About me
Richard Franklin focuses on estate planning, trusts and estate administration, and beneficiary and fiduciary representation. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Florida Bars, and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He serves on the ACTEC Tax Policy Study Committee and leads a subcommittee on Well-Being under the Practice Committee. He has spoken at numerous estate planning programs and written on estate planning topics for ACTEC Law Journal, Actionline, BNA Insights, Estate Planning, Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, Probate & Property, Steve Leimberg’s Newsletters, Tax Notes, The Florida Bar Journal, The Washington Lawyer, Trusts & Estates, and the Bloomberg/BNA Estates, Gifts & Trust Journal. Richard is a DC Super Lawyer®, has been named a Top Lawyer in Washingtonian's biennial lists, is ranked in The Best Lawyers® in America as a leading lawyer in the Trusts and Estates category, and rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell.
