Mary Alice Smolarek has over twenty-five years experience in assisting individuals protect their families through properly prepared powers of attorney, advance medical directives, wills and trust documents. Ms. Smolarek represent personal representatives in the administration of estates and trustees in the proper administration of trusts.
Ms. Smolarek joined Wright Constable & Skeen in 1993. She is the past chair of the Estate and Trust Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association. Ms. Smolarek is active in local and state bar activities and is a lifetime fellow of the Maryland State Bar Foundation and the Baltimore Bar Foundation. She is a past member of the Maryland State Board of Governors. Ms. Smolarek is past president of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and past president of the Baltimore Bar Foundation.
Her work has garnered recognition from professional groups and publications. She has been named to the list of Super Lawyers for her practice area each year for over a decade, and was named one of the Top Women Lawyers in the Northeast by Martindale-Hubbell. She has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available.
Ms. Smolarek enjoys spending her spare time with her husband at their West Virginia vacation home. She was recently honored as a past president of the Bar Association of Baltimore City (BABC) in their Pathway to Leadership program: watch it here.
Business owners, executives, individuals and non-profit organizations. Ms. Smolarek advises individuals, Personal Representatives and Trustees.
- American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and Tax Section
- District of Columbia Bar Association, Estate and Trust Section
- Maryland State Bar Association, Estate and Trust Section, Tax Section and Disability rights land Elder Law Section
- Bar Association of Baltimore City, President (2009-2010)
- Baltimore Bar Foundation, President (2007-2008) and lifetime fellow
- Maryland Bar Foundation, lifetime fellow
- Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors (2010-2012)
Estate planning including Wills, Revocable or Living Trusts, Advance Medical Directives or Living Wills, Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Irrevocable Trusts such as Grantor Trusts, Disability Trusts, Life Insurance Trusts and Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT); Family Partnerships, Family Business planning, Business Succession planning, Buy-Sell Agreements and Split Dollar Agreements; and Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRAT and CRUT), Charitable Lead Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, and Charitable Pooled Income Funds; Estate administration, and Trust administration, Fiduciary Responsibilities.
Articles and Presentations on Basics of Estate Planning, Sophisticated Estate Planning Techniques, Charitable Giving and Estate Planning Techniques, Advance Directives and Disability Planning, Basic Estate Tax Planning, and Planning with Life Insurance.
