50th Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning January 11-15, 2016 Introduction Part 1

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1 50th Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning January 11-15, 2016 Introduction Part 1 Heckerling 2016 University of Miami School of Law Center for Continuing Legal Education Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center Orlando, Florida GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT INSTITUTE: Inquiries/Registration: Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning University of Miami School of Law Center for Continuing Legal Education P.O. Box Coral Gables, FL Telephone: / FAX: Web site: heckerling@law.miami.edu Headquarters Hotel - Orlando World Center Marriott 8701 World Center Drive Orlando, FL Telephone (407) , FAX (407) NOTICE: Although audio tapes of all of the substantive session at the Miami Institute currently are only made available to Institute registrants for purchase, the entire proceeding of the Institute other than the afternoon special sessions are published annually by Lexis/Nexis. For further information, go to their Web site at The text of these proceedings is also available on CD ROM from Authority On-Demand by LexisNexis Matthew Bender. For further information, contact your sales representative, or call (800) , or fax (518) , or go to or write to Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., Attn: Order Fulfillment Dept., 1275 Broadway, Albany, NY NOTICE: The content herein is to be used for information purposes only. Neither the Heckerling Institute nor the University of Miami represent or warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in these Reports, and do not endorse the content. Moreover, the views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Heckerling Institute or the University of Miami. In no event will the Heckerling Institute or the University of Miami be liable for any damages that might result from any use of or reliance on these Report. This reporting service is brought to you by the ABA-PTL Discussion List Moderators. The URL for the ABA-PTL searchable Web-based Archives is: 1

2 Heckerling 2016 Introduction Part 1 As we have done in January for the last ninteen years, and again with the permission of the University of Miami School of Law Center for Continuing Legal Education, we will be posting daily Reports to this list containing highlights of the proceedings of the 50th Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning that is being held on January 11-15, 2016 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center in Florida. A complete listing of the proceedings is available at and will be published as part of Introduction Part 2 that will be distributed soon. We also will be posting the full text of each of these Reports on the ABA RPTE Section's Web site, as we have since the 2000 Institute. Those Reports can now be found at URL orts.html. In addition, each Report can also be accessed at any time from the ABA-PTL Discussion List's Web-based Archive that is now at URL by registered subscribers to that List or by anyone at the List's public archive at Our on-site local reporters who will be present in Orlando in 2016 are Joanne Hindel Esq., a Vice President with Fifth Third Bank in Cleveland, Ohio; Kimon Karas Esq., an attorney with McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal and Liffman Co. LPA in Cleveland, Ohio; Craig Dreyer Esq., an attorney with Clark Skatoff, PA in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Herb Braverman Esq., an attorney with Braverman & Associates in Orange Village, Ohio; Kristin Dittus Esq. a solo attorney in Boulder, Colorado, Michael Sneeringer Esq., an attorney with Akermn, LLP in, PA in Naples, Florida, Michelle R. Mieras, a Senior Trust Officer with Bank of the West in Denver, Colorado, Beth Anderson Esq, an attorney with Wyatt, Trrant & Combs, LLP in.louisville, Kentuckey, Bruce A. Tannahill Esq, a Director of Estate and Business Planning in the Mass Mutual Financil Group in Phoenix, Arazona, and Patrick J, Duffey Esq, an attorney with Holland & Knight in Tamp, Florida. The editor again in 2016 will be Joseph G. Hodges Jr. Esq., a solo practitioner in Denver, Colorado. He is also the Chief Moderator of the ABA-PTL discussion list. Institute Opening Reception - Monday Evening, January 11th The Heckerling Institute staff reminds everyone to attend the Complementary Reception for Registrants that will be held in the exhibition hall at the Marriott from 6:00 to 7:00 on Monday evening, January 11th. Being the 50th Anniversary Welcome Reception, this is a don't miss function - plenty of food and lots to drink. Be on the look out for your friendly ABA- PTL Reporters who will all have badges on identifying them and say hello to them. The Purposes and Scope of the Institute 2

3 The Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, now in its 50th year, is not only the leading continuing education program for estate planners, but also the national gathering place for all members of the estate planning team, including attorneys, trust officers, accountants, charitable giving professionals, insurance advisors, elder law specialists, wealth management professionals, educators and nonprofit advisors. In addition to the highest quality educational programming, attendees enjoy valuable networking and professional development opportunities and can review the latest in technology, products and services displayed by nearly 150 vendors in an exhibit hall dedicated entirely to the estate planning industry. Rather than reviewing where we have been, our 50th Anniversary program offers a look forward, providing practical guidance on today's most important tax and non-tax planning issues, offering valuable insights on what lies ahead, and suggesting useful planning strategies for the future. On Monday our recent developments panel, featuring three of the nation's leading estate planning experts, analyzes the most significant developments of Later in the week Dick Covey, a founding member of the Institute's faculty, offers concrete suggestions for marital planning going forward. The Lloyd Leva Plaine Distinguished Lecture features wellknown author and political analyst Jeffrey Toobin who examines the legal and political developments that define today's Supreme Court. Other sessions cover planning for same-sex and unmarried couples, asset protection planning, and planning for the increasing interplay among wealth transfer tax, income tax, and investment planning. The Institute also offers attendees the opportunity to customize their educational experience by taking advantage of the following specialized program tracks: Focus Series: This unique series of programs explores planning with trusts, including the application of the Net Investment Income Tax, considerations in trustee selection, the use of Lifetime QTIPs, planning with special needs trusts, naming trusts as beneficiaries of retirement plans, and using trust-to-trust transactions to rejuvenate irrevocable trusts.(fs) Financial Assets: These programs examine using partnerships for income tax planning and basis management, using intra-family options and derivatives for wealth transfers, planning for retirement benefits, the ins-and-outs of alternative investments, and planning with private investment funds, preferred stock and other closely-held interests. (FIN) NEW! International Planning: This series provides an update on planning for clients with international connections, including the changing world view of the U.S. estate planning business and its practical implications, the basics of estate planning for both non-u.s. persons and U.S. persons with foreign connections, and the rules regarding immigration and naturalization including the related tax planning opportunities. (INT) Charitable Giving: These programs clarify the legal and ethical issues associated with nonprofit board service, explore the charitable tax planning implications of alternative investments, and review the nuts and bolts of CRTs and CLTs.(CHR) 3

4 NEW! Elder Law: This track of programs covers special needs planning (including planning and administering special needs trusts), effective planning ideas for clients with diminished capacity, and protecting the rights of a client in guardianship court.(eld) Litigation and Tax Controversies: This series examines the rules of privilege in the estate planning field, reviews recent cases involving fiduciaries, discusses current audit issues and trends, and offers a unique mock trial based upon the Huguette Clark probate contest. (LIT) Fundamentals: The fundamentals programs explore business income tax issues for estate planners, planning for non-u.s. persons and U.S. persons with foreign connections, and planning and drafting CRTs and CLTs.8 (FUND) Institute Faculty 50th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Steve R. Akers Bessemer Trust Dallas, Texas N. Todd Angkatavanich Withersworldwide Greenwich, Connecticut Ronald D. Aucutt McGuireWoods LLP McLean, Virginia Martin E. Basson Tax Controversy Consultant Boynton Beach, Florida Dennis I. Belcher McGuireWoods, LLP Richmond, Virginia Turney P. Berry Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP Louisville, Kentucky Jonathan G. Blattmachr Pioneer Wealth Partners, LLC 4

5 Lawrence Brody Bryan Cave St. Louis, Missouri Natalie B. Choate Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Boston, Massachusetts Ann F. Cohen Ann Cohen & Associates Potomac, Maryland Brian P. Corrigan Holland & Knight LLP Richard B. Covey Carter, Ledyard & Milburn Richard L. Dees Samuel A. Donaldson Georgia State University College of Law Atlanta, Georgia Dana G. Fitzsimons, Jr. Bessemer Trust Atlanta, Georgia Robert B. Fleming Fleming & Curti PLC Tucson, Arizona Richard L. Fox Dilworth Paxson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Richard S. Franklin McArthur Franklin PLLC Washington, D.C. 5

6 Lawrence A. Frolik University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania James R. George Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Michael M. Gordon Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A. Wilmington, Delaware Michelle B. Graham Withersworldwide Rancho Santa Fe, California David A. Handler Kirkland & Ellis LLP Carol A. Harrington Rachel J. Harris Loeb & Loeb LLP Los Angeles, California Louis S. Harrison Harrison, Held, Carroll & Wall Amy E. Heller Nancy G. Henderson Henderson, Caverly, Pum, & Charney LLP Rancho Santa Fe, California Donald O. Jansen The University of Texas System Austin, Texas 6

7 Cristin Conley Keane Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Tampa, Florida Edward F. Koren Holland & Knight LLP Tampa, Florida Bernard A. Krooks Littman Krooks LLP Robert W. Lang Holland & Knight LLP Tampa, Florida William P. LaPiana New York Law School Paul S. Lee Northern Trust Stephanie Loomis-Price Winstead PC Houston, Texas Michele A. W. McKinnon McGuireWoods, LLP Richmond, Virginia Kathryn W. Miree Kathryn Miree & Associates, Inc. Birmingham, Alabama M. Read Moore Menlo Park, California John R. Morken Farrell Fritz, P.C. Uniondale, New York Barry A. Nelson Law Offices of 7

8 Nelson & Nelson, P.A. North Miami Beach, Florida Stacie Polashuk Nelson Holland & Knight LLP San Francisco, California Randy K. Otto University of South Florida Department of Mental Health Law & Policy Tampa, Florida Mark R. Parthemer Bessemer Trust Palm Beach, Florida Jeffrey N. Pennell Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Georgia Eric W. Penzer Farrell Fritz, P.C. Uniondale, New York John W. Porter Baker Botts, LLP Houston, Texas Richard B. Robinson Robinson, Diss and Clowdus, P.C. Denver, Colorado Robert A. Romanoff Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Bruce S. Ross Holland & Knight LLP Los Angeles, California Joshua S. Rubenstein Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Daniel S. Rubin 8

9 Moses & Singer, LLP Martin M. Shenkman Martin M. Shenkman, PC Fort Lee, New Jersey David A. Shevlin Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Suzanne L. Shier Northern Trust Ivan Taback Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Conrad Teitell Cummings & Lockwood LLC Stamford, Connecticut Jeffrey Toobin CNN Senior Analyst Steve Trow Trow & Rahal, P.C. Washington, D.C. Melissa J. Willms Davis & Willms, PLLC Houston, Texas Diana S.C. Zeydel Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Miami, Florida Institute Advisory Committee Advisory Committee 9

10 Tina Portuondo, Chsir University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables, Florida Steve R. Akers Bessemer Trust Dallas, Texas Ronald D. Aucutt McGuireWoods, LLP Tysons Corner, Virginia Dennis I. Belcher McGuireWoods, LLP Richmond, Virginia Norman J. Benford Greenberg Traurig, PA Miami, Florida Turney P. Berry Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP Louisville, Kentucky Lawrence Brody Bryan Cave, LLP St. Louis, Missouri J. Donald Cairns Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co., LPA Cleveland, Ohio Samuel A. Donaldson Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia S. Stacy Eastland Goldman Sachs & Co. Houston, Texas Carol A. Harrington Ellen K. Harrison 10

11 Washington, D.C. Donald O. Jansen University of Texas System Austin, Texas Stephanie Loomis-Price Winstead PC Houston, Texas Carlyn S. McCaffrey Jerry J. McCoy Law Office of Jerry J. McCoy Washington, D.C. Louis A. Mezzullo Withers Bergman LLP Encinitas, California Malcolm A. Moore Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP Seattle, Washington M. Read Moore Menlo Park, California Jeffrey N. Pennell Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Georgia John W. Porter Baker Botts, LLP Houston, Texas Susan Porter Fiduciary Consultant Bruce S. Ross Holland & Knight LLP Los Angeles, California 11

12 Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. Page, Scranton, Sprouse,Tucker & Ford, PC Columbus, Georgia Gideon Rothschild Moses & Singer, LLP Pam H. Schneider Gadsden Schneider & Woodward, LLP Radnor, Pennsylvania Robert H. Sitkoff Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts Bruce M. Stone Goldman Felcoski & Stone P.A. Coral Gables, Florida Patricia D. White University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables, Florid Howard M. Zaritsky Consulting Counsel Rapidan, Virginia EMERITUS MEMBERS Byrle M. Abbin WTAS Washington, D.C. Mark L. Ascher University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas Alan D. Bonapart Bancroft & McAlister LLP Larkspur, California Dave L. Cornfeld St. Louis, Missouri 12

13 Joseph G. Gorman, Jr. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles, California Max Gutierrez, Jr. San Francisco, California Marcia Chadwick Holt Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Denver, Colorado Judith W. McCue John R. Price Seattle, Washington 50th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Sponsors Diamond Sponsors Lombard International South Dakota Trust Company, LLC U.S. Trust Platinum Sponsors Bankers Trust Bloomberg BNA BNY Mellon Wealth Management Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. CAF America Global Philanthropic Services 13

14 EY FMV Opinions, Inc. InterActive Legal LexisNexis Neuberger Berman Sterling Foundation Management UBS Financial Services Gold Sponsors Advent Valuation Advisors, LLC CIRCA EisnerAmper LLP Everplans First Republic Trust Company Henley & Partners International Wealth Tax Advisors National Parkinson Foundation Vanguard Valbridge Property Advisors Silver Sponsors Advantage Insurance Appraisers & Planners, Inc. Comerica Bank & Trust, N.A. 14

15 Empire Valuation Consultants FIDELITY Charitable Marcum LLP Northern Trust Company RSM US LLP Sterling Trustees SunTrust The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank Winged Keel Group 15