Associate
Ashley N. Nelson-Raut
Ashley Nelson-Raut is an Associate in the firm’s Wealth Preservation Group. Ashley focuses her practice on advising clients in the areas of estate planning, elder care, estate and trust administration, and income taxation of trusts and estates.
Ashley graduated cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2017. While in Law School, Ashley was an Associate Editor for the University of Baltimore Law Forum, a member of the Royal Shannonhouse III Honor Society, Historian of the Phi Delta Phi International Honor Society, and Law Scholar for ILS/Civil Procedure for Professor John Bessler.
During Law School, Ashley worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Angela Vallario, for which she assisted in drafting Professor Vallario’s Fundamentals of Estate Planning Textbook, and researched the Elective Share in Maryland. Also while in Law School, Ashley worked as a Law Clerk at Jensen, Hassani & Focas, P.A. specializing in administrating trusts and probate estates, preparation of various tax returns, and drafting estate planning documents.
Ashley participates in the annual Kennedy Krieger Institute Planning for Families of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Workshop night, is an Escalation Workshop Facilitator with the One Love Foundation, and actively volunteers with the Ullman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.
Prior to law school Ashley attended Stevenson University graduating summa cum laude, where she obtained her degree in Paralegal Studies.
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
- Stevenson University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2013
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
Community Involvement
- The Ulman Foundation, Body of Young Adult Advisors, Member
- GameChanger, The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults (2018-2019)
- Career Day Guest Speaker, Bear Creek Elementary School (4/19/2018)
- Speaker, One Love Foundation Escalation Workshop, Eastern Technical High School (4/18/2018)
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, Planning for Families of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Workshop Night
- One Love Foundation, Escalation Workshop Facilitator
- Baltimore Estate Planning Council, Member
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Tomorrow’s Leaders, Member, Baltimore, Maryland Chapter (2019)
Additional Information
- Maryland Daily Record Leading Woman, 2018
- Selected for inclusion in “Rising Stars” in Super Lawyers Magazine, 2020, 2021
- Super Lawyers, 2021
Presentations
- Monthly presentations with Scott Ferguson at Nettworth Financial Group regarding issues impacting the Communication Workers of America (CWA)
- Monthly seminars on various estate planning, medicaid planning, and small business succession planning issues at the PK Law Learning Center, PK Law Bel Air Office
- Quarterly seminars regarding estate planning and charitable giving at Stevenson University
Ashley N. Nelson-Raut
Associate
Articles:
- February 10 – Integrating Your Business Succession Plan Into Your Estate Plan
- The Importance of an Advance Healthcare Directive
- A Message From PK Law’s Wealth Preservation Group
- Titling Jointly Owned Property: What You Need to Know Before You Walk Down the Aisle
- 2018 Federal and Maryland Legislation Changes Regarding Estate and Gift Tax
