Kim Fetrow’s practice involves all aspects of trust and estate planning and administration. She also focuses on the fiduciary aspects of guardianships for minors and incapacitated persons and litigation settlements from personal injury, medical malpractice or wrongful death/survival actions. She has an in depth experience working with families to establish and administer special needs trusts for disabled beneficiaries. Her practice also includes estate planning for family members with disabilities.
She is known for her broad understanding of the laws governing special needs trusts, and Kim speaks frequently on the subject to banks, attorneys and corporate fiduciaries.
Kim is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and its Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
Kim has been named a Super Lawyer, and is recognized by Best Lawyer. Kim is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell.
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Probate and Trust Law Section (1992 – present)
- Rules and Practice Committee (1997 – 2005)
- Executive Committee (2002 – 2005)
- Young Lawyers Division Liaison (1993 – 1994)
- Probate and Trust Law Section (1992 – present)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1999 – present)
- Montgomery Bar Association
- Philadelphia Estate Planning Council (1992 – present)
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Elected 2004
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Rising Star (2005 – 2007)
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer (2010 – present)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating
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- 2023 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Estate Planning for Penn Faculty, Getting it Right,” Penn Association of Senior & Emeritus Faculty, Virtual Presentation.
- 2019 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “When, If Ever, Should An Attorney Serve As A Client’s Fiduciary: The Attorney As Fiduciary: Permissible Actions & Problem Areas,” Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2012 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker/Author, “Special Needs Trusts: A Primer (Including 7 Things Every Matrimonial Lawyer Should Know Before Resolving a Case Involving a Disabled Spouse or Child),” Extraordinary Issues for Extraordinary Kids: A Primer On The Financial Issues When Special Needs Children Are Involved In The Divorce, ABA Family Law Section Fall CLE Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2011 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Issues in Special Needs Trust Drafting and Administration,” American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fall Meeting, Coronado, California.
- 2011 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “The 2011 Estate Planning Teleconference Series” teleconference presented by Canon Financial Institute, Inc., presented with Charles A. Redd, Esquire, (“Special Needs Trusts”).
- 2006 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Passing the Legal Baton from Litigator to Fiduciary and PA’s New Uniform Trust Act: How it Applies,” with Gale Flandreau, Esq. of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company.
- 2004 Kim D. Fetrow, Quoted, “Trust and Obey,” Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine, July/August 2004.
- 2003 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Estate Planning for Minors- Before and After Court Involvement”, with The Honorable Stanley R. Ott, Montgomery County Estate Planning Council, Pennsylvania.
- 2003 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Preserving Public Benefits Through Special Needs Trusts,” ASCEND Organization.
- 2002 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker, “Probate and Estates Practice Tips for Litigators,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
- 2000 Kim D. Fetrow, Speaker/Author, “Litigation Settlements for Disabled Minors and Incapacitated Persons and the use of the OBRA ’93 Special Needs Disability Trust,” Orphans’ Court Newsletter, and Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges – Orphans’ Court Section. Also 1997.
