Lerch, Early & Brewer Chartered

44 Best Lawyers awards

Lerch, Early & Brewer Chartered logo

Awarded Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

Biography

Wayne Eig refers to himself as a business and tax lawyer for individuals and closely held entities, providing advice to clients involved in various business, investment, financial and succession planning activities. Sometimes, his clients are individuals or families, sometimes entities and often a combination of individuals/families and affiliated entities working together. Sometimes, these businesses have great value, sometimes they do not – but all of these clients have needs which require legal attention.

Over the course of his career, Wayne has chaired, and in some instances continues to chair, some of the firm’s major practice groups – Estate/Trust Administration, Estate Planning, Tax, and Commercial Transactions. In nearly forty years of practice, Wayne has learned that the role of a small business lawyer is to work with clients to help define and address their goals, and just as importantly, to evaluate and monitor them over time. Whether it is a fairly simple will and estate plan or a complicated transaction involving tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars, the role of the small business lawyer remains the same.

Lerch, Early & Brewer Chartered

44 Best Lawyers awards

Lerch, Early & Brewer Chartered logo

Overview

  • Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1973
  • Princeton University, BA, graduated 1968

  • Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

  • Georgetown University - Board of Regents
  • Kolmac Foundation - Board Member
  • Washington D.C. Estate Planning Council - Member
  • Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • Georgetown University - Board of Regents
  • Kolmac Foundation - Board Member
  • Washington D.C. Estate Planning Council - Member
  • Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1973
  • Princeton University, BA, graduated 1968

Client Testimonials

Wayne Eig is the consummate professional. He has broad and deep knowledge which he uses to help our clients. His experience and expertise add measurably to the client value proposition.

T.J. Atkinson (Merrill Lynch)

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
Awards:
  • Washington Business Journal - Top Washington Lawyers in Trusts & Estates
  • Washingtonian Magazine - Top Trusts & Estates Lawyer

Additional Information

  • Areas of Concentration
  • Estate Planning
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Tax

    Your browser is not fully compatible with our automatic printer friendly formatting.

    Please use the print button to print this profile page.

    Spinning circle Big letter B