Overview
F. Peter Conaty Jr. is “a real expert in local estate planning” with a “tremendous reputation” (Chambers HNW).
Peter focuses his practice on income taxation of trusts and estates, probate, wealth preservation, and planning matters involving estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Clients report, “Peter is excellent…. He’s really smart and a really good attorney to work with—he’s interested in coming up with a solution” (Chambers HNW).
Peter represents high-net-worth individuals in sophisticated estate planning matters, as well as individuals and corporate fiduciaries in connection with estate and trust administration. He also advises clients on Delaware trust law, including directed trusts, dynasty trusts, and all aspects of the validity, construction, and administration of Delaware trusts.
PRACTICES
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., with distinction, 2001
- Temple University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1992
- University of Delaware, B.S., Accounting, 1989
Education
Publications
A Step Toward Equality in Estate Planning
Delaware Banker | Summer 2011
Delaware Adds to its Jurisdictional Advantages for Asset Protection and Estate Planning Opportunities for Same-Sex Couples.
Delaware Asset Protection Trusts: Basics and Opportunities
Wealth Strategies Journal | January/February 2007
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of (i) the basic concepts of an Asset Protection Trust and (ii) the possible planning opportunities that may exist in creating such a Trust. Given our experience with the Delaware Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act (the “Act”) and the many unique advantages of Delaware law, we…
Practical Considerations in Drafting a Delaware Asset Protection Trust
Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal | 2005
The validity of Domestic Asset Protection Trusts has been addressed by a variety of commentators. While the consensus among practitioners appears to be that such Trusts are an effective vehicle for asset protection and other planning purposes, after nearly eight years on the books, the statutes have yet to be truly tested and much remains to…
Leadership
- Delaware State Bar Association, Estates and Trusts Section, Past Chair
- Estate Planning Council of Delaware
Recognition
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow and current State Chair
- Chambers HNW, Private Wealth Law, since its inception in 2016
- The Best Lawyers in America, since 2008
- The Best Lawyers in America, Wilmington, DE Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year, 2018
- The Best Lawyers in America, Wilmington, DE Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, 2021, 2017
- Delaware Today Top Lawyer, Trusts and Estates, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 1992
- United States District Court, District of Delaware, 1993
- United States Tax Court, 2000