Speaker:
Suzanne Brown Walsh
Partner, Murtha Cullina, Hartford
Program Description:
Suzanne B. Walsh, a national expert on the topic of E-Wills, will talk about E-Wills including: (1) how our existing Wills law is not sufficient to address the use of E-Wills; (2) reviewing examples of the use of E-Wills in other jurisdictions; and (3) reviewing the Uniform E-Wills Act.
Biography:
As a member in Murtha Cullina’s Trusts and Estates Department, Suzanne Brown Walsh represents clients in the areas of estate and tax planning, particularly for families of children with special needs, elder law, estate and trust administration, trust modifications and trustee changes.
Suzy is nationally known for her speaking and writing, including the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Southern Federal Tax Institute, and numerous regional organizations throughout the country. She has been interviewed for On the Media, PBS Newshour Weekend and Marketplace Money. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Bloomberg BNA’s Electronic Commerce Law Report, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, The Kansas City Star and by NBC News, CBS News and Agence France-Presse.
Suzy is a member of the Connecticut Bar and holds a B.S. degree from Boston University and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Since 2005, Suzy has served as one of Connecticut’s Commissioners on Uniform Laws. As such, she represents the state as a member of the Uniform Law Commission, a national organization which promotes statutory uniformity. She is presently a member of the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Trust and Estate Acts, chairs the ULC’s drafting Committee on Electronic Wills, and is a member of the Drafting Committee on Management of Funds Raised through Crowdfunding Act. Previously, Suzy chaired the ULC’s drafting committees for the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015), the Amendments to the Uniform Principal and Income Act (2008), as well as a study committee on Mental Health Advance Directives. She has served on the ULC’s Scope and Program Committee and on drafting committees for the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction, Uniform Insurable Interests in Trusts, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements, Uniform Powers of Appointment, Trust Decanting, Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses and Directed Trust Acts. In addition, Suzy taught Estate Planning and Taxation at the University of Connecticut Law School.
Suzy is a past Chair of both the Connecticut Bar Association’s Estates and Probate and Elder Law Sections. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC), chairs its Digital Property Committee, and is a member of the Program and State Laws Committees. She has also served on the Board of Directors of several community organizations, including PLAN of Connecticut, Inc., a nonprofit corporation providing low cost trust services to the families of the disabled. Before it was disbanded, Suzy served for years on the Connecticut Law Revision Commission’s Probate Advisory Committee.
Cost: $39
CLE Credits:
CT: 1.0 CLE Credits | NY: 0.0 CLE Credits