{"id":9765,"date":"2022-11-18T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actec.matrixdev.net\/press-releases\/\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:12:16","slug":"actec-elects-53-new-fellows-to-the-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actec.matrixdev.net\/press-releases\/actec-elects-53-new-fellows-to-the-college\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTEC Elects 53 New Fellows to the College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Contact:<\/strong> Rebecca Vandall
Rebecca.Vandall@actec.org<\/a>
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Washington, DC \u2013 November 18, 2022:<\/strong> The Board of Regents of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) convened during the College\u2019s 2022 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California to consider nominations for a new class of ACTEC Fellows. The College is pleased to announce 53 individuals were elected. This select group includes 35 Fellows, ten International Fellows from eight countries, one Academic Fellow and seven Fiduciary Counsel Fellows. Of those elected, one is a former Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program<\/a> and Florida Fellows Institute<\/a> graduate, another is also a graduate of the Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program and The Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute<\/a>; two Florida Fellows Institute graduates; two are graduates of The Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute; and one is a graduate of the Heart of America Fellows Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn behalf of ACTEC, I welcome this diverse group of experienced trust and estate law professionals and look forward to working with and learning from them.\u201d stated ACTEC President Robert (Bob) W. Goldman.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To qualify for membership, a lawyer must have no fewer than 10 years of experience in the active practice of trust and estate law, as fiduciary counsel with a fiduciary services company, or a combination thereof, or be a full-time teacher of law at a duly accredited law school, specialize in teaching trust and estate law, and have at least ten years\u2019 cumulative experience as a lawyer in active private trust and estate practice or as a teacher of trust and estate law, or a combination thereof. Lawyers and law professors are elected to be Fellows based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill, and substantial contributions to the field by lecturing, writing, teaching, and participating in bar leadership or legislative activities. It is their aim to improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and professional responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACTEC New Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n