Jamie R. Dyce
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 471 1888
Fax: +1 212 202 7790
Email: jrdyce@duanemorris.com

Jamie R. Dyce practices in the area of wealth planning. Her work includes estate and postmortem planning for high net worth individuals and families, the administration of estates and trusts and the preparation and negotiation of marital agreements. Ms. Dyce is experienced in estate litigation and has served as Guardian ad litem in probate proceedings. She has also litigated and settled complex matrimonial matters and she has represented clients in contested and uncontested divorce actions.

Ms. Dyce is admitted to practice in New York. She is a member of the Real Property and Probate Law Section of the American Bar Association and the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association. Ms. Dyce also serves on the Board of Directors of the Pajama Program, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, which promotes literacy among children in need and provides new, warm pajamas and new books to children who are waiting to be adopted. In addition to working with the Pajama Program, Ms. Dyce actively volunteers with the Elderlaw and Cancer Advocacy Project, providing estate planning legal services to seniors and cancer patients, survivors and their families.

Ms. Dyce is involved in leading Duane Morris' participation with GEMS, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, that assists survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. In addition to representing young women of GEMS, Ms. Dyce oversees various GEMS-related firm projects and coordinates training sessions for volunteer participants. For this work, she was recognized by the New York Law Journal as one of NYLJ's 2012 "Lawyers Who Lead by Example."

Ms. Dyce is a 2005 cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where she was the managing editor of the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal. During law school, Ms. Dyce served as a legal intern for the Hon. Barbara Howe of the Surrogate's Court of Erie County of New York State. She is a 1999 cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., Political Science) and earned her Certificat des Etudes Internationales from the Université de Paris-Sorbonne in 1999. Ms. Dyce is currently pursuing an Advanced Professional Certificate in Taxation and Estate Planning from New York University School of Law, which she expects to complete in 2013.

Areas of Practice

• Wealth Planning
• Administration of Trusts and Estates
• Probate and Estate Litigation

Professional Activities

• New York State Bar Association
  - Trusts & Estates Section
• American Bar Association
  - Real Property and Probate Section
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Admissions

• New York

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2005
• State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., cum laude, 1999
• Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Certificat des Etudes Internationales, 1999

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2009-present
• WolfBlock LLP
  - Associate, 2007-2008
• Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP
  - Associate, 2005-2007
  - Summer Associate, 2004

Board Memberships

• Pajama Program, New York, N.Y.
  - Member of Board of Directors

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Elderlaw and Cancer Advocacy Project
• Free Arts NYC
• GEMS