The Atlanta Lawyer February / March 2019 | Page 28

SECTION UPDATE
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
The Estate Planning & Probate Section continues
to have a wonderful 2019!
LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING EVENTS
On February 26, the Section hosted a joint event
with the Financial Planning Association and the
Elder Law Section. This event, entitled “Outdated
or Not: Are Our Estate & Financial Planning Docu-
ments Still Relevant or Do We Need to Revise?,”
took place at the Buckhead Club. The event was a
panel discussion with Richard Morgan of Morgan
& DiSalvo, P.C., Brian Deutsch of McCurdy & Can-
dler, LLC, Amy Merrill of TrueWealth, LLC and
Patricia Ammari of The Ammari Firm, LLC. Kevin
O’Sullivan of Cohen Pollock Merlin & Turner, P.C.
moderated. Thanks to Linda Pacer for organizing
this event.
At the February 13 Section Breakfast, the speaker
was Paula Frederick from the State Bar of Georgia.
She spoke on an Ethics Update. At our March 13
Breakfast at The Buckhead Club, the speaker was
Heather Hayes of Heather Hayes & Associates, who
spoke on “Clients & Their Potential Beneficiaries
Suffering from Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Issues.” At April’s Breakfast on the 10th, David Ad-
ams and Quinn Shearer of Adams Capital will speak
on the “Top 10 Business Valuation Issues Every At-
torney Should Know.”
The Estate Planning & Probate Section will also be
holding a luncheon in April on the 17th. Professor
Mary Radford of Georgia State University College
of Law will give an update on Georgia Law. Mem-
bers always look forward to hearing what Professor
Radford has to say.
We honor our speakers by making a generous dona-
tion to the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
(AVLF) of Fulton County. The Section was also a
sponsor of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Founda-
tion’s wine tasting event this fall and will be contrib-
uting to the Atlanta Bar’s March Madness.
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PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
The Section Board’s Pro Bono/Community Ac-
tivities Committee is made up of members Jackie
Saylor, Tim Curtin, Hamida Jackson-Little, and
Julia Hightower. We welcome other members of
our section to recommend ideas for Section in-
volvement in Pro Bono/Community Activities to
the Committee. Contact Jackie Saylor at jsaylor@
saylorlaw.com or [phone] with any ideas.
The Estate Planning & Probate Section continues
to volunteer at the Fulton County and DeKalb
County Probate Information Centers (PICs). In ad-
dition, the Section’s members have been involved
in volunteer initiatives for organizations such as
Three-Oh-We-Go and North Fulton Community
Charities (NFCC). Section members will continue
to volunteer with these organizations in the future,
as well as with Crossroads Community Ministries
and other organizations.
Following are the Estate Planning & Probate Section
Board of Directors 2018-2019:
Jackie Saylor (The Saylor Law Firm LLP) - Chair
Tim Curtin (Curtin Law Firm PC) - Vice Chair/
Chair-Elect
Elizabeth Faist (The Bowden Spratt Law Firm PC)
- Treasurer
Allison Byrd (Morgan & DiSalvo PC) - Secretary
Al Caproni (Cohen & Caproni LLC) - Immediate
Past President
Kevin O’Sullivan (Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small
PC) - Member-at-Large
J. Caroline Freeman (DeKalb County Probate
Court) - Member-at-Large
Linda Pacer (Pacer Law LLC) - Member-at-Large
Hamida Jackson-Little (Law Offices of HJ Little
PC) - Member-at-Large
Brent Howard (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP)
- Member-at-Large
Julia Hightower (Hendrick Rascoe Zitron & Long
LLC) - Member-at-Large