Alban Salaman

Alban "Alby" Salaman advises high-net-worth individuals, families and business owners on sophisticated wealth transfer, estate planning and tax matters. As chair of Holland & Knight's Mid-Atlantic Region Private Wealth Services Group, he helps clients preserve wealth, save taxes and structure plans that support multigenerational family and business goals. He is part of one of the nation's leading private wealth practices, including a Tier One ranking in the Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" guide.

With more than 40 years of experience, Alby designs sophisticated estate plans that address the full spectrum of wealth preservation concerns, including wills, trusts, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, charitable giving, insurance planning, retirement planning and advance medical directives. He also advises clients on family business succession strategies, family partnerships, grantor retained annuity trusts and intentionally defective grantor trusts, helping families navigate personal and financial considerations for future generations.

He also administers estates, supervises federal estate tax return filings and represents clients in federal estate tax audits before the IRS.

Before entering private practice, Alby served in the Office of Chief Counsel of the IRS from 1977 to 1983. In that role, he drafted legal opinions involving proposed revenue rulings, private letter rulings and litigation positions addressing novel and complex tax issues. He frequently represented his division in discussions with U.S. Department of the Treasury officials and received the Chief Counsel Special Achievement Award.

Alby is a past president of the Washington, D.C., Estate Planning Council. He has taught programs for the Greater Washington Society of CPAs, The American College of Financial Services and other professional organizations. His insights have been featured in The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The Baltimore Sun, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Forbes.com and Yahoo! Finance, and he has appeared on Fox Business.