Many of our estate planning clients prioritize ensuring that their child’s inheritance is not exposed to a child’s divorce. Many of our family law clients are concerned about whether an inheritance (past or future) will have an impact on their rights in their divorce case….

As we predicted in our December 2024 e-newsletter, Maryland indeed appears on the brink of significantly hiking the state estate tax imposed upon Maryland residents. Governor Wes Moore’s budget proposal, if passed by the Maryland legislature, would see thousands more Marylanders exposed to estate tax,…

December 2024 and January 2025 have seen BDBF attorneys recognized on many “best of lists” in several prominent publications as amongst the tops in the region in our practice areas. Partner Meg Rosan was recognized by 2025 Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine as a Top 50 Female…

Earlier this month, Bulman Dunie announced that Tim Canney has joined the firm as a Partner. Tim will be leading the firm’s revived business, tax, and commercial real estate practice. As is our custom, we like to introduce our new attorneys with five rapid-fire, fill-in-the-blank…

Imagine receiving a call that your parent has been raced to the hospital. In addition to the fear regarding their condition, you know that you are designated as your parent’s Agent under their power of attorney. For the foreseeable future, you may be in charge…

While the holidays may occasionally bring more existential questions (i.e., “What is the true meaning of Christmas?”), at Bulman Dunie, we prefer to tackle more important questions of our time. Read along as our attorneys debate the age-old question – is Die Hard a Christmas movie or…

We expect contrasting changes to federal and state estate and gift tax laws in 2025. With a new year and a Republican sweep of Congress and the White House, we expect the federal estate tax exemptions will stay the same or increase. But given the…

It’s Thanksgiving time! Based upon reaction to past newsletter articles, our newsletter readers seem conspicuously interested in our opinions on holiday food. To settle the debate – or perhaps to start an even more lively one – BDBF attorneys dish on our favorite Thanksgiving desserts….

Halloween will soon be here! The hits of 2024 involve political candidates, Australian breakdancing sensation Ray-gun, and any character from Beetlejuice. But at BDBF, we like to live in our past glory. After all, many of us were much more exciting about 20 years ago….

In what has become a much-loved (and surprisingly well-read) tradition with our September newsletter, BDBF attorneys recap our summer vacations. If you’re really interested, you can see our 2022 recap and our 2023 recap! Liz Farley This summer, we traveled to Saratoga Springs, New York for our wedding!…