Bailey R. Drexler

Bailey is an associate attorney in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the trusts, estates, and wealth transfer group.  Bailey’s practice focuses on high net worth estate planning and complex trust and estate administration in Ohio and Florida.

Bailey helps individuals and families identify and achieve their planning goals, offering clients thoughtful solutions for the efficient transfer of assets, both at death and during lifetime.  She regularly assists clients with inheritance planning, wealth transfer tax planning, probate avoidance, and business succession planning.  She also provides counsel to clients who have or plan to change their state of residency from Ohio to Florida.

Bailey also has substantial experience in residential real estate planning and regularly advises clients on matters related to the management, use, taxation and succession of real estate, including family vacation homes, rental properties, and the primary residence.  

In addition, Bailey represents individual and corporate fiduciaries with respect to trust and estate administration matters.  This includes providing guidance on administrative best practices, solving complex gift and estate tax questions, analyzing income tax deferral options for trust-inherited IRAs, reducing the risk of fiduciary liability in administering trusts and estates, and resolving questions of ambiguity or disagreement in the interpretation of unclear terms of a will or trust.

Bailey received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was an articles editor of the Minnesota Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.  She received her B.A. cum laude from Xavier University.

Honors & Recognitions

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