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Alexandra T. Breed
Director
Alexandra counsels individuals and families regarding advanced wealth preservation and transfer techniques, including estate planning, estate and gift taxes, charitable giving techniques, conservation easements, ownership and management of significant family properties, business succession, asset protection and guardianships. She is a frequent speaker and author on the use of conservation easements in estate planning.
Department
Trust and Estates
Areas of Practice
- Estate and Gift Taxes
- Estate Planning
- Trust and Estate Administration
- Conservation Easements
- Charitable Giving Techniques, including Private Foundations
- Asset Protection
Representative Clients & Work:
- Individuals, families and business owners for individual estate planning, charitable giving, asset protection and business succession matters.
- Bank Trust Departments and Trust Companies for trust administration, unitrust conversion, and charitable foundation matters.
- Individuals and conservation commissions for conservation easements; Non-profit organizations for planned giving.
Admissions
- New Hampshire
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Professional & Association Memberships
- Estate Planning Council
- New Hampshire Bar Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate Law Section
- New Hampshire Bar Real Estate Section
Recognition:
- "Top Attorneys in NH", New Hampshire Magazine
- Best Lawyers in America - Trust & Estates Law, Real Estate Law
Career
- LL.M. Boston University School of Law, 1999
- J.D. Boston University School of Law, 1974
- A.B. Vassar College, Cum Laude, 1970
Community Activities
- Board of Directors, Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston MA
- Board of Trustees, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway NH
- Board of Trustees, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness NH
Recent Publications & Lectures
- "Leaving a Legacy - Fundamentals of Estate Planning and Charitable Giving", Lakes Region Planned Giving Collaborative, April 17, 2008.
- "Evaluating and Selecting Conservation Projects: IRS Requirements and Public Benefit", Land Trust Alliance, Standards and Practice Curriculum, presented September 21, 2007.
- "Benefits of Estate Planning", presented to Sandborn, Head & Associates, Inc., September 19, 2007.
- "Estate Planning Issues and Land Conservation", part of the Land Conservation Options and Estate Planning Workshop, sponsored by the UNH Cooperative Extension and the Wolfeboro Conservation Commission, on September 13, 2007.
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