
Michaela C. Muffoletto
Michaela C. Muffoletto, a Principal with Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A., focuses her practice on estate and succession planning, probate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, estate and gift tax law, and charitable planning. Drawing on three decades of experience, Michaela maintains a dynamic practice guiding high-net-worth individuals, business owners, entrepreneurs, charitable foundations, and families across the Mid-Atlantic, navigating all types of estate and trust matters with unmatched expertise.
As a distinguished author and speaker on estate and trust matters, Michaela has made significant contributions to the field through her publications and educational initiatives. She has authored a chapter on “Will Caveats” for The Fundamentals of Estate Planning, and she also has spent more than twenty-five years working with her partner, Allan J. Gibber, on the treatise, Gibber on Estate Administration, currently in its eighth edition, which now shares her name as a co-author. Michaela frequently lectures on advanced estate administration strategies involving wills, trusts, tax considerations, and other succession planning matters throughout the region.
Michaela is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), former Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Estate and Trust Law Section Council, and former Co-Chair of the Baltimore City Bar Association’s Estates and Trusts Committee. In her role as former Chair of the Estate and Trust Law Section, Michaela continues to serve as the moderator of quarterly meetings amongst members of the bench and bar and Registers of Wills and as the liaison to Section Council for probate and fiduciary rules. Michaela is active in her legal community and continually strives towards the betterment of her field. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and her LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction, from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Practice Areas
Publications
- Co-Author, Gibber on Estate Administration, 8th Edition
- Author, “Will Caveats,” a chapter in The Fundamentals of Estate Planning (Angela M. Vallario, 2012)
Speaking Engagements
- Panel Lecturer, Judicial Institute of Maryland (Estate Administration)
- Guest Lecturer, Gibber on Estate Administration Evening Series (Estate and Inheritance Taxes)
- Guest Lecturer, University of Baltimore
Professional Organizations
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
- Fellow
- Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA)
- Former Chair, Estate and Trust Law Section Council
- Bar Association of Baltimore City
- Former Co-Chair, Estates and Trusts Committee
Legal Publications
- Author, “Will Caveats,” a chapter in Angela M. Vallario’s 2012 book, The Fundamentals of Estate Planning.
- Author, “Highlights From The 47th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning,” published in the Maryland State Bar Association’s Spring 2013 Estates and Trusts Newsletter.

