Barbara Snapp Danberg

Barbara Snapp Danberg is a partner at Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. Her practice includes estates and trusts, tax, business and succession planning, trust advising, fiduciary matters, and charitable planning. She counsels families, individual fiduciaries, professional trustees, and business owners on practical legal decisions. Her work addresses the management of family assets, the administration of trusts, and the transfer or continuation of businesses.

Barbara received a J.D. from Delaware Law School at Widener University in 1992, a paralegal certificate from George Washington School of Law in 1988, and a BAAS from the University of Delaware in 1987. While in law school, she served as research editor of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Her education supports work involving legal documentation, tax questions, and the duties associated with fiduciary and business relationships.

Barbara advises on revocable and irrevocable trusts, trust modifications, estate administration, business formation, succession planning, and transfers of business interests. She represents tax-exempt entities and handles like-kind exchanges, retirement planning, and commercial transactions. Her practice also involves helping individual and corporate trustees meet their obligations. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Delaware Law School and in a paralegal program.

Barbara has received Delaware Today recognition for estate, probate, and trust work and participates in the Estate Planning Council of Delaware and the Wilmington Tax Group. She also speaks about trust and tax issues for charitable organizations. Barbara Snapp Danberg draws on decades of counseling families, fiduciaries, and business owners to assist with planning choices, trust administration, and transitions between generations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Estates and Trusts Section of the Delaware Bar
• Member, Wilmington Tax Group
• Member, The Estate Planning Council of Delaware
• Member, Aviat Foundation Endowment (Planned Giving Chair)

Licensed State

• Delaware
• Maryland

Education

• Delaware Law School At Widener University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University Of Delaware
  BAAS

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