September 2009
23rd Biennial Advanced Estate Planning Symposium
Agenda
DAY ONE - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks extended by Theodore B. Atlass, Program Chair
9:05 - 10:00 a.m.
Estate Planning Challenges for Clients With Disabilities (and Their Lawyers)
Presented by James R. Walker, Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP, Denver, Colorado
10:00 - 10:20 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:20 - 11:10 a.m.
GRAT Planning: Up Close and Practical
Presented by Laura S. Hundley, Holland & Hart LLP, Boulder, Colorado
11:10 - 12:00 p.m.
Estate Planning Strategies for Deflation and a Low Interest Environment
Presented by Raymond L. Sutton, Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP, Denver, Colorado
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (On your own)
1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
What Every Advisor Needs to Know About Charitable Giving: What Your Clients Should Expect from You and What You and Your Clients Should Expect from Charities
Presented by Scott Lumpkin, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
1:50 - 2:40 p.m.
What's REALLY Happening in Private Duty/Private Pay Home Health Care, and Why Should This Matter to Trust and Estate Planners?
Presented by Blake Martin, Right at Home, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
2:40 - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Emerging Issues Under the Twin UPIAs (The Uniform Prudent Investor Act and Uniform Principal & Income Act)
Presented by Susan Porter, Managing Director, US Trust, New York, New York
3:50 - 4:40 p.m.
Domestic Asset Protection: Choice of Entity and Choice of Techniques
Presented by Thomas N. Long, Long Reimer Winegar LLP, Cheyenne and Jackson, Wyoming
4:40 p.m.
Adjourn - Day One
DAY TWO - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:10 a.m.
Federal Tax Law Update for Trust and Estate Practitioners (2007 - 2009)
Presented by Turney P. Berry, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, Kentucky
10:10 - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:10 a.m.
Estate Planning for the Next Generation of Clients: It's Not Your Father's Buick, Anymore
Professor Jeffrey N. Pennell, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
11:10 - 11:35 a.m.
Colorado Trust and Estate Law Update (2007 - 2009)
Presented by Shelly D. Merritt, Shelly D. Merritt, P.C., Boulder, Colorado
11:35 - 12:00 p.m.
Update from the Bench
Presented by the Honorable Jean Stewart, Judge, Probate Court, Denver, Colorado
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Lunch (On your own)
12:50 - 1:40 p.m.
The New Biology and Its Implications in Estate Planning
Presented by Professor Kristine S. Knaplund, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
1:40 - 2:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Ask the Experts: A Question and Answer Panel
Presented by Douglas M. Cain, Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., Denver, Colorado; Marc Darling, Wade Ash Woods Hill & Farley, P.C., Denver, Colorado; John DeBruyn, John DeBruyn Law Offices, Denver, Colorado, and Kevin D. Millard, Chorney & Millard LLP, Denver, Colorado
QUESTIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING AT THE CONFERENCE PRIOR TO NOON ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009.
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
Presented by Elizabeth A. Bryant, Elizabeth A. Bryant, P.C., Denver, Colorado
3:50 - 4:40 p.m.
Little Known and Unexpected Income Tax Issues Arising in Everyday Estate Planning Situations
Presented by Theodore B. Atlass, Atlass Professional Corporation, Denver, Colorado
4:40 p.m.
Adjourn
Program Sponsors
- Atlantic Trusts
- Colorado State Bank & Trusts, N.A.
- Investment Trust Company
- Northern Trust, N.A.
- Right at Home, Inc.
- Trust & Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Video Replays Sept. 30th - Oct. 1st, 2009:
Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive
Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100