Diane K. Kuwamura

Diane K. Kuwamura is the founder of Kuwamura Law Group, P.A. Based in Rockville, Maryland, she focuses her practice on estate planning and administration along with handling related litigation. Ms. Kuwamura is admitted to practice in both Maryland and the District of Columbia, and she is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the Supreme Court of the United States. Held in high regard by her fellow attorneys, she has received an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, and Bethesda Magazine has named her on its of the Top Estate Lawyers in the Bethesda Area.

Ms. Kuwamura's practice involves the preparation and review of wills, trusts, health care and financial powers of attorney, and advance health care directives.  Ms. Kuwamura also assists people with the development of charitable gift and life insurance plans, and she administers the estates of many of her clients in order to ensure that their assets are distributed in accordance with their wishes.

Ms. Kuwamura's professional affiliations reflect her interests and practice areas. Her memberships include the Taxation Law and the Estate & Trust Law sections of the Maryland State Bar Association; the American Bar Association's Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law; and the Estate & Trust Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland. Active in her community as well, Ms. Kuwamura is a member of the board of directors of Montgomery Hospice, The Academy of the Holy Cross High School and an officer of the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council.  She is a 1994 recipient of a Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.