Jennifer M. Spitz

Jennifer M. Spitz is a shareholder at Lyons Gaddis, P.C. in Longmont, Colorado, where she focuses her practice on estate planning law and probate. She has practiced law in Longmont since 1998. She helps individuals and families prepare wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, and related estate-planning documents tailored to their circumstances. She also assists families through probate and trust administration following a death. Her work combines long-term planning with practical guidance for clients managing estates, trusts, property transfers, and other legal issues that arise when preparing for or responding to major life events.

Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Fort Lewis College in 1994 and her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1998. She graduated from law school as a member of the Order of the Coif. Her education provided the foundation for a practice concentrated on trusts, estates, probate, and related tax matters. Since beginning her legal career, she has developed extensive experience helping clients structure estate plans, administer estates after death, and address tax considerations connected with the transfer of wealth and property.

Jennifer has an estate-planning practice that includes advising clients on ways to reduce or eliminate estate taxes at death. She also counsels clients about making gifts strategically while considering gift-tax and income-tax consequences. Her work often requires evaluating a client’s assets, family circumstances, long-term objectives, and potential tax exposure before recommending an appropriate planning structure. She prepares trusts and other documents designed around each client’s needs rather than relying on a single approach. She also helps personal representatives, trustees, and families carry out estate and trust administration responsibilities after a death.

Jennifer M. Spitz has a practice that extends to planning issues involving property in multiple jurisdictions, retirement assets, revocable trusts, marital deductions, and other technical trust and estate concerns. She has written and presented extensively on estate-planning subjects, including planning for property located in different states, estate taxes, retirement assets, and trust administration. Through her legal services, she continues to advise clients on preserving and transferring assets, preparing for incapacity or death, and navigating probate and trust administration. Her practice remains centered on developing thoughtful estate plans and helping families manage the legal and tax issues that accompany the administration of estates and trusts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Lyons Gaddis, P.C.
• Member, Colorado Bar Association (1998 – Present)
• ACTEC Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) (2010 – Present)
• Former Chair, Trust and Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Boulder County Bar Association (1998 – Present)
• Member, Boulder County Estate Planning Council (1999 – Present)
• Member, Twin Peaks Rotary (2005 – 2015)
• Member, Legacy Planning Advisory Committee for the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation (2014 – 2016)

Licensed State

• Colorado

Education

• University of Colorado School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Fort Lewis College
  Bachelor’s Degree

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