Hillary B. Taylor
Associate
Trusts & Estates
Real Estate & Construction Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Joined the Firm in 2004, and was a Summer Associate in 2003.
  
  
• In estate planning, Ms. Taylor focuses on strategies for planning for various family structures and family owned business assets. Ms. Taylor works with clients to plan for incapacity as well as benefits eligibility, as part of estate planning and asset management. In addition, in working closely with owners of closely held businesses, she crafts business succession plans incorporating both a corporate and estate planning perspective.
  
  
• Ms. Taylor handles all aspects of Medicaid and disability planning for clients, including asset planning, Medicaid applications and appeals of ineligibility determinations. As part of her Medicaid planning practice, Ms. Taylor also works with clients on matters related to private and Social Security disability income, Veteran's Administration pension, and the creation of special needs trusts.
  
  
• Ms. Taylor works with clients in a variety of real estate transactions, including commercial financing, lease issues, eminent domain, and residential and commercial real estate acquisitions.
  
  
• Ms. Taylor is licensed to practice law in both Ohio and Florida, and handles matters for clients with interests in both states related to estate planning and real estate matters.
  
  
• Prior to joining Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, Ms. Taylor served as a senior probation officer with the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division.

Publications
"Monitoring Irrevocable Trusts - Trustee Responsibility," Trusts & Estates Bulletin,
          March 2009, Volume 3, Issue 1

Presentations
"Managing Debt While Planning for the Future," presented to Summa Hospital Residents,           sponsored by The Summa Foundation (Spring - Summer 2009)
“Recent Developments in Estate Planning and Trust Law: Forecast for 2009 and Beyond,”            presented to The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
           (November 2008)
“What Ohio’s New Trust Code Means to You and Your Business,” NAIFA Cleveland at            Signature of Solon (October 16, 2007)
“Will Power: Simple and Effective Estate Planning” Laurel Lake Retirement Community (April            24, 2006)

Reported Cases
In re Estate of Hernton, 164 Ohio App. 3d 306 (9th Dist, Lorain County 2005)

Education
University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004); Akron Law Review (2002-2004); Teaching Assistant for Legal Drafting (2003- 2004); Student Bar Association Evening Secretary (2000-2002); Evening Student Round Table Coordinator (2000-2004); New Student Mentor (2001-2003)
John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio (B.A., Sociology, cum laude, 1995)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio (2004)
Florida (2005)
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Florida Bar
Member: Akron Bar Association
Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Member: Cuyahoga County Bar Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations
American Bar Association Scholarship Committee
Adjunct Professor: Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing, The University of Akron School of           Law
Member: The Fraternal Order of Police Greater Cuyahoga Lodge #124 (1998-2004)