Deborah D. Cochran

Deborah D. Cochran assists individuals, families and small business owners with all of their financial and estate planning needs. Her practice includes trust and estate administration, as well as the preparation of comprehensive estate plans, including all types of revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, charitable trusts, special needs trusts, dynasty trusts and powers of attorney. The December 2005, 2006 and 2007 issues of Worth Magazine/Robb Report named Debby among the top 100 attorneys in the nation serving the needs of affluent individuals and their families. Washingtonian magazine named Debby a leading estate planning attorney in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Debby has also been selected as one of the best Trusts & Estates attorneys by The Best Lawyers In America for the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2009-10 editions, which is compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey. Additionally, in every year since 2005, Debby has been selected as one of the Legal Elite, a project of Virginia Business magazine in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association. The December 2009 issue of SmartCEO magazine listed Debby in their Legal Elite section for the Washington area.

Debby graduated with honors from Franklin and Marshall College in 1985, and then proceeded to George Washington University Law School, where she received her Juris Doctor with high honors in 1988 and was a member of the Order of the Coif. Debby is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to founding Cochran & Owen, LLC, Debby was a partner at Miles & Stockbridge and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.

Drawing upon her background, Debby and her associates provide a variety of services in all areas of estate, gift and income tax planning and related personal, business and tax matters. They provide their clients with information regarding a wide variety of sophisticated personal estate planning options, including charitable planning and business succession planning. They also advise new business clients on start-up issues and choice of entity questions, including limited liability companies and other business structures. Debby also assists her clients with asset protection issues and the establishment of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Debby lives in Great Falls, Virginia with her husband and four children. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.