Estate Planning

Topic: There's No Place Like Home -- Unless You Give it Away
Speaker: David Handler, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago

Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Ste. 700
Time: noon

CLE and RSVP information to come.

Time: Noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Topic: Shareholder Oppression Actions
Speaker: Daniel Bitting, Partner, Scott, Douglass & McConnico and Cindy Connolly, Attorney, Scott, Douglass & McConnico
CLE: 1 hour
Cost: $20 for Section Members, $25 for Austin Bar Association and AYLA Members and $25 for Non-Members.
RSVP: Fred Helms, 512-258-4071 or fred.a.helms@gmail.com

Topic: Winning the Battles Between Fiduciaries and Beneficiaries

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
Location: Frost Bank Tower, 401 Congress Ave., 11th Floor Conference Room, Austin, TX 78701
Cost: Free

Hosted by Frost Bank

Register online at http://giving.utexas.edu/austin-advisors-forum-2012/.
Deadline for registration is Monday, April 16, 2012.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
Location: Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas, 2405 East Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705 
Topics and Speakers:

Recent Developments Affecting Estate Planning
Stanley M. Johanson, The University of Texas School of Law

Family Limited Partnerships: Not Just a Passing Phase?
John W. Porter, Baker Botts

What You and Your Clients Need to Know about Charitable Planning
Rodney C. Koenig, Fulbright & Jaworski
Susan Wommack, Baylor University

Lunch Speaker
Dr. Nicholas Peppas, The University of Texas at Austin

Matters of Life & Death: Working with Clients at Various Life Stages on their Charitable, Financial, and Estate Planning

Shannon G. Guthrie, Benenati Law Firm

The Prudent Investor Rule Twenty Years On (and After the Financial Crisis)
Robert H. Sitkoff, Harvard Law School

Probate Court Q&A
The Honorable Guy Herman, Austin
Associate Judge Dan Prashner, Austin
Travis County Probate Court
CLE: 6 hours for attorneys, 4 hours continuing education credit for accountants and financial planners

Register online at http://giving.utexas.edu/austin-advisors-forum-2012/.
Deadline for registration is Monday, April 16, 2012.

 Hosted by the Estate Planning & Probate Section and the University of Texas at Austin Office of Planned Giving 

Topic: Getting Ready for April 15 - Trust Income Tax Issued Faced
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
Location: Frost Bank Tower, 401 Congress Avenue, 11th Floor Conference Room, Austin, TX 78701
Cost: Free

Hosted by Frost Bank

Topic: Setting up Guardianships of the Estate and Dependent Administrations
Speakers: Associate Judge Dan Prashner and Probate Court Auditor Jana Cotton

Time: Noon to 1:15 p.m. (CLE presentation will start at 12:15p.m.)
Location: Check-in will be in the hall outside Room 217, Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe Street

RSVP: Tanya Scanlon, Court Coordinate at  Tanya.Scanlon@co.travis.tx.us

The First Friday CLE is free and open to everyone, but sign-ups are required so as to guarantee enough space for people planning to attend. Contact Tanya Scanlon to RSVP, and she will confirm successful reservations with an email. (To be fair to all who want to attend, the organizers request that you only RSVP is you are fairly certain you will be attending.)