Edward D. Brown is a partner and Chair of the International Wealth and Asset Planning Group at Greenspoon Marder LLP. Mr. Brown has more than 25 years of experience in areas of comprehensive estate planning, asset protection and taxation. Twenty years of Mr. Brown's experience, thirteen as a shareholder, were with the law firm of Engel & Reiman PC, concentrating almost exclusively in the trust-planning practice area, including the crafting, amending, interpreting, analyzing and consulting with regard to the operations of many of these trusts, whether domiciled in the Cook Islands, Nevis or Isle of Man or domestically in states such as Nevada. Mr. Brown was a co-author, with Barry Engel, of the various editions of the Asset Protection Planning Guide, a Wolters Kluwer, CCH publication. He focuses his practice on trust designs that are customized to the clients' goals of protection of assets for their family and having added flexibility in their comprehensive estate plans that allow maximizing options with regard to changing circumstances and evolving laws.

Mr. Brown is an AV-rated attorney who speaks frequently to professional organizations on a wide range of legal subjects, including complex estate planning, asset protection and related subject matters. He has been, and continues to be, invited to speak across the country.

Bar Admissions

• Colorado

Education

• L.L.M., Taxation, University of Denver, 1986
• J.D., University of Denver, 1984
• B.A., Finance and Accounting, West Virginia University, cum laude, 1981

• Extremely Important Deadline Monday for Tax Filing Requirements for Foreign Trusts
• Qualified Opportunity Zone Opportunities-Why Pay Capital Gains Taxes Earlier than Need Be?
• Qualified Small Business Opportunities-Patience Has Its Rewards
• Are All US Citizens Created Equal In the Eyes of the IRS?
• The Tax Benefit That Works Because It Is Not A Tax Strategy
• The Ideal Gift For A Spouse
• The Voluntary Capital Gains Tax
• Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: International Wealth and Asset Planning Group
• Client Alert: Automatic July 15 Extended Filing Deadlines MAY NOT Apply To All Affected Returns
• Protection Planning More Relevant Due To COVID-19
• International Wealth and Asset Planning Group Annual Client Letter
• Business Opportunity Trusts and Asset Protection
• Potential Estate Tax Law Changes and the Completed Gift Trust Solution
• Feeling Lucky? Our Six Tips On What To Do If You Win the Lottery - Part 2
• Income Tax Benefits of Trusts
• Indiana Offers the New Legacy Trust as of July 1, 2019
• 2021 Tax Extension - How Does the Extension Affect You?
• Significant Estate Tax Changes Proposed - Urgent Action May be Needed to Lock
• Strategies to Protect the High-Risk Professional's Assets
• Understanding Step-Up in Basis and Capital Gains: What You Should Know About Gifting Assets
• Jimmy Buffett and Lessons Learned from Disputes over Estates and Trusts
• Why Business Succession Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
• Tax Advantages of Non-Grantor Trusts
• Protecting Joint Account Assets: The Strategic Use of SLATs for Spouses
• Unlocking Smart Tax Deferral: Creative Strategies for Minimizing Capital Gains on Real Estate Sales
• Income Tax Advantages for U.S. Residents Conducting Business in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Unlocking Smart Tax Savings: Proven Strategies for Taxpayers, Business Owners, and Investors
• Securing a Stepped-Up Basis: Eliminating Capital Gains in Grantor Trusts
• Checklist: Determining Civil Foundation Classification Under U.S. Tax Law
• Asset Protection Trusts vs. Civil Foundations: Pros and Cons (A Comparative Analysis for Asset Protection Strategies)
• Asset Protection Planning Should Be High On Your Priority List
• A Cook Islands Trust that Could Have Succeeded to Protect Assets
• Georgia Has No Asset Protection on its Mind.
• Is Jail Time the Nuclear Attack that Creditors have Against Offshore Asset Protection Trusts?
• European "Blacklist" Status May Hit Home
• New Nevis LLC Law Passes
• Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Edward Brown and Jacqueline Fox Featured Speakers at Celesq "Critical Tax and Planning Updates" Webinar
• LLC Charging Order Protection Against Creditor Causes Debtor to Lose Even More Money: How Can That Be?
• Erosion of Effectiveness of Asset Protection Trusts
• The Offshore Limited Liability Company - Just as Good as a Trust?
• If an Asset Protection Trust is Used as a Receptacle for Assets, Is this Automatically a Fraudulent Transfer?
• The Misfortunes of Not Addressing One's Fortune
• Be Careful Not to Engage in Fraudulent Non-Transfers
• Are Most Trusts Really (Potentially) Self-Settled Trusts?
• Updates in Trust and Tax Law Cases-Straight Off the Press: Streightoff Estate Treated as Owning Full Partnership Interest in Partnership instead of merely as an Assignee Interest-Bad for Asset Protection?
• The Demise of Domestic Asset Protection Trusts?
• I Don't Need Asset Protection, I Have Insurance!
• Selfish Reasons to be Generous
• Is Asset Protection Planning Immoral?
• Value is in the Eyes of the Creditor
• The IRS Has Spoken, Providing Another Asset Protection Trust Strategy
• Think Twice if You Own 100% of a Limited Liability Company
• Feeling Lucky? Our Six Tips On What To Do If You Win the Lottery.
• The Importance Of Protecting Your Personal Assets And The Assets Of Your Company Too!
• Asset Protection Without Extravagance
• Asset Protection Planning: Dispelling the Myths
• Benefits of Asset Protection Planning
• Free Asset Protection Planning Strategy
• Tax Court Rules that Offshore Asset Protection Trust Assets are Not Available to the Taxpayer for Purposes of Paying the IRS