Conrad W Deitrick is a Partner at Nelson Mullins, and advises high-net-worth clients on a broad range of estate planning and wealth management matters. He assists clients in creating a strong foundation for lifelong and multi-generational estate planning involving a wide variety of assets. Mr. Deitrick advises clients with respect to their wills and trusts; estate and trust administration; estate, gift, income, and generation-skipping transfer tax matters; resolution of estate and trust controversies; and closely held business planning. He works with clients, co-counsel, financial advisers, and accountants on complex transactions and family settlements involving trusts, closely held business entities, and real estate holdings. Mr. Deitrick also advises clients in the administration of large and small probate estates, including post-death estate planning in a changing tax environment. He counsels public charities, private foundations, religious organizations, and other tax-exempt organizations regarding institutional governance issues and management practices, as well as state and federal tax and reporting and disclosure requirements, in both domestic and international contexts. Mr. Deitrick is fluent in German, and has represented clients in international estate planning matters, including a trust-related tax petition to the German federal government, offshore trust transactions, and estate planning with German business and investment entities. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard as an Infantryman (E-4). During his service, Mr. Deitrick provided disaster relief to the state of Florida during hurricane season by distributing food and water, and engaging in armed security patrols. He participated in Operation Empire Shield, providing security for Long Island railroad stations and provided security for the 2009 presidential inauguration. Mr. Deitrick earned his B.A. degree from Flagler College and his J.D. degree, cum laude (administrative editor, Georgetown Law Journal), from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Deitrick is admitted to practice in Maryland.
