ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee 2018 ABA Annual Meeting Report Solo Division
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT FORM
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Division Number and Name: Division 3: Practice Specialty
Division Director Name: Daniel Tann
Reporting Board or Committee:ABA Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Committee
Completed By: Kenneth Vercammen Co-Chair, Edison, NJ
1.What has your board or committee done since its last report (e.g., conference call, meetings, use of discussion lists, planning for CLE programs, publications and articles, collaboration with other boards, committees, or sections)?
- -Publicized program Protecting Your Assets Against Long-Term Care and Nursing Home Expenses April 26 2018 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM with speakers James and Matt Davidson Moderator Kenneth Vercammen, Esq. at the ABA-GPSoloand Group Legal Services Association (Formerly API) Spring Conference & Assisted GLSA Group Legal at New Orleans meeting April 2018 with other programs
-Scheduled Committee meeting at Chicago Annual meeting
Participated in quarterly ABA Commission on Law and Aging
Participated in quarterly ABA Commission on Law and Aging
- -Helped publicize Solo Division’s book “Wills and Estate Administration Practice” approx 240 pages to help raise revenue for section- Sale of book continue to be good
- Added Spring Committee report to Estate Planning blog and forwarded to all committee members
-Schedule Committee meeting at ABA Mid year in Las Vegas
-Schedule Committee meeting at Spring meeting in New York
-Published article in GP Solo
2.What is the status of your board or committee’s business plan for the year (e.g., participation of board or committee members, goals achieved, and new goals)?
Participate in Monday July 9 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern timequarterly ABA Commission on Law and Aging networking These calls are open to ABA staff and Members with an interest in developing programing, policy or publications on issues relating to aging and law. Please share this message with colleagues who may want to participate and encourage people to email to be added to the invitation list (david.godfrey@americanbar.org<mailto:david.godfrey@americanbar.org>.)
Help publicize ABA Estate Planning, Probate and Trust and Elder Law Joint Committee Meeting Friday, Estate Planning and Elder Law Joint Committee Meetings have been scheduled for Friday August 3, at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm round table discussion Free to attendees
at the ABA Annual Meeting Chicago Ideas to be discussed:
-BUILDING THE MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE PLANNING PRACTICE
A Lawyer’s Guide toCreating a Winning Estate Planning Practice
Ethically Building Your Practice using free and low-cost online methods
1. Website specific http://www.njwillsprobatelaw.com
2. Blog https://njprobate.blogspot.com
3. Facebook Law Office
4. LinkedIn- post articles, events
5. Google+ aka Google Plus
6. Twitter
7. YouTube
8. Avvo Legal rating
9. JD Supra
10. Justia Lawyer Directory:
11. Yelp for Business Owners
Friday, August 3, 2018
Swissotel Chicago
- Attend October 2018 Charleston meeting and help out
3.Does your board or committee need any assistance from the Director, Staff, Division Officers, or Council? If yes, please explain:
Yes We need help setting up future programs and meetings.
-The Committee anticipates guidance, support and/or involvement from our Division Director regarding publicizing the Wills and Estate Administration book
ACTION ITEMS
List any action items to be presented to Council. These are items that require discussion, reporting, and/or decision-making on the part of the Council (e.g. a request for support of matters appearing before the House of Delegates, revisions of Division policies, and requests for use of extraordinary Division resources). None needed
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
List any informational items to be represented to Council. These items are matters for the Council’s information and do not require action. None needed
Steve Wildi
gp-ElderLaw@Mail.americanbar.org
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