Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Partner; Co-Chair of Trusts and Estates Section
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Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Elizabeth Ann Fitch

PARTNER; CO-CHAIR OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES SECTION
COLUMBIA
T: 410.884.2451
F: 410.339.4027

Ms. Fitch is an experienced trusts and estates lawyer focused on estate planning, probate, and trust administration in Maryland and the District of Columbia. In 2024, The Daily Record named her as one of Maryland’s power players on its Estate and Trust Law Power List.
 
In addition, Ms. Fitch has extensive experience in civil litigation and arbitration. She has litigated business, trust and land issues in Maryland as well as fiduciary disputes, including will contests and trust disputes, in high-stakes cases outside of Maryland. She also served for four years as a judge of the Orphans’ Court for Howard County, where she presided over and decided administrative and contested matters involving probate estates, including will contests.
 

Recognitions

  • Selected by The Daily Record as one of Maryland’s power players for the Estate and Trust Law Power List (2024)
  • Maryland Rising Stars®, Estate & Probate (2023 – 2026)
  • Baltimore Sun, Best of Howard County (2021)
 

Memberships & Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • Howard County Bar Association
  • National College of Probate Judges
INSIGHTS

Co-Author: "Preparing for a Sunset of the Federal Estate Tax Exemption"

Co-Author: "The Eternal Question – Revocable 'Living' Trust or Will?"

ARTICLES

Client Alert: Trump Accounts: A New Savings Tool for Children

In the new year, families will have access to a new savings tool designed to help support their children’s financial futures: Trump Accounts. Created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, these tax-deferred investment accounts provide a new tool for investing on behalf of minor children. For some children, opening a Trump account may mean one thing people love to hear: free money.

33 Whiteford Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Whiteford is pleased to announce that 33 of our attorneys are listed among the 2026 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York and Virginia. The individual attorneys listed and their areas of recognition are below (*newly recognized in 2026):