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The 2011 Forum Agenda
 
   
This year's Forum begins at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 26th and ends at 12:15 pm on Saturday, October 29th.
The Forum is also presenting six core programs, separate and independent of the Annual Forum. Core programs' agenda and registration form.
Online Registration
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Thursday, October 26, 2011
Fridaday, October 26, 2011
Saturday, October 26, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011: Annual Forum Agenda
10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. Registration
12:00 P.M. TO 1:00 P.M.
Hot Asset Protection Issues
Jay D. Adkisson
Riser Adkisson LLP, Newport Beach CA
1:00 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M.
Estate Planning For The LGBT Community: Not For the Faint of Heart
Virginia Palmer
2:00 P.M. TO 3:00 P.M.
The Trust Protector: Powers, Duties, Responsibilities and Liabilities with Forms
Andrew M. Katzenstein
Proskauer, Los Angeles, CA
3:00 P.M. TO 3:15 P.M. Break
3:15 P.M. TO 4:15 P.M.
How to Draft and Administer the Administrative Trust and IRC Section 645 Post-Mortem Election to Treat Revocable Trust as Part of an Estate for Income Tax Purposes
John A. Hartog
Hartog & Associates, A Professional Corporation, Orinda, CA
4:15 P.M. TO 5:15 P.M.
Life Insurance Settlements: A Sensible Exit Strategy from Unwanted or Under- Performing Life Insurance Policies
M. Bryan Freeman
Habersham Funding LLC, Atlanta, GA
4:00 P.M. TO 4:15 P.M. Break
5:15 P.M. TO 6:15 P.M.
The Limited Liability Company: New Developments
Phillip L. Jelsma
Luce Forward — San Diego, CA
6:15 P.M. TO 7:45 P.M.
Wine and Cheese Reception
Thursday, October 27, 2011: Annual Forum Agenda
7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M.
Strategic Choices and Compliance with Forms 706, 709, and 8939 for Deaths and Gifts in 2010 and 2011 Including Generation Skipping Tax Issues and Notice 2011-66 and Revenue Procedure 2011-41
Keith Schiller
Schiller Law Group, A Professional Corporation, Orinda, CA
Michael J. Jones, CPA
Thompson Jones LLP, Monterey, CA
10:00 A.M. TO 10:15 A.M. Break
10:15 A.M. TO 11:15 A.M.
Powers of Appointment under the Restatement (Third) of Property--A Device to Achieve Important Non-Tax Dispositive Goals: Flexibility, Control and Creditor Protection
Professor Ira Mark Bloom
Albany Law School, Albany, New York
11:15 A.M. TO 12:15 P.M.
Valuation--the Core Concept in Succession Planning: New Cases, New Strategies and Old Pitfalls
Owen G. Fiore
Wealth Planning Consulting, Kooskia, ID
John W. Prokey
Ramsbacher Prokey LLP, San Jose, CA
12:15 P.M. TO 2:15 P.M.
Luncheon — hosted by Sterling Foundation Management, LLC
2:15 P.M. TO 3:15 P.M.
A Portable Guide to the Portability Election and Planning for the $5 Million Exclustion
Professor Samuel A. Donaldson
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
3:15 P.M. TO 4:15 P.M.
Effective and Tax-Efficient Business Succession Planning: Overcoming the Complexity and Multiple-Disciplinary Nature of Family Business Succession Planning
Daniel L. Daniels
Wiggin and Danna, Greenwich, CT
David T. Leibell
Wiggin and Danna, Greenwich, CT
4:15 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. Break
4:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.
The Overlooked Asset Class: Optimizing Life Insurance in the Context of Investment Management
Richard M. Weber, MBA, CLU, AEP
The Ethical Edge, Inc. Pleasant Hill, CA Backruptcy Trustee Marshack Hays LLP
5:30 P.M. TO 6:30 P.M.
Keeping the Wolves from the Door: How Effective Are Third-Party and Self-Settled Trusts in Protecting a Beneficiary's Interest in a Trust from Creditors' Claims and the Reach of the Bankruptcy Trustee
Barry S. EngelEngel & Reiman PC, Denver, CO
Richard MarshackBackruptcy Trustee Marshack Hays LLP, Irvine, CA
D. Edward Hays Marshack Hays LLP, Irvine, CA
Friday, October 28, 2011: Annual Forum Agenda
7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
8:00 A.M. TO 11:15 A.M. (Includes one 15 minue break)
Employee Benefits: New Developments, Case Studies, and IRAs with Hair
Natalie B. Choate
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston, MA
Fiduciary Litigation and Uniform Law Update: UTC Litigation, Other Litigation, the Power of Attorney Act, and a Preview of Issues in the Premarital and Marital Agreements Act
Turney P. Berry
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP, Louisville, KY
12:15 P.M. TO 2:15 P.M. Lunch
2:15 P.M. TO 3:15 P.M. — Workshops
Workshop#1: Employee Benefits: Advising Executors and Beneficiaries
  Natalie B. Choate
Workshop#2: California 2011 Legislation Affecting Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate, Conservatorshilps and Guardianships
  James R. Birnberg
  Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman LLP — Encino, CA
Workshop#3: Strategic Choices and Compliance with Forms 706, 709, and 8939 for Deaths and Gifts in 2010-2012 (including GST issues): An Interactive Workshop Addressing Issues of Concern to You
  Keith Schiller and Michael J. Jones
3:30 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. — Workshops
Workshop#4: Employee Benefits: Making Retirement Benefits Payable to Trusts
  Natalie B. Choate
Workshop#5: Paying, Defending and Objecting to Trustee's Attorneys' Fees
  John A. Hartog
Workshop#6: Advanced Business Succession Planning Strategies
  Daniel L. Daniels and David T. Leibel
4:45 P.M. TO 5:45 P.M. — Workshops
Workshop#7: Employee Benefits: Minimum Distribution Boot Camp
  Natalie B. Choate
Workshop#8: Toxic Life Insurance Policies - and What to Do About Them
  Richard M. Weber
Workshop#9: The Discretionary Trust as a Creditor Protection Strategy: A Survey of the Various State Laws including California, Arizona, and the Lead Trust Jurisdictions
  Mark Merric
Saturday, October 29, 2011: Annual Forum Agenda
7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
8:00 A.M. TO 11:15 A.M. (Includes one 15 minute break)
Professor Pennell’s 2010 Review and Analysis of the Current Tax and Estate Planning Developments
Professor Jeffrey N. Pennell
Richard H. Clark Professor of Law — Emory University School of Law—Atlanta, GA
11:15 P.M. TO 12:15 P.M.
Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: The Current Status of Lead Trust State Laws Which Provide Asset Protection Benefits for Settlors
Mark Merric
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Denver, CO

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