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SECTION UPDATE
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
New Sponsor
The Elder Law Section recently welcomed UBS
(McGrath Consulting) as a new sponsor. We greatly
appreciate the support of UBS and that of our other
distinguished sponsors: Pemco Realty, Skylark Se-
nior Care, Your Senior Partners, and Southeastern
Trust Company.
Board of Directors
The Officers and Board members for the 2017-2018
year are:
Linda S. Pacer (Chair)
Sarah Siedentopf (Vice Chair/Chair-Elect)
Kevin O'Sullivan (Secretary/ Treasurer)
Elizabeth Osborne Lawrence (Immediate Past Chair)
Members at large:
Chris Brannon
Cherish De la Cruz
Elaine G. Levine
Robert Port
Linda S. Pacer
Pacer Law LLC
[email protected]
• October breakfast meeting included a panel of
Probate Court judges from Rockdale, Gwinnett
and DeKalb Counties discussing their preferences
regarding a number of probate matters.
•Professor Sam Donaldson spoke to our Section on
Federal Tax update in October.
• Natalie King and Jonathan Hawkins discussed is-
sues associated with law firm changes, buyouts and
closing down a practice at our November breakfast.
• Our annual Estate Planning Forum in November
brought Professor Christopher Hoyt, speaking on
the intersection of charitable planning and retire-
ment accounts and the climate for tax change in
Washington DC.
• December’s breakfast meeting brought Kim Martin,
providing a special needs triage presentation for
estate planning lawyers.
• January’s breakfast brought our members an update
on heirs property in Georgia by Skipper StipeMass
and Joann Johnson of the Georgia Heirs Property
Law Center.
• On February 1, the Estate Planning and Probate
Section will join with the Elder Law Section and FPA
of Georgia to provide an extended panel discussion
on Planning Through the Decades of Life.
• February’s breakfast meeting will discuss the new
tax law as it affects individuals, estates and trusts,
with Murray Saylor and Ed Rappaport as speakers.
Albert Caproni III
Cohen & Caproni, LLC
[email protected]
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