Cheri H. Dorsey

Cheri Dorsey is known for creating a warm and comfortable space for her clients’ wishes to be heard. She helps her clients and their families navigate the difficult issues of planning for disability and death. Her clients remember her for her kind heart and sympathy and often remark that she gives them the peace of mind they have been looking for.

Cheri handles all areas of estate planning, estate administration, and trust administration. She advises her clients on the foundations of estate planning, as well as more complex areas, including Life Insurance Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and Qualified Personal Residence Trusts.

Her clients often come to her for assistance with fulfilling their charitable wishes, from entering into pledge agreements with organizations, to even creating charitable organizations. She also works with artists and art collectors to guide them on achieving their goals for the continuity of their collections.

She works with business owners and succession planning, particularly with respect to transferring interests in family businesses to the next generation through various gifting and other transfer techniques.

Cheri regularly handles the administration of trusts and estates and often serves as a fiduciary with respect to those matters. She is known for holding the hand of the surviving spouse and other family members after the death of a loved one, helping them through the grieving process one step at a time.

Cheri started Sessa & Dorsey with Tom because she wants to provide high-level estate planning services in a family-like environment for her clients. She enjoys working with her clients and their families throughout their lives as their needs and wishes change over time.

When Cheri is not helping her clients, she enjoys spending time with her husband, children, and extended family. The Dorsey family lives in Parkton, Maryland, and they enjoy music, various sports, and attending Hunt Valley Church.