JILL PETERS
KAESS
ATTORNEY
3414 WRIGHTSVILLE AVENUE
WILMINGTON NC 28403
PO BOX 4548
WILMINGTON NC 28406
Office: 910.399.3447
jill@leekaess.com
Wealth Planning & Taxation
Trusts & Estates
Jill assists clients in drafting and executing comprehensive estate plans, with specific emphasis on estate tax, gift tax and charitable gift planning. Jill also assists fiduciaries, such as executors and trustees, on matters involving estate and trust administration.
Jill is a Certified Public Accountant and is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law, North Carolina State Bar.
Jill has served on the board of directors of the Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc. She has also served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Visitors at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and as Secretary for the Board of Trustees of the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation.
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law
JD, magna cum laude,2002
Order of the Coif
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
BS, summa cum laude, 1999
Admissions
North Carolina
North Carolina State and Federal Courts
Achievements & Superlatives
Certified Public Accountant
Board Certified Specialist, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law
Recognized by Chambers High Net Worth (HNW)
"Leader in the Field” in North Carolina for Private Wealth Law (2018)
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Fellow
Wilmington's Best Lawyers
Trusts and Estates Law Lawyer of the Year (2016, 2018)
The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward/White, Inc.)
Trusts and Estates (2015-2019)
North Carolina Super Lawyers
Rising Stars Edition (2009-2017)
Estate and Probate (2018, 2019)
Business North Carolina's Legal Elite
Tax and Estate Planning (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)
Rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®
Memberships
North Carolina Bar Association
Board of Governors, Past Member
Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, Past Council Member
Estate Administration Manual Committee, Past Chair
Technology Committee, Past Chair
·North Carolina State Bar, Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialization Committee, Past Member
·New Hanover County Estate Planning Council, Past President