Wayne Eig

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Principal, Paley Rothman

Experience: 48 years

Business Law, Tax Law and Estate Planning

District of Columbia and Maryland

Best Lawyers (2014-2018), Best Law Firms and 3 others

Awards 5

Experience 48y

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Wayne Eig refers to himself as a business and tax lawyer for individuals and closely held entities, providing advice to clients involved in various business, investment, financial and succession planning activities. Sometimes, his clients are individuals or families, sometimes entities and often a combination of individuals/families and affiliated entities working together. Sometimes, these businesses have great value, sometimes they do not – but all of these clients have needs which require legal attention.
Over the course of his career, Wayne has chaired some of the firm’s major practice groups – Estate & Trust Administration, Estate Planning, Tax, and Corporate. In forty years of practice, Wayne has learned that the role of a small business lawyer is to work with clients to help define and address their goals, and just as importantly, to evaluate and monitor them over time. Whether it is a fairly simple will and estate plan or a complicated transaction involving tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars, the role of the small business lawyer remains the same.
Wayne has lectured extensively, both to attorneys and other professionals, as well as to client groups, and has published articles in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, succession planning and wealth transfer planning. Before practicing law, Wayne was a teacher, and as an attorney, he has continued to teach – both to younger attorneys in the firm, as well as to colleagues practicing in related professions.
Wayne considers his single greatest personal achievement to be his role in his family – with his wife, his two sons, his five grandchildren and his five brothers and numerous nieces and nephews. He considers his greatest professional accomplishment to be his professional family – that is, the large number of clients and professionals in associated fields with whom he has worked, many for more than thirty years.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 1976

Maryland

Professional Experience

Current

Paley Rothman

Prinicpal

Education

1973

George Washington University - Mount Vernon campus

J.D. (1973)

1968

Harvard University

B.A.

Honors: With Honors

Awards

Wayne Eig

Best Lawyers (2014-2018)

Best Lawyers in America

Best Law Firms

U.S. News & Best Lawyers

“Top Lawyer in Trusts & Estates,”

Washington Business Journal

“Top Trusts & Estates Lawyer,”

Washingtonian Magazine

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated

Contacts

Paley Rothman 4800 Hampden Lane 6th Floor Bethesda MD 20814 Telephone: (301) 656-7603 Fax: (301) 654-7354

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Wayne Eig Principal, Paley Rothman

Experience: 48 years

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Phone: (301) 656-7603

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Tax Law

Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Websites

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