Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Elizabeth Ann Fitch

PARTNER
COLUMBIA
T: 410.884.2451
F: 410.339.4027

Ms. Fitch is an experienced trusts and estates lawyer focused on estate planning in Maryland and the District of Columbia. In 2024, The Daily Record named her as one of Maryland’s power players on its Estate and Trust Law Power List.
 
In addition, Ms. Fitch has extensive experience in civil litigation and arbitration. She has litigated business, trust and land issues in Maryland as well as fiduciary disputes, including will contests and trust disputes, in high-stakes cases outside of Maryland. She also served for five years as a judge of the Orphans’ Court for Howard County, where she presided over and decided administrative and contested matters involving probate estates, including will contests. While a law student, she represented taxpayers as a rule 19-217 student attorney, including on federal and state tax disputes before the IRS and the Comptroller’s Office of Maryland.
 

Recognitions

  • Selected by The Daily Record as one of Maryland’s power players for the Estate and Trust Law Power List (2024)
  • Selected for inclusion in Maryland Rising Stars® (2023 – 2025)
  • Baltimore Sun, Best of Howard County, 2021
 

Memberships & Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Maryland Bar Association
  • National College of Probate Judges
INSIGHTS

Co-Author: "Preparing for a Sunset of the Federal Estate Tax Exemption"

Co-Author: "The Eternal Question – Revocable 'Living' Trust or Will?"