Donna M. Byrne

Donna M. Byrne is an attorney, Enrolled Agent, and Oregon Licensed Tax Consultant with Ash Creek Tax & Legal Services, LLC in Monmouth, Oregon. Her practice focuses on trusts, wills, estate planning, and end-of-life tax issues. She advises executors and trustees on trust and estate taxation and helps clients understand estate planning or probate needs. Her work combines legal planning with tax knowledge developed through private practice, teaching, and taxpayer representation.

Byrne earned a B.S. and B.A. from Oregon State University, an M.S. from the University of Minnesota, and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law. Her academic background included forestry, political science, graduate study, and legal training, followed by a concentrated interest in taxation. That combination supports her ability to explain technical tax and estate concepts clearly while helping clients evaluate wills, trusts, estate administration, and tax consequences connected to property transfers and final returns.

Byrne began her legal career as a tax attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia before moving into legal education. She spent more than two decades teaching law, including income tax, estate and gift tax, estates and trusts, food law, and tax policy. She later returned to Oregon and client-facing practice. Her experience as a professor and tax professional gives her a strong foundation for handling planning and tax questions that require careful explanation.

Donna M. Byrne is admitted to practice in Oregon and before the US Tax Court. She is an Emerita Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and has continued professional work as an attorney, tax consultant, and speaker. Her practice is designed to provide clients with clearer understanding and peace of mind when addressing estate plans, trust and estate taxation, executor or trustee responsibilities, and related tax issues that arise near the end of life.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Ash Creek Tax Counseling & Legal Services, LLC
• Member, Oregon State Bar

Licensed State

• Oregon

Education

• Oregon State University
  Bachelor’s Degree in And B.A

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