Overview
Beth Knight is a “a brilliant attorney … bright in the extreme, with an excellent eye for detail” (Chambers HNW).
Beth’s practice encompasses estate planning, estate administration, tax planning, and wealth preservation. She represents high net worth individuals in implementing sophisticated estate plans, as well as fiduciaries and beneficiaries in the administration of estates and trusts. Chambers High Net Worth reports, “Clients are comfortable talking to her, which is what everyone needs.”
Beth also represents banks, trust companies, and individuals regarding fiduciary duties and the administration, construction, and interpretation of trust instruments. She advises institutions and individuals on creating Delaware trusts and reforming and relocating existing trusts to Delaware, ensuring that her clients benefit from the unique advantages of Delaware trust law.
In addition, Beth advises clients on formation and operational issues relating to family planning vehicles and closely held businesses in the form of Delaware partnerships and limited liability companies in all types of transactions, including financing, restructuring, and dissolution.
PRACTICES
Trusts & Estates
Tax
Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory
- Villanova University, LL.M., 2015
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with high honors, 2005
Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems - University of Northern Iowa, B.A., summa cum laude with honors, Economics and Political Science, 2002
Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key Society
Education
Leadership
- Delaware State Bar Association
- Estates and Trusts Section, Trust Act Committee
- Tax Section, Vice Chair, 2019-2020, Secretary, 2018-2019
Recognition
- Chambers HNW, Private Wealth Law, since 2018
- The Best Lawyers in America, since 2019
- Delaware Today Top Lawyer, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021; Top Vote Getter, Estate, Probate + Trusts, 2021
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 2006
- Delaware, 2005