04 January 2019 - Article
Elizabeth A. Bawden
Partner | Los Angeles
Elizabeth is a partner in the private client and tax team.
She focuses her efforts on estate planning, planned giving and tax-exempt organizations. Elizabeth represents clients in matters related to family wealth transfers for large estates, sophisticated estate and gift tax saving techniques, charitable planned giving, and complex probate and trust administrations. She also regularly represents tax-exempt organizations in formation, organizational and operational issues.
Elizabeth is certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a legal specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law and a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). She received the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Los Angeles Council of Charitable Gift Planners, where she has served as president and has been a member for 15 years.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and the UCLA School of Law where she served as Executive Editor of the UCLA Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Judge Wiley Y. Daniel of the Federal District Court in Colorado. Elizabeth is currently adjunct faculty at the UCLA School of Law teaching Estate and Gift Tax and Estate Planning.
Elizabeth serves on the board of the Heifer International Foundation, supporting the work of Heifer International to end hunger and poverty around the world by providing livestock and training to struggling communities.
Admissions
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Memberships
Talks
State of California, 2000
State of Arkansas, 2017
‘Final Anti-Clawback Regs Give Estate Planners Green Light,’ Tax Notes, November 26, 2019, quoted
‘Preparing for Sunset - what every lawyer needs to know about the gift and estate tax,’ Daily Journal’s ‘Wealth with Withers’ column, June 25, 2019, author
‘Withers update on California and federal legislative activity affecting estate taxes,’ Insight __ - June 19, 2019, co-author
American Institute for Philanthropic Studies Certified Specialist in Planned Giving program (2020-present)
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow (2014-present)
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Charitable Planning Committee
‘Love in the Time of COVID-19: Trustee and Beneficiary Harmony in Years Like 2020,’ USC Gould School of Law 46th Annual Trust and Estate Conference - November 13, 2020, panelist
‘Looking Ahead: Key benefits of Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs),’ Withersworldwide webinar - July 6, 2020, co-presenter
‘Fundraising During the Coronavirus Pandemic,’ virtual panel at Western Regional Planned Giving Conference - June 25, 2020, panelist
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Giving back is an important personal value
Education
Languages
- English