Jeremy Rachlin is a shareholder at Bulman Dunie and the partner in charge of the firm’s estate and trust practice group. The hallmarks of his approach to client work include warmth, empathy, and pragmatism. Initially trained as a litigator, Jeremy’s practice has expanded over the last two decades to include estate and trust planning, administration (probate), and fiduciary representation and litigation.
With his background as a litigator, Jeremy is highly skilled at translating complex estate and trust principles into non-legalese. By bringing levity and humor into conversations that can sometimes be difficult, he finds tremendous professional satisfaction in putting clients at ease and offering them peace of mind.
“Each and every client comes to me with their own unique goals, needs, and concerns,” Jeremy explains. “My job is to meet every client where they are, whether that client is a sophisticated corporate fiduciary, a family that has just suffered a loss, a senior couple on their third iteration of estate planning, or a young couple embarking on planning for the first time.”
- Law Clerk to Judge John W. Debelius, III, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland: 2006-2007
- J.D., cum laude, University of Maryland School of Law: 2006
- B.A., Psychology, University Honors Citation, University of Maryland, College Park: 2002
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- President – Montgomery County, Maryland Inn of Court: 2023-2024
- Secretary – Bar Association for Montgomery County: 2022-2023
- Treasurer – Bar Association for Montgomery County: 2018-2020
- Executive Committee – Bar Association for Montgomery County: 2016-2018 term
- Executive Committee – Committee to Retain the Sitting Judges of Montgomery County, Maryland, PAC: 2014
- Bar Association for Montgomery County Judicial Selections Panel: 2013-2016, 2017-2020, 2021-2024
- Bar Association for Montgomery County Mentor-Mentee Chair: 2011-2012
- Bar Association for Montgomery County Chamber Chat Committee Chair: 2010-2011
- Bar Association for Montgomery County Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee: 2009-2017 (Co-Chair 2014-2017).
- Montgomery County, Maryland Inn of Court: Associate, 2007-2008; 2009-2010; 2011-2012; Barrister 2012-2019 term; Bencher, 2019-present; Executive Committee 2015-present
- Washington DC’s Top Lawyers, Trusts and Estates – Washingtonian Magazine: 2024
- Best Lawyers in America (Estates and Trusts and Litigation): 2023, 2024
- Bar Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation: 2022
- Top Lawyer, Estates and Trusts, Bethesda Magazine: 2019, 2021, 2023
- Top 100 Lawyer in Maryland; Maryland Super Lawyers’ Magazine: 2023, 2024, 2025
- Top 100 Lawyer in District of Columbia; District of Columbia Super Lawyers’ Magazine: 2023, 2024
- Maryland Daily Record “Leadership in Law” Award Winner: 2019
- Maryland Daily Record “Leadership in Law” Award Winner (Generation J.D. category): 2016
- Super Lawyer in Estate and Trusts, Maryland Super Lawyers’ Magazine (2014 through 2025)
- Super Lawyer in Estate and Trusts, District of Columbia Super Lawyers’ Magazine (2014 through 2025)
- Rising Star in Estate and Trust Litigation, District of Columbia Super Lawyers’ Magazine (2013)
- Rising Star in Estate and Trust Litigation, Maryland Super Lawyers’ Magazine (2012, 2013)
- Secretary – Bar Foundation for Montgomery County: 2023-2024
- Treasurer – Bar Foundation for Montgomery County: 2020-2021
- Montgomery County, Maryland Bar Foundation: Judge, High School Mock Trial Competition: 2010-2019; 2022-present
- Board of Directors – Bar Foundation for Montgomery County: 2021-current
- University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Alumni Network Board: 2018 to 2024
- Vice President, University of Maryland Honors Program Alumni Board: Vice President 2015-2018
- Youth soccer coach, Olney Boys and Girls Club: 2016-2018
- University of Maryland Terrapin Club: 2003-present
- Regularly present at colleges, senior living communities, and other groups regarding powers of attorney, wills, and basic estate planning matters
- Tyser-Gottwals Award from the University of Maryland Alumni Association for Outstanding Service to University: 2022