About us

National trusts & estates depth. A Colorado front door.

Whiteford's Trusts and Estates practice is Chambers-ranked, with ACTEC fellows and decades of multigenerational client relationships. In Colorado, that depth comes with a local address: a Denver-based attorney who supervises every Colorado matter and stays personally accessible.

Your legal team

A Denver front door. A national trial platform.

Whiteford Mountain West pairs Colorado-based leadership with the trial depth of Whiteford's full national litigation platform — so serious cases get serious resources.

Peter D. Antonoplos

Partner · Co-Chair, Trusts & Estates

Whiteford national platform

Peter Antonoplos co-chairs Whiteford's Trusts and Estates section, bringing more than twenty years of experience advising individuals, families, businesses, and institutions on estate planning, trusts, asset protection, and complex estate and gift tax strategy.

He holds an M.B.A. from Yale and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown, and has been recognized by Super Lawyers and as one of America's Top 100 Attorneys. His practice spans sophisticated tax planning, elder-care law, business succession, and planning for non-U.S. citizens.

Admitted: District of Columbia · Maryland · New York · Virginia · U.S. Tax Court · U.S. Supreme Court

Jeffrey R. Schell

Managing Director, Whiteford Mountain West

Denver, Colorado

Jeff Schell is a Denver-based partner at Whiteford and the Managing Director of Whiteford Mountain West. A Colorado attorney, he was named one of ColoradoBiz Magazine's 25 Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado.

For trusts and estates matters, Jeff is the firm's Colorado front door: he meets with Colorado families, supervises every Colorado engagement as local counsel, and coordinates Whiteford's national trusts-and-estates depth for each matter.

Admitted: Colorado · Michigan · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Attorneys are admitted in the jurisdictions listed in their official firm profiles. Colorado matters are supervised and led through Whiteford's Colorado-admitted attorneys, with the firm's national trusts-and-estates counsel engaged on each matter as appropriate and permitted.

How Colorado engagements work

Every Colorado matter runs through our Denver office: Jeff Schell serves as your Colorado attorney and point of contact, supervising each engagement as local counsel, while Peter Antonoplos and Whiteford's national trusts and estates team provide the deep planning, tax, and fiduciary-litigation expertise your matter requires. You get a firm that answers locally — with a bench most Colorado boutiques can't match.

Call (720) 853-1579 to schedule your free consultation — our intake team answers around the clock and can book you directly. If your matter isn't one we can help with, we'll tell you straight and point you in the right direction.

Where does your estate actually stand?

The free Colorado Estate Snapshot walks through what actually determines how estates fare in Colorado — documents, titling, taxes, family structure, and the deadlines nobody mentions — in about two minutes. No obligation, and no pressure. Want a real answer instead? Book a free Legacy Game Plan Session and leave with a plan.

Get your free Estate Snapshot Book your free Legacy Game Plan Session Or call (720) 853-1579 — 24/7

Educational only — not legal or tax advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created.