The Heckerling Institute on Estate planning at the University of Miami School of Law is hosting the 49th edition of its annual conference in Orlando from Jan. 12 - 16 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The event is a national gathering for estate planners, attorneys, professionals involved in charitable giving, accountants, financial planners and many more professionals, advisers and educators. Additionally, attendees will have the chance to see new technology products and services exhibited by almost 150 vendors in an exhibit hall.
Highlights of the program this year include:
- A discussion on recent developments from 2014
- Focus series programs
- Charitable giving programs
- Financial assets
- Litigation and tax controversies
- Fundamentals programs
- The Lloyd Leva Plaine Distinguished Lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston
A full listing of the programs included in the event, travel discount information and registration information can be found on the event's website. There is a fee associated with the event.
Gunster attorney James B. Davis, a shareholder in the Fort Lauderdale office and leader of the tax practice group, joined the Heckerling graduate program's faculty as an adjunct professor in 2013.