The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Elects 42 New Fellows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Pamela Goldsmith
Pam.goldsmith@actec.org
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Washington, DC, November 18, 2019: The Board of Regents of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) convened during the College’s Fall Meeting in Philadelphia, PA to consider nominations for a new class of Fellows. The College is pleased to announce that 42 individuals were elected. This select group spans the US and includes four international Fellows representing Toronto, Montreal, London and Tel Aviv.

To qualify for membership, a lawyer must have no fewer than ten years’ experience in the active practice of trust and estate law, as fiduciary counsel with a fiduciary services company, or a combination thereof, or be a full time teacher of law at a duly accredited law school, specialize in teaching T & E law and have at least ten years’ cumulative experience as a lawyer in active private T & E practice or as a teacher of T & E law, or a combination thereof. Lawyers and law professors are elected to be Fellows based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill and substantial contributions to the field by lecturing, writing, teaching and participating in bar leadership or legislative activities. It is their aim to improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures and professional responsibility.

“On behalf of ACTEC’s Executive Committee, I am very pleased to congratulate and welcome this extraordinary and diverse new class of ACTEC Fellows from around the world,” said ACTEC President John A. Terrill, II. “These 42 individuals were selected for their excellent professional reputation, for what they have already demonstrated by way of enhancing the field of trusts and estates and for what we know will be their ongoing contributions to the important work of the College. I and the rest of the Fellows look forward to meeting these new Fellows and helping them find ways to be involved with ACTEC in the coming years.”

ACTEC New Fellows

• Katherine C. Akinc, Esq. of Brink Bennett Flaherty Golden PLLC in Austin, TX
• Nancy Williams Ball, Esq. of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O’Neal, LLP, Birmingham, AL
• Jeanne C. Blackmore, Esq. of Gravel and Shea in Burlington, VT
• Justin H. Brown, Esq. of Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia, PA
• J. Richard Caskey, Esq. of J. Richard Caskey, P.A. in Tampa, FL
• Richard D. Chatwin, Esq. of Gerrard Cox Larsen in Henderson, NV
• Brian Cohen of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP in Toronto, ON, Canada
• Gilead Cooper, QC of Wilberforce Chambers in London, England
• Trisha W. Hall, Esq. of Connolly Gallagher LLP in Wilmington, DE
• Brandon D. Hamm, Esq. of Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O. in Omaha, NE
• Mark E. House, Esq. of Becker & House, PLLC in Scottsdale, AZ
• Ralph E. Hughes, Esq. of Hughes & Pizzuto, APC in San Diego, CA
• Kevin L. Johns, Esq. of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP in Lexington, KY
• Bradley J. Kalscheur, Esq. of Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP in Milwaukee, WI
• Emily Kembell, Esq. of Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP in Springfield, MO
• Gregory T. Kimmel, Esq. of Allen – Lottmann – Kimmel, P.C. in Tyler, TX
• Robert L. Lancaster, Esq. of Cummings & Lockwood LLC in Naples, FL
• Jonathan G. Lasley, Esq. of Stewart, Plant & Blumenthal, LLC in Baltimore, MD
• David E. Lieberman, Esq. of Levin Schreder & Carey Ltd. In Chicago, IL
• Meir Linzen of Herzog Fox and Neeman in Tel Aviv, Israel
• Christin P. Lovegrove, Esq. of Heinisch & Lovegrove Law Office PC LLO in Geneva, NE
• Melanie Elizabeth Marmion, Esq. of Fitzwater Meyer, LLP in Portland, OR
• Jeremiah James Moffit, Esq. of Withers Bergman LLP in San Diego, CA
• T. Collier Moore, Esq. of RMP LLP in Springdale, AR
• James P. Naftel, II Esq, of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. in Birmingham, AL
• Stacie Polashuk Nelson, Esq. of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco, CA
• Hung V. Nguyen, Esq. of The Nguyen Law Firm in Coral Gables, FL
• Charles H. Packer, Esq. of Hopkins & Carley, A Law Corporation in Palo Alto, CA
• Charles W. Pieterse, Esq. of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC in Greenwich, CT
• Robert S. Pratt, Esq. of Pratt Vreeland Kennelly Martin & White in Rutland, VT
• Joshua S. Rogers, Esq. of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in Morgantown, WV
• Michael Rosen-Prinz, Esq. McDermott Will & Emery LLP in Los Angeles, CA
• Judge Renee R. Roth, Esq. of McLaughlin & Stern LLP in New York, NY
• Rhonda Rudick of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in Montreal, QC, Canada
• N. Lucille Siler, Esq. of Johnston, Allison & Hord, P.A. in Charlotte, NC
• Professor Thomas E. Simmons of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD
• Thomas G. Sinclair, Esq. of Thomas, Fisher, Sinclair & Edwards, P.A. in Greenville, SC
• James Spallino, Jr. Esq. of Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland, OH
• Bradley D. Terebelo, Esq. of Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, P.C. in West Conshohocken, PA
• Susan K. Tomita, Esq. of Susan K. Tomita Law Offices in Albuquerque, NM
• Vicky Ann Trimmer, Esq. of Daley Zucker Meilton & Miner, LLC in Lemoyne, PA
• Jennifer L. Wioncek, Esq. of Bilzin Sumberg in Miami, FL

About the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel:  Established in 1949, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is a national, nonprofit association of approximately 2,500 lawyers and law professors from throughout the United States and abroad. ACTEC members (Fellows) are peer-elected on the basis of professional reputation and expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, trust administration and related practice areas. The College’s mission includes the improvement and reform of probate, trust and tax laws and procedures and professional practice standards. ACTEC frequently offers technical comments with regard to legislation and regulations but does not take positions on matters of policy or political objectives.

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