Gregory Herman-Giddens, JD, LLM, CFP(R)

Specializing in Wealth Planning, Protection and Management, Gregory Herman-Giddens, JD, LLM, CFP(R) and the team at TrustCounsel have the knowledge and experience to help you develop an estate plan carefully designed to protect your family, preserve your assets, and save taxes.

Gregory Herman-Giddens is a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law, and his areas of practice include gift and estate tax planning, asset protection planning, business succession planning, and estate and trust administration. Some of the techniques utilized by Greg include family limited liability companies, dynasty trusts, generation-skipping trusts, private split dollar life insurance, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and special needs trusts.  He is a member of WealthCounsel, LLC, a national organization of estate planning attorneys dedicated to provided the highest level of service and expertise to their clients.

Licensed in North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, Greg is also a member of the Bars of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court. In addition to being a certified estate planning specialist, Greg earned an LL.M. in Estate Planning from the University of Miami School of Law. and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM).  He is the only attorney North Carolina with all three credentials.

Greg was voted by his fellow attorneys as a member of the 2007 "Legal Elite" in Tax and Estate Planning in the January 2007 issue of Business North Carolina.  Only slightly over 3% of North Carolina attorney were so elected.  He was also selected as a 2007 North Carolina "Super Lawyer" in Estate Planning and Probate Law, an honor bestowed to only 5% of the State's attorneys.

In the April 2008 edition of Business Leader magazine, Greg was named as a Triangle Impact Financial Leader.


Rebecca J. Streamo

Rebecca J. Streamo is an associate attorney with TrustCounsel.

PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Guardianship Law; Trust Administration Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Real Estate.

BAR ADMISSIONS: North Carolina (2006).

EDUCATION: University of North Carolina (B.A.); North Carolina Central University School of Law (J.D. 2006)


Thomas J. Neagle, JD

Thomas J. Neagle is Of Counsel with TrustCounsel.

PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning and Probate Law; Guardianship Law; Trust Administration Law; Probate Litigation; Corporate Law; Contract Law; Intellectual Property and Technology Law.


BAR ADMISSIONS: North Carolina (2003); U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina (2003); Patent and Trademark Office (2005).


EDUCATION: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1976); Fairleigh Dickinson University (Masters, Computer Science, 1990), North Carolina Central School of Law (J.D. Magna Cum Laude, 2002).


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES: North Carolina Bar Association (Member: Estates and Business Law Sections); American Bar Association, Member: Probate and Trust Law Sections; North Carolina State Bar; Member: Orange County Bar Association; Member: Judicial District 15-B; Member: American Association for Justice; Member: American Economic Association; Member: Association for Computing Machinery.