About Ann H. Larkin
Ann H. Larkin is a Shareholder at Midgett Preti Olansen. She focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, special needs planning, and guardianship and conservatorship matters. Ms. Larkin is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court as a guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults.
Ms. Larkin has extensive experience designing estate plans ranging from basic to complex. She works closely with individuals to ensure that they and their loved ones are cared for properly and respectfully in the event of incapacity or disability. Ms. Larkin serves as trustee of trusts with both individual and charitable beneficiaries, administers large and small estates as personal representative, and frequently counsels clients through the probate process, including probate avoidance techniques.
Ms. Larkin graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received her Juris Doctor from William and Mary Law School. After law school, Ms. Larkin was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Wooldridge, Jr. of the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. She practiced in the litigation group at a Washington, D.C. law firm, served as an assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, and worked as a staff attorney for a Commissioner of Accounts in Norfolk, Virginia. Ms. Larkin has been designated as an Accredited Estate Planner® by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized by the Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Elder Law and Trust and Estates since 2023.
Attorney Details
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
Education
- The College of William and Mary School of Law, J.D.
- State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A. in English Literature and Rhetoric
Court Admissions
- Virginia Supreme Court
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Memberships
- Hampton Roads Estate Planning Council, Board Member 2022 to present
- National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
- Virginia Association of Elder Law Attorneys
- Hampton Roads Community Foundation Professional Advisors Committee
Presentations
- Probate Start to Finish, Live Webcast CLE seminar for attorneys, sponsored by NBI, Inc. Focus on Probate Filings, Estate Administration Timeline, and Handling Claims Against an Estate, June 2022
- How to Use Trusts to…, Live Webcast CLE seminar for attorneys, sponsored by NBI, Inc. Focus on Medicaid and Disability Benefits Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts and Family Business Transfers, May 2021
- Master Your Money, presentation focusing on estate planning strategies and related tax issues, sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of Hampton Roads, October 2018
- Guest speaker at Old Dominion University’s Certified Financial Planner Course, presentation and discussion of issues relating to estate planning and trust and estate administration – August 2015 and February 2017
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