Lisa R. Hayes

Lisa is Counsel at Fedder and Garten, focusing primarily on estate planning, estate and trust administration, charitable giving and taxation law.  As a lawyer and certified public accountant, she brings an extensive background in wealth and investment management for high-net-worth individuals and families.  Lisa helps clients build sound strategies for estate, financial, charitable, and tax planning; and works collaboratively with clients and their advisors to implement their plans. 

 Prior to joining Fedder and Garten, Lisa was in the Trusts & Estate practice group of another local law firm.  Before that, Lisa spent many years as a Senior Wealth Strategist at PNC Private Bank, N.A.  Prior to joining PNC, Lisa practiced law with a larger firm in Baltimore.  In addition to being a lawyer, Lisa has been a CPA since 1983.  She spent several years in private practice as an auditor at McGladrey & Pullen in North Carolina before going to law school.

• Estate Planning, Wills and Estate & Trust Administration
• Taxation

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D. and M.B.A., 1988), James E. and Carolyn B. Davis (Law Honor) Society; President, Student Bar Association, School of Law
• Guilford College (B.S., 1980)

• Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1988
• District of Columbia, 1990

• Executive Alliance (formerly Network 2000) – Board of Directors (2018 – Present); Co-Chair – Women on Boards Committee, President (2019-2021).
• Springboard Community Services (formerly Family & Children’s Services of Central Maryland) - Board of Directors (2001 – Present); President (2008-2017).
• United Way of Central Maryland’s Engagement Leadership Council (2022 – Present).
• Baltimore Estate Planning Council - Member; Board of Directors (2000-2008); President (2006-2007).
• Bread for the City - Board of Directors and Capital Campaign Committee (1993-1994).
• Zacchaeus Free Legal Clinic, Organizer and Member, Board of Directors (1990-1994).
• Maryland State Bar Association - Co-Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Study Group (1999-2001).
• Member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the American Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

• Best Lawyers in America -- Estates and Trust Law (2024)
• Power 30 in Banking and Finance, The Daily Record (2021).
• Champion for Women Award, Maryland Bankers Association, (2020).
• PNC PEAK (PNC Excellence, Achievement & Knowledge) Award, (2018).
• Maryland Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, (2011).
• Maryland Shero Award that recognizes local women who have contributed to their community, (2007).

• “The Basics of Non-Fungible Tokens and NFT Transactions,” The Licensing Journal, Vol. 42, No. 5, Co-Author (May 2022).
• “Trust Administration from the Perspective of a Corporate Trustee,” Maryland State Bar Association, Co-Presenter (2022).
• "Use of Trust in Divorce Proceedings," Collaborative Professionals of Baltimore, Presenter (2022).
• “Managing Wealth,” University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin, quarterly magazine for the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Columnist (2016-2018).
• Estate Planning Magazine, “Current Tax Developments,” Co-Columnist and Editorial Board member (1989-2014).
• Assisted in the preparation of semi-annual supplements, Tax Planning for Highly Compensated Individuals, authored by Robert E. Madden, Esq. (1989-1993).