Lee Carpenter

"I help people develop efficient estate plans to protect their wealth, their loved ones, and their legacies."

Lee Carpenter is a Maryland attorney whose practice focuses on estate planning and administration, trusts, and general business and corporate law. His estate-planning work includes helping same-sex couples and other members of the LGBTQ community.

Lee works with clients of all backgrounds to develop comprehensive estate plans using wills, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, real estate deeds, and other planning tools. Depending on the client’s individual needs, he may also prepare trust documents to help reduce estate taxes, provide for minor children, or care for people on public assistance.

• Estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives
• Probate & estate administration
• LGBTQ+ legal matters
• Domestic partnerships
• Prenuptial agreements
• Real estate deeds
• Legal name changes
• Corporate law, including formation of corporations and LLCs
• Real estate matters, including leases and contracts of sale for commercial and residential properties

Lee teaches Estates & Trusts at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law as an adjunct professor. He has been granted the Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP) designation from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. In 2025, he was named an Estates & Trusts Power Attorney by the Daily Record, and in 2026, he was designated a Top Layer by Baltimore Magazine.