Willemien Dingemans Miller

Willemien Dingemans Miller is a director at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC in Lebanon, New Hampshire whose practice focuses on Trusts & Estates and Tax Law. Miller focuses on trust and estate planning and administration together with state, federal, and international tax matters. The practice includes comprehensive estate plans, estate and trust administration, business succession, gift and estate tax planning, asset protection, charitable planning, and cross-border gifts and inheritances. Miller helps individuals, families, business owners, fiduciaries, and beneficiaries coordinate wealth-transfer goals while addressing tax and fiduciary issues.

Miller earned an LL.M. with honors from the University of Virginia School of Law and a J.D. with honors from the University of Nijmegen School of Law in the Netherlands. Her advanced legal education supports work involving sophisticated tax rules, fiduciary obligations, international considerations, and multigenerational planning. This background supports careful legal analysis, clear communication, and practical judgment in matters involving Trusts & Estates and Tax Law.

Miller has experience advising business owners on succession, high-net-worth families on gift and estate tax planning, fiduciaries and beneficiaries on trust administration, and clients with U.S. and foreign property or inheritance issues. Miller also structures charitable plans and addresses planning for disabled or spendthrift beneficiaries. Across these matters, the work requires careful preparation and attention to the legal, factual, and practical issues that affect the client’s position.

Willemien Dingemans Miller is recognized for a longstanding trusts-and-estates practice that includes domestic and international tax planning. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has received repeated recognition for trusts and estates work. The practice combines technical tax knowledge with customized estate and trust planning. This approach helps clients understand available options, evaluate risk, and move important matters forward with informed legal guidance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate Section, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Vermont State Chair for ACTEC from March -March, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) (2005)
• Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
• Member of Board of Directors, Ledyard Financial Group, Inc./Ledyard National Bank
• Prior Board and Committee membership, VPR
• Prior Board and Committee membership, Fairbanks Museum
• Prior Board and Committee membership, Lebanon Opera House
• Prior Board and Committee membership, Vermont Public Company
• Member, Connecticut Valley Estate planning Council

Licensed State

• Vermont
• New Hampshire

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• University of Nijmegen School of Law, The Netherlands
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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