Bailey R. Drexler

Bailey is an associate in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the trusts, estates and wealth transfer group.  Her primary practice involves high net worth estate planning and trust and estate administration.

Bailey helps individuals and families identify and achieve their goals with respect to a many aspects of planning, offering clients thoughtful solutions for the efficient transfer of assets, both at death and during lifetime.  She regularly assists clients with inheritance planning, financial and health care powers of attorney, wealth transfer tax planning, probate avoidance and business succession planning.  Bailey also has substantial experience in residential real estate planning and regularly advises clients on matters related to the management, use, taxation and succession of real estate, including family vacation homes, rental properties and the primary residence.  

In addition, Bailey provides counsel to individual and corporate fiduciaries on estate and trust administration matters.  This includes providing guidance on administrative best practices, solving complex gift and estate tax questions, analyzing income tax deferral options for trust-inherited IRAs, reducing the risk of fiduciary liability in administering trusts and estates, and resolving questions of ambiguity or disagreement with respect to unclear trust terms.

Bailey received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was an articles editor of the Minnesota Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.  She received her B.A. cum laude from Xavier University.