David J. DelFiandra
Partner
David J. DelFiandra is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Estates & Trusts Practice Group, the Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Organizations and Tax Groups. David is based in the Pittsburgh and Sarasota, Florida offices, where he works closely with individuals and businesses on sophisticated estate planning and administration issues impacting wealth preservation. This includes the preparation of estate plans designed to control and preserve wealth from one generation to another, and asset protection trusts offering maximum protection from future creditors or divorces. David previously served three terms on the firm’s Management Committee.
David spent many years leading the firm’s Estates & Trusts Practice Group and continues to focus his practice on the preparation of complex and simple wills, living wills and powers of attorney, estate, trust and guardianship planning and administration, planning for individuals with special needs, pre-marital agreements, and the development of lifetime gifting programs and estate litigation. David routinely prepares and advises on Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (“ILITs”), Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts (“SLATs”), Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (“GRATs”), Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (“QPRTs”), Charitable Remainder Trusts (“CRTs”), Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (“IDGTs”), Special Needs Trusts, Donor Advised Funds and Private Foundations. David also represents Executors and Trustees in estate and trust administration preparing Federal Estate tax returns, Federal Gift tax returns, Pennsylvania Inheritance tax returns, and Estate and Trust income tax returns.
