Samantha M. White
Samantha M. White is an associate with the firm. Her areas of concentration include tax law, entity formation and estate planning matters including wealth transfer, complex estate administration, trust management, charitable gifting and business succession planning. She represents owners of closely-held businesses, nonprofit foundations and individuals and families with estate planning needs. Samantha also practices in the area of surrogacy law representing both heterosexual and same-sex couples seeking to have families through assisted reproduction using a gestational surrogate.
Samantha graduated Order of St. Ives from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. While in law school, she earned academic honors in trusts and estates, real estate law and international law. She also served as a staff editor for the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. In 2007, Samantha obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver Graduate Tax Program.
Email:swhite@penberg.com
Admitted to Practice
Colorado, U.S. Tax Court
Education
2007, LL.M. in Taxation, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
2007, J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, Order of St. Ives
2003, Dual B.S., with honors, Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
2000-2001, Study Abroad Program in West European Politics, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, England
Community and Professional Involvement
Colorado Bar Association, Sections on Taxation Law, Trusts and Estates and Business Law; Denver Bar Association; Women's Estate Planning; American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility Council
Publications and Speeches
Colorado Methods of Practice (West, Fourth Edition, 2009, updated 2010), contributing co-author, Chapters on Wills, Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Trusts.
19th Annual Institute on Advising Nonprofits-A Primer on Advising Nonprofits, 2010, Obtaining and Retaining Tax-Exempt Status.
The Orange Book: Colorado Estate Planning Handbook (to be published in 2011), co-author of Chapter on Allocation of Estate & Generation Skipping Transfer Taxes
Colorado, U.S. Tax Court
Education
2007, LL.M. in Taxation, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
2007, J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, Order of St. Ives
2003, Dual B.S., with honors, Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
2000-2001, Study Abroad Program in West European Politics, University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, England
Community and Professional Involvement
Colorado Bar Association, Sections on Taxation Law, Trusts and Estates and Business Law; Denver Bar Association; Women's Estate Planning; American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility Council
Publications and Speeches
Colorado Methods of Practice (West, Fourth Edition, 2009, updated 2010), contributing co-author, Chapters on Wills, Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Trusts.
19th Annual Institute on Advising Nonprofits-A Primer on Advising Nonprofits, 2010, Obtaining and Retaining Tax-Exempt Status.
The Orange Book: Colorado Estate Planning Handbook (to be published in 2011), co-author of Chapter on Allocation of Estate & Generation Skipping Transfer Taxes