Wealth planning and preservation are central to Todd’s practice. He specializes in safeguarding and transitioning clients’ assets for future generations in a tax efficient manner by implementing vehicles such as Sales to Grantor Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs), Carried Interest Transfer techniques, Family Limited Partnerships, and Preferred “Freeze” Partnerships.

With experience in investment structures, Todd assists national and international families and family offices in navigating complex transfer tax issues.  With a particular focus on navigating complex estate and gift tax pitfalls under Chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code, he creates wealth transfer structures that are designed to preserve assets for families for multiple generations to come.

Todd is committed to educating future generations about wealth preservation and its empowering effects on families. By creating efficient structures and providing insights into non-tax aspects of engagement by family members at different generations, he enables his clients to preserve family wealth while supporting their endeavors at multiple generations.

Todd’s work has been recognized by several organizations, including Chambers High-Net Worth. A recent reference told Chambers, “I am such a huge fan of Todd Angkatavanich. He is so lovely, outstanding technically, on top of things, always available, and has great ideas.” Another reference said, “Todd Angkatavanich is on the cutting edge of interesting topics. He has been great at helping us to think outside the box and understand all the options.”

Paul is the Chief Tax Strategist for Northern Trust Wealth Management. In this role, he leads research and strategy development as it relates to tax issues and wealth planning. Paul specializes in advising and consulting with ultra-high-net-worth families and their businesses, with a focus on complex income, transfer, and international tax issues.

Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2015, Paul served as National Managing Director of Bernstein Global Wealth Management in New York. He began his career practicing law and became a partner in the Tax, Estate Planning and Wealth Protection Group at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta.

He received his J.D. and LLM (Taxation) degrees, with honors, from Emory University School of Law, and B.A. degrees, cum laude, in English and Chemistry from Cornell University.

Paul is a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has been inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame® and designated an Accredited Estate Planner® (Distinguished). He served as the American Bar Association Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act. He has spoken at the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, ACTEC National Meeting, Southern Federal Tax Institute, USC Institute on Federal Taxation, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, AICPA National Tax Conference, and the AICPA Advanced Estate Planning Conference. His articles have been published by The ACTEC Law Journal, Tax Notes Federal, Tax Notes International, BNA Tax Management Estates, Gifts & Trusts Journal, BNA Tax Management Memorandum, Estate Planning Journal, Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, The Practical Tax Lawyer, Major Tax Planning, and the Emory Law Journal. Paul co-authored the law review article, "Retaining, Sustaining and Obtaining Basis," which was awarded Outstanding Law Review Article in 2016 by the Texas Bar Foundation.

He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Bloomberg BNA Estates, Gifts and Trusts Advisory Board, and the University of Florida Tax Institute Advisory Board.

Edwin P. Morrow is a legal professional with a distinguished background in tax law, having transitioned his focus to specialize in estate planning and trust law. Holding the prestigious designation of Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor®, Ed also serves as a non-public FINRA arbitrator and holds the esteemed position of Fellow at The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Renowned nationally, Ed is among the most sought-after experts in the field, known for his depth of knowledge and expertise. He co-authored the acclaimed publication, “The Tools & Techniques of Estate Planning,” a foundational resource utilized for the Certified Trust Financial Advisor designation.

Managing Director, Tax Policy Services, PwC US

Mark Prater is a Managing Director in the Tax Policy Services (TPS) group of PwC’s Washington National Tax Services (WNTS) practice. In his role, Mark advises clients with respect to tax policy issues and tax legislation with a concentration on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Prior to joining PwC Mark served as a Chief Tax Counsel and later a Deputy Staff Director on the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee. Mark was selected as Staff Director for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, (“JSCDR”) i.e. the Super Committee.

Mark Prater graduated from Portland State University with a B.S. in accounting and obtained a J.D. from Willamette University and an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida.

Professor Donaldson is the Director of Curriculum and professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law. Prior to joining the College of Law in 2012, Professor Donaldson was on the faculty at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle for 13 years. During his tenure at the University of Washington, he was a five-time recipient of the Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year award from the School of Law's Student Bar Association. Professor Donaldson served for two years as Associate Dean for Academic Administration and for six years as the Director of the law school's Graduate Program in Taxation.

Professor Donaldson teaches a number of tax and estate planning courses, as well as courses in the areas of property, commercial law and professional responsibility. He is a nationally recognized speaker on federal taxation and estate planning at professional conferences and continuing education seminars.

Professor Donaldson is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the Bar in Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. Among his scholarly works, he is a co-author of the popular West casebook, Federal Income Tax: A Contemporary Approach, and a co-author of the Price on Contemporary Estate Planning treatise published by Wolters Kluwer.

Professor Donaldson has served as the Harry R. Horrow Visiting Professor of International Law at Northwestern University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

An amateur crossword constructor, Professor Donaldson's puzzles have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other outlets.

Jenni is a managing director in Citrin Cooperman’s National Tax Office and has over two decades of combined legal and accounting experience. Jenni has extensive experience dealing with complex tax issues, including partnership audit procedures under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), the interaction between TEFRA and collection due process (CDP) procedures, and disclosure issues involving section 6103, the Privacy Act, and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Prior to Citrin Cooperman, Jenni was senior counsel for the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel in the Procedure and Administration Division. Jenni served as the primary resource for both BBA and TEFRA matters and was essential in implementing the BBA regime, including developing policy, interpreting statutes, authoring regulations, reviewing and creating new forms, and assisting in developing internal procedures to perform examinations under the BBA.

In her time at the IRS, Jenni was the recipient of many national awards, including four Commissioner Awards, a Chief Counsel award, two Large Business and International (LB&I) division awards, two national team awards, and an individual merit award from the Office of Fraud Enforcement.

Carl is a Transfer Pricing Practice Leader and Tax Partner in Aprio’s International Tax team. He has a strong track record of advising multinational corporations on complex transfer pricing matters, assuring compliance with international tax regulations, and improving global tax strategies. Passionate about helping businesses grow, Carl has helped many clients through his transfer pricing strategies, such as saving $1 million in U.S. tax annually for the client. He is a recognized thought leader who frequently speaks at international conferences and has authored numerous articles about transfer pricing issues.

Kevin counsels clients on wealth transfer planning; drafting wills and trusts; gift, estate, income, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning and tax return preparation; charitable gift planning; probate proceedings and estate administration; and associated litigation as well as corporate counseling.

Kevin often serves as outside general counsel to his high net worth clients and their family offices, and melds a unique combination of technical and practical excellence with outstanding skills as both a communicator and empathic listener.

Brad assists private foundations and public charities with navigating complex tax regulations and procedures, including receipt and disposition of complex charitable gifts and participation in innovative forms of impactful philanthropy. He also advises on governance matters, guiding charities and other nonprofits through formation, reorganizations, mergers, affiliations, and dissolutions.

Additionally, Brad advises private clients on securing their long-term goals related to preserving and protecting their wealth and executing their philanthropic endeavors. He counsels families on structured charitable giving, estate planning and lifetime gifting strategies. Brad was recognized as a Notable Practitioner assisting US and international high net worth families with philanthropy and trusts and estates planning in Chamber’s High Net Worth guide. He is also a Fellow and Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Professor Kristin E. Hickman is a leading authority in the fields of tax administration, administrative law, and statutory interpretation. Her articles on these topics have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and Duke Law Journal, among other publications. She co-authors the Administrative Law Treatise on federal administrative law with Richard J. Pierce, Jr., as well as a textbook on federal administrative law with Pierce and Christopher J. Walker. Her scholarly work has been cited several times in opinions of the United States Supreme Court and as well as regularly in lower court judicial opinions and court briefs.

Bahar Schippel is a certified specialist in tax law with 25 years of experience advising clients across multiple industries through their most sophisticated tax issues and planning. She is also a leader and serves on the firm’s Expanded Executive Committee as well as chairs the Tax Practice Group.

Bahar is a practical and knowledgeable transactional tax lawyer. She specializes in tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate transactions, such real estate joint venture agreements, drafting limited liability company (LLC) and partnership agreements, tax planning in connection with fund formation and operations, structuring tax-efficient debt workouts, designing service provider equity compensation for LLCs and partnerships, and tax planning to maximize qualified small business stock benefits