Amelia advises high net worth individuals and families on a variety of wealth transfer and tax planning issues. Specifically, she works with her clients to establish sophisticated estate plans, make lifetime gifts, create multi-generational trusts, form family companies and partnerships, transition family businesses, engage in philanthropy, plan for incapacity, negotiate marital agreements, and administer trusts and estates.
Amelia Hastings
Amelia advises high net worth individuals and families on a variety of wealth transfer and tax planning issues. Specifically, she works with her clients to establish sophisticated estate plans, make lifetime gifts, create multi-generational trusts, form family companies and partnerships, transition family businesses, engage in philanthropy, plan for incapacity, negotiate marital agreements, and administer trusts and estates.
Amelia Hastings
- Guides individuals and families through the process of creating a tailored estate plan that integrates their values and objectives with sophisticated wealth transfer strategies to minimize income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) taxes.
- Advises clients regarding advanced planning techniques using lifetime gifts, trusts (including IDGTs, GRATs, CLTs, QPRTs, and SLATs), family business entities, intrafamily loans, installment sales, charitable funds and organizations, etc.
- Coordinates with family offices and other advisors to streamline the estate and tax planning process.
- Represents fiduciaries administering trusts and estates.
- Counsels trust and estate beneficiaries on their rights and potential estate planning considerations.
- Represents clients in the preparation and negotiation of marital agreements (prenuptial and postnuptial).
Representative Matters
- Guides individuals and families through the process of creating a tailored estate plan that integrates their values and objectives with sophisticated wealth transfer strategies to minimize income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) taxes.
- Advises clients regarding advanced planning techniques using lifetime gifts, trusts (including IDGTs, GRATs, CLTs, QPRTs, and SLATs), family business entities, intrafamily loans, installment sales, charitable funds and organizations, etc.
- Coordinates with family offices and other advisors to streamline the estate and tax planning process.
- Represents fiduciaries administering trusts and estates.
- Counsels trust and estate beneficiaries on their rights and potential estate planning considerations.
- Represents clients in the preparation and negotiation of marital agreements (prenuptial and postnuptial).
Representative Matters
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor, Tax Emphasis, University of Colorado Law School, 2016 (Editor in Chief, University of Colorado Law Review)
- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Colorado, 2010 (Presidential Scholarship; Phi Beta Kappa)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Admitted Colorado, 2016
- Member of the American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, Pitkin County Bar Association, and 9th Judicial District Bar Association
- Selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2024)
Community Involvement and Interests:
- Board Member, Alpine Legal Services
- Board Member, Our School
- On weekends, you might find Amelia at a concert, practicing yoga, running, snowboarding, golfing, or otherwise exploring the Western Slope with her husband, daughter, and bernese mountain dog.
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor, Tax Emphasis, University of Colorado Law School, 2016 (Editor in Chief, University of Colorado Law Review)
- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Colorado, 2010 (Presidential Scholarship; Phi Beta Kappa)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Admitted Colorado, 2016
- Member of the American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, Pitkin County Bar Association, and 9th Judicial District Bar Association
- Selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2024)
Community Involvement and Interests:
- Board Member, Alpine Legal Services
- Board Member, Our School
- On weekends, you might find Amelia at a concert, practicing yoga, running, snowboarding, golfing, or otherwise exploring the Western Slope with her husband, daughter, and bernese mountain dog.
