Private Wealth Law
District of Columbia
8 years ranked
Provided by Harrison LLP
Sarah Johnson is a respected leader in the Washington, DC estate planning community who concentrates on estate planning, trust and estate administration, business succession planning, asset protection, and charitable giving while minimizing income, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and as a Top Attorney in the Washingtonian magazine, Sarah focuses on planning for family offices, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, and art collectors. She particularly relishes streamlining and improving existing estate plans for her high-net-worth clients.
Highlights:
-Engage in sophisticated planning transactions to save estate, gift, generation-skipping and income taxes for clients with net worth from $50 million to $1 billion
-Represented estate with over 80 asset holdings worth almost $1 billion in estate tax filing
-Frequently host and lead family meetings to explain estate plan to multiple generations in warm, caring environment
Sarah is a Southerner at heart and puts clients at ease with her relaxed, friendly manner. She earns their respect with her attention to detail, honesty and depth of knowledge. A master of organization, she strives to simplify and de-clutter her clients’ estate plans wherever possible.
Provided by Chambers
Sarah Johnson was a founding partner of Birchstone Moore LLC, which merged with Harrison LLP in January 2025. Johnson is a well-respected practitioner in DC who advises wealthy individuals on matters such as trust and estate administration, estate planning and charitable giving.
Provided by Chambers
Sarah is an excellent attorney and has built a good reputation. She is very thoughtful in her interactions with clients and is up to speed with sophisticated techniques.
Sarah has a really good practice.
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