FREDERICK R. FRANKE, JR. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1946. Fred received an A.B. from Kenyon College, a J.D. from Washington & Lee University, and a L.L.M. (Taxation) from George Washington University. He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1975. Fred lectures in continuing professional education programs for attorneys and certified public accountants on a variety of subjects, including estate planning, asset protection, wills and revocable trusts, family partnerships, valuation discounting, probate avoidance, and guardianships.  Fred, the principal attorney, is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; he is past chair of the Estate and Trust Section of the Maryland State Bar Association; and has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Baltimore having taught the estates and trusts course in the night division.  Fred has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.  He has also been selected to be included in various editions of The Best Lawyers in America and named the Top Annapolis estate and trust lawyer by What's Up Annapolis in a survey of Anne Arundel County lawyers.

ANNA KATHERINE MOODY was born in Macon, Georgia in 1985.  Anna Katherine earned her B.A. from the University of Georgia, magna cum laude in journalism and public relations.  She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Washington & Lee University in May 2011 and she was admitted to the practice of law in Maryland in December 2011.  Much of Anna Katherine's upper level law school curriculum was estates and trusts, estate and tax planning, and fiduciary litigation.  During law school, she worked for one of her law professors providing research and editorial assistance for book chapters and law review articles.  She was also active in the Washington & Lee Tax Clinic.