Lawyer Bio : Elizabeth L. Quick

Betty specializes in estate planning, estate administration and charitable giving. Because of her work with a number of charitable organizations and foundations, including serving as a board member on a large private foundation and her local community foundation, she has a strong interest in promoting philanthropy.

Betty works with families in creating estate plans that result in significant estate and gift tax savings, and she assists families who have lost loved ones in settling estates and handling controversies.

During her tenure as President of the North Carolina Bar Association, Betty renewed her commitment to the profession by promoting the highest professional standards for lawyers.

Professional and Civic Activities
Bar Associations: American, North Carolina and Forsyth County Bar Associations; President of the North Carolina Bar Association, 1997-1998; Past President, Winston-Salem Estate Planning Council; Fellow and past state chairman, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Past Articles Editor, Probate and Property, a publication of the Real Property and Probate Section of the American Bar Association; Author and Principal Editor of the North Carolina Estate Administration Manual; Past Member of the North Carolina State Bar Board of Law Examiners; Member of the Board of Directors, The Cannon Foundation, Inc., Reynolda House, Inc., Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Health Care Advisory Committee of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust; From 1988 to the present, selected as one of Best Lawyers in America for probate and estate planning and in the Legal Elite in North Carolina. Betty was named a North Carolina Super Lawyer (2006-2009) and named the Best Lawyers' 2010 Greensboro Area Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year.

Admitted to bar: 1974, North Carolina.