Daphne Goldman

Daphne also handles lifetime and end-of-life planning and related document preparation, including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Advance Directives, as well as lifetime giving, and charitable planning matters. In addition, she provides counsel regarding estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax saving techniques.

Daphne joined Archer following an 18-year career in the financial services industry in which she provided legal counsel to the senior management of a very large regional bank, including the Chief Fiduciary Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Director of Personal Trusts, with respect to the management of entity-wide legal risk pertaining to trust, estate and guardianship administration. Prior to her time as in-house counsel, Daphne spent 14 years in private practice, focusing on sophisticated estate planning, estate and trust administration, and complex fiduciary litigation.

Daphne is a frequent lecturer and author in the area of estates and trusts. She has lectured and published for the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Philadelphia Bar Association, and The Legal Intelligencer, among others. Daphne is a former member of the Trust Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and previously served three terms on the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Probate Section. She currently is a member the Litigation Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Probate Section.