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Doris J. Licht

Partner Providence

Doris’ practice includes all aspects of trusts and estates, advising clients with respect to minimizing current taxes as well as death transfer taxes, facilitating transfer of wealth between generations, and controlling and protecting assets through the use of trusts and other devices. She has developed sophisticated plans to minimize the impact of transfer taxes, to freeze asset values, and to provide for orderly dispositions of business interests and has also designed on-going intra-family gift programs and planned appropriate formats for charitable giving. Doris is also directly involved with estate administration representing both individual and corporate executors and trustees on probate matters, estate taxation matters, and trust income tax issues. She has considerable experience handling guardianship and conservatorship cases before probate courts.

Credentials

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Partner (1979-Present)
    • Associate (1973-1979)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America® (1997-2024)
    • Lawyer of the Year (2014)
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Chambers USA High Net Worth (HNW) (2016-2019)
  • Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for the category of Private Wealth Law
  • Super Lawyers, Rhode Island (2008-2018)
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rating, Recipient

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • American Cancer Society, Rhode Island Division, Former Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Foundation for Trinity Repertory Company, Board of Directors
  • Newport Film Festival, Former Director
  • Preserve Rhode Island, Board of Trustees
  • Rhode Island Commodores
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Former Council Member
  • Sargent Rehabilitation Center, Board Member; Former Chairman of Board of Directors
  • Trinity Repertory Theatre, Board of Directors, Board of Governance Committee

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • Construction Financial Management Association
  • Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Bar Association, Foundation Fellow
  • Rhode Island Commodores
  • The Rhode Island Foundation, Professional Advisory Council

Bar Memberships

  • Massachusetts, 1985
  • Rhode Island, 1973

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