SARA-ANN DETERMAN
Partner, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
555 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-6588
SENIOR PARTNER, Estate Planning:
Taxation, Trusts and Estates
Closely Held Businesses
Exempt Organizations
ADDRESS: 3514 Pinetree Terrace
Falls Church, Virginia 22041
(703) 835-0363
SPOUSE: Gary Sellers
CHILDREN: Dann Determan
David Determan
Steven Determan (1971-1984)
EDUCATION:
Connecticut College 1956-57
Stanford University 1958
A.B. University of Delaware, 1960
with honors and distinction
Phi Beta Kappa
LL.B. George Washington University, 1967
with honors
Editor-in-Chief, George Washington
Law Review
Order of the Coif
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Clerk to Senior Circuit Judge Henry W. 1967-68
Edgerton, United States Circuit Court
for the District of Columbia
Joined Hogan & Hartson 1968
PAST AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
President, The District of Columbia Bar 1990-91
Chair, Section of Individual Rights and
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Responsibilities, American Bar
Association
Board Member and President, Washington Area
Ronald McDonald House
Chair, Death Penalty Representation Project,
American Bar Association
Chair, Committee on Delivery of Legal
Services, American Bar Association
Board Member and Founder, National
Partnership for Women and Families
Treasurer, The District of Columbia Bar
Board Member, National Capital Area
American Civil Liberties Union
(former Chair of Board)
Board Member (elected at-large), American
Civil Liberties Union (National)
Trustee, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law
Trustee, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for
Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Chair, Washington Lawyers’ Committee
and Urban Affairs
Board Member, Center for Dispute Settlement
Charter Member, Washington Council
of Lawyers
Former Chair, Special Committee on Lawyers’
Public Service Responsibility, American
Bar Association
Former Board Member, Mexican American
Legal Defense and Education Fund
Former Board Member, Farmworker Litigation
Support Fund
Member, Women’s Bar Association
Member, Washington, D.C. Estate Planning
Council
1986-87
1994-present
1986-94
1991-93
1985-present
1979-80
1970-90
1987-90
1985-present
1988-present
1994-96
AWARDS: National Partnership for Women and Families
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Washington, D.C. Bar
George Washington University Law School
National Conference of Women’s Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association
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BAR ADMISSIONS:
District of Columbia February 1968
Frequent speaker on estate planning, other
topics
Most clients are high net worth individuals,
high net worth charitable institutions.
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