Practice Areas

Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning and Administration

Non-Profit and Tax Exempt

Christine H. Buchanan focuses her practice on Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning and Administration.

She earned her Juris Doctorate from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary and holds a B.A., Summa Cum Laude, from San Diego State University (Phi Beta Kappa).

She is involved in numerous civic and professional organizations and is a Director of The Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association Foundation.  Formerly she was Treasurer for the Tidewater Literacy Council, a member of the Chesapeake Law Library Board, and a member of the Professional Advisors Committee of The Norfolk Foundation (now the Hampton Roads Community Foundation).

Buchanan is the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Estate Planning.

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Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts ("GRATs") - January 2012