ACTEC Elects 33 New Fellows to the College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Washington, DC – March 28, 2022:  The Board of Regents of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) convened during the College’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, California to consider nominations for a new class of Fellows.  The College is pleased to announce 33 individuals were elected. This select group spans the US and includes two international Fellows representing England and Canada.  

“On behalf of ACTEC, I welcome this group of skilled and experienced trust and estate law professionals and look forward to working with and learning from them,” stated ACTEC President Robert (Bob) W. Goldman.

To qualify for membership, a lawyer must have no fewer than 10 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 trust and estate law, and have at least ten years’ cumulative experience as a lawyer in active private trust and estate practice or as a teacher of trust and estate 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.

ACTEC New Fellows

• S. Kyle Agee, Johnston, Allison & Hord, P.A., Charlotte, NC
• Gene M. Carlino, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC, Johnston, RI
• Joseph J. Cassioppi, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
• Matthew P. D’Emilio, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE
• Jaclyn Feffer, Bessemer Trust, New York, NY
• Adam S. Garber, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, Chicago, IL
• Marielle F. Hazen, Hazen Law Group, Harrisburg, PA
• Bryan Jamison, Jamison & Jamison, PA, Shoreview, MN
• Shaina Kamen, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY
• Cristin Keane, Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, FL
• James J. Lanham, Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd., Wooster, OH
• Chad W. Makuch, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Cleveland, OH
• Patrick W. Martin, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, Attorneys at Law, San Diego, CA
• Letitia A. McDonald, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA
• Elise J. McGee, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL
• Tiffany N. McKenzie, Harrison & Held, LLP, Atlanta, GA
• Andrew M. Mitchell, Kirkland Woods and Martinsen LLP, Saint Louis, MO
• Melisa M. W. Mysliwiec, Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., Grand Rapids, MI
• Erin A. Norcia, Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP, Danville, CA
• Caitlyn Murphy Orr, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC
• Jeffrey S. Patterson, Lynch Conger LLP, Bend, OR 
• Arielle Prangner, Davis & Willms, PLLC, Houston, TX
• Brad J. Richter, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY
• Brandon Ross, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Washington, DC
•  Eric M. Schorr, Sessions, Fishman & Nathan, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA
• Shawn M. Scott, Hall Scott LLP, Indianapolis, IN
• Marshall D. Senterfitt, Goulston & Storrs, P.C., Boston, MA
• Richard N. Sherrill, Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse, P.A., Pensacola, FL
• Jennifer Smithson, Macfarlanes LLP, London, England
• Carla Spivak, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, OK
• Amanda Stacey, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Amy M. Staehr, Long Reimer Winegar LLP, Jackson, WY
• Melvin A. Warshaw, Melvin A. Warshaw, Wellesley, MA 

About The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC): Established in 1949, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is a national, nonprofit association of approximately 2,400 lawyers and law professors from throughout the United States and abroad. ACTEC members (Fellows) are peer-elected since 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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