Estate Planning Seminar for Professionals

The Estate Planning Seminar for Professionals, the leading estate planning conference in the Richmond region, features a stellar crop of speakers that will cover recent developments in estate planning and offer practical guidance on today’s most important tax and non-tax issues.

This year’s guest speaker is John B. Lewis, Managing Director of Rockefeller Global Family Office Lewis Wealth Partners, who will discuss the current market and economic environment.

Who Should Attend?

The seminar is designed to improve techniques and strategies for all estate planning professionals and includes continuing education units (CEUs) for attorneys, insurance professionals, Certified Public Accountants, Certified Financial Planners and trust officers.

Seminar Logistics

  • Date: February 18, 2025
  • Time: 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
  • Location: Jepson Alumni Center
  • Cost: $355 (Register by Dec. 15 to save $50!)
    • Digital materials provided
    • Printed materials: + $25
  • Register online

Program Agenda

This agenda is in development and subject to change.

Time Event Presenter
7:45am Check-in and registration
8:20am Welcome and greetings
8:30am Valuation and other Tax Matters Asif Charaina, Keiter
9:30am 15-minute break
9:45am Elder Law and Estate Planning Christopher M. McCarthy, McCarthy Elder Law
10:45am Ethics Susanna Brailsford Jones, FloranceGordonBrown, PC
11:45am Break for lunch
12:30pm Lunch Financial Talk John Lewis, Rockefeller Global Family Office
1:05pm Post-Connelly Agreements and Buy-Sell / Succession Planning Options

David De Jong, Stein Sperling

2:05pm 10 minute break

 

2:15pm Virginia and Federal Legislation Updates and Anticipated Election Changes Sarah E. Brownlow, Virginia Estate & Trust Law, PLC
3:15pm Fiduciary Litigation and No-Contest Clauses Meghan G. Hubbard, McGuireWoods
4:30pm Adjourn