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Overview
Stay on the Cutting Edge of the Practice
This timely update offers a practical analysis of the recent and proposed legal and tax changes affecting trusts and estates and provides a review of the new tools to adapt to the changing regulatory environment. Provide your clients with the most up-to-date representation: register today!
- Get an incisive summary and analysis of the tax changes and their implications for existing planning tools.
- Learn which deductions remain and how to obtain them.
- Identify planning approaches that no longer help your clients.
- Gain practical pointers for fixing old trusts.
- Glean the future of the practice with a practical analysis of the ongoing and upcoming regulatory efforts.
Abbreviated Agenda
- What's New in Estate Planning Practice? Changes You Need to Know
- Old Small-to-Medium Sized Estate Tools and How to Update Them
- Reassessing Gifting Strategies
- The Limited IRA Stretch: Planning in Light of the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0
- Financial and Medical Powers of Attorney
- Reviewing Estate Planning Documents and Fixing Old Trusts
- Planning for Nursing Home Care, Medicaid Planning, Aging in Place
- Legal Ethics in Estate Planning
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
7 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arizona CPE for Accountants |
|
7 Total |
| New York CPE for Accountants |
|
7 Total |
| Washington CPE for Accountants |
|
7 Total |
| Wisconsin CPE for Accountants |
|
7.2 Total |
| CPE for Accountants/NASBA |
|
7 Total |
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Agenda
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What's New in Estate Planning Practice? Changes You Need to Know
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Old Small-to-Medium Sized Estate Tools and How to Update Them
- Life Insurance
- Decanting Irrevocable Trusts
- Durable Powers of Attorney Caps of Gifting
- Reassessing FLPs and LLCs
- Joint Tenancies, Income Tax Basis, and Estate Tax Treatment
- Second Marriage Planning
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Reassessing Gifting Strategies
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The Limited IRA Stretch: Planning in Light of the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0
- Beneficiary Designations
- Required Minimum Distributions
- Tax Effects on Grantors and Beneficiaries
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Financial and Medical Powers of Attorney
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Reviewing Estate Planning Documents and Fixing Old Trusts
- Stock Language to Look out for
- Old Tax Formulas and Planning Methods to Reassess
- Document Execution, Funding Mistakes
- Avenues for Making the Changes
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Planning for Nursing Home Care, Medicaid Planning, Aging in Place
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Legal Ethics in Estate Planning
- Who is Your Client?
- Joint Representation and Conflicts of Interest
- Attorney Fees and Client Trust Accounts
- Attorney Technology Competence
- Guarding Confidentiality
Who Should Attend
This legal update is designed for attorneys. It will also benefit accountants and CPAs, trust and tax professionals, and paralegals.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Timothy C. Pickart
is an attorney with the Law Offices of Timothy Cahill Pickart, specializing in estate planning, trust administration and probate. He is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Pickart primarily represents business owners, professionals and other high net worth individuals. His focus is to be pro-active, reduce risk and protect clients before problems arise. Mr. Pickart also is an instructor in the paralegal certificate program at the University of California, Irvine, where he has taught a course on estate planning. He earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Joseph G. Epstein
is a managing member at Joseph G. Epstein PLLC. His practice focuses primarily on estate planning, probate, and business law. Mr. Epstein earned his B.B.A degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. degree from the University of Houston Law Center. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law, Business Law and Bankruptcy Law sections), and the Houston Bar Association (Probate, Trusts & Estates Section). Mr. Epstein is licensed to practice in Texas; Supreme Court of Texas; U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western districts of Texas; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Speaker bio
Evaleen M. Davis
is the principal of the Law Office of Evaleen M. Davis in Plano. She focuses in estate planning, probate and tax planning, including compliance for exempt organizations, as well as asset protection. Ms. Davis is board-certified in estate planning and probate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She has previously lectured on claims procedures in probate and is a frequent lecturer at the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System Pre-Retirement programs. Ms. Davis earned her B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and her J.D. degree from Texas Tech University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Evan H. Farr
is a certified elder law attorney and member of the NAELA Council of Advanced Practitioners. He is the principal attorney of the Farr Law Firm, P.C., an elder law firm in Fairfax, Virginia dedicated to helping protect seniors and their families by preserving dignity, quality of life and financial security. A nationally renowned author and CLE speaker, Mr. Farr is well known in the field of elder law as an expert on Medicaid asset protection. He has educated tens of thousands of attorneys across the country through speaking and writing for numerous national legal organizations; including ALI-ABA, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, National Business Institute and the National Constitution Center; as well as his own Elder Law Institute for Training and Education (ELITE). Mr. Farr coaches and trains other elder law attorneys around the country, providing them with specialized software and practice-enhancement systems such as the Living Trust Plus Asset Protection System used by dozens of attorneys across the nation. He is a well-known public media figure, having been quoted or cited as an elder law expert by The Washington Post, Newsweek, Northern Virginia Magazine, Trusts & Estates Magazine, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Farr has appeared on television on various PBS stations around the country, as well as on MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from the College of William & Mary School of Law.
Speaker bio
Andrew C. Dagen
is a trust and estates attorney at Blank Rome LLP with a background in domestic and international estate planning, tax strategy, and wealth preservation. He advises high-net-worth individuals, families, entrepreneurs, founders, executives, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries on estate, charitable, and business succession planning tailored to meet personal and financial goals in a tax-efficient manner. Mr. Dagen has extensive experience structuring and administering complex estate plans, trust, and business entities. He regularly develops bespoke tax strategies for clients in the private equity, hedge fund, and pension sectors, and collaborates with cross-border teams to optimize global tax outcomes. Mr. Dagen's practice also includes resolving disputes, negotiating family settlements, and drafting entity agreements that support long-term wealth protection. Prior to joining the firm, he served as an associate at a New York-based law firm and an associate at a global private client law firm. While in law school, he served as a summer associate at a tax law and estate planning firm, a judicial extern to the Honorable Juan F. Vasquez for the U.S. Tax Court, and a judicial extern to the Honorable Rebecca B. Connelly for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Prior to beginning his law career, Mr. Dagen practiced as a certified public accountant for five years. He earned his B.S. degree from The University of Tennessee, his LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law and his J.D. degree from Washington & Lee School of Law.
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