). She serves on the Board of Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (ASTT).