Anya F. Endsley

Anya truly enjoys working with individuals and families, and brings her wealth of experience to bear on each unique situation.

Anya is Co-Chair of Verrill’s Private Clients & Fiduciary Services Group. She focuses her practice in all aspects of estate planning, probate administration and trust administration, and counsels clients on tax planning, sophisticated wealth transfer strategies and charitable giving. She is also skilled at planning for shared family real estate and business succession planning.

Before joining Verrill, Anya practiced Trusts and Estates in upstate New York, following a clerkship as part of the Central Staff at the New York State Court of Appeals. Anya also draws on her tax background, having worked as a corporate tax attorney in the New York City office of an international law firm after graduating from law school.

Anya lives in Portland with her husband and four children, and when she is not in the office, she enjoys spending time with her family exploring the beautiful State of Maine, running, creating art, and baking.

Services/Industries

• Private Clients & Fiduciary Services
• Individuals & Families

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
  • Order of the Coif
• University of Texas at Austin (B.A., magna cum laude)
• The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) New England Fellows Institute
  • Class I

Public Service

• Board of Directors, Maine Estate Planning Council (2022-present)
• Chair, Trusts & Estates Section of the Maine State Bar Association
• Past President, The Telling Room (President 2021-2023; Vice President 2019-2021; Board Member 2017-2023)

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Maine

Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
• Probate and Trust Law Advisory Commission, Member (appointed by Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 2025)
• Trusts and Estates Section, New York State Bar Association
• Maine State Bar Association
• Maine Estate Planning Council
• Participant, New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Class I)

Honors

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® under Trusts and Estates in Portland, Maine
• Recognized in Chambers High Net Worth under Private Wealth Law in Maine
• Named The Best Lawyers in America^®  “One to Watch” under Trusts and Estates in Portland, Maine

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Clerkships

• New York State Court of Appeals

Speaking Events

• “Maine Law Update,” Presenter (ACTEC New England Regional Meeting, October 2024)
• “Navigating Property Transfer and Family Dynamics,” Panelist (Maine Estate Planning Council, September 2024)
• “Modern American Families and Estate Planning: Expert Panel,” Panelist (Maine Estate Planning Council, May 2023)
• “Estate Planning Under the New Rules,” Presenter (MSBA Winter Bar Conference, January 2022)
• “Uncontested Probate Litigation Matters,” Panelist (Maine State Bar Association Elder Law & Estate Planning Conference, May 2022)
• “What Biden’s Tax Plan Entails – How to Plan in the Midst of Uncertainty,” Presenter (Association of Corporate counsel, Westchester/Southern Connecticut, June 2021)
• “The Impact of Tax Code Reform and the Role of Gift Planning,” Presenter (Maine Planned Giving Conference, September 2019)
• “What’s up in Washington? Tax Reform: Overview and Implications,” Presenter (Maine Planned Giving Conference, September 2017)