Angela M. Vallario

Angela M. Vallario serves as Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she has taught since 2000 after prior roles at Howard University and Catholic University. Her expertise centers on trusts and estates, family/senior planning, and contracts.

Her academic credentials include:

• LL.M. from Georgetown University
• J.D., cum laude, from University of Baltimore
• B.S. from University of Florida

Professor Vallario's research critically examines estate planning frameworks, with emphasis on holographic wills, spousal elective shares, and revocable trust litigation. Her work bridges legislative gaps in Maryland probate law while addressing real-world challenges for aging populations through rigorous doctrinal analysis.

Her publications reveal a sustained focus on modernizing estate administration, particularly through her authoritative treatise The Fundamentals of Estate Planning and recent articles exploring power of attorney reforms and holographic will incentives. This body of work demonstrates consistent engagement with evolving fiduciary standards and statutory shortcomings.

She actively contributes to legal practice as an elected member of the Maryland State Bar Association Section Council on Trusts and Estates, appointed EMIS Task Force member, MICPEL faculty instructor, and Maryland Reporter to the ABA on Probate Trust Law developments. As a certified public accountant and Maryland Bar member, she integrates tax expertise with estate litigation experience from her prior practice at Fedder & Garten, P.A. and service as a U.S. Tax Court attorney-adviser.