Conrad Teitell of Cummings & Lockwood to Speak on October 3rd

The Estate and Tax Planning Council of Eastern CT (www.ETPCEC.org) will be hosting a luncheon on Wednesday, October 3 at 12:00pm at Latitude 41 restaurant at the Mystic Seaport. The guest speaker for the event is attorney Conrad Teitell of Cummings & Lockwood, LLC. The title of the talk is “Washington Legislative Climate for Financial, Estate, and Charitable Planning”. The cost for the luncheon is $50 and can be paid by cash or check at the door. Anyone is welcomed to attend.

Conrad Teitell has lectured throughout the country and on PBS television on taxes, estate planning and philanthropy. He is a principal in the Connecticut and Florida law firm of Cummings & Lockwood, based in the firm's Stamford office and chairs the firm’s National Charitable Planning Group. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law.

In addition to lecturing on taxes and estate planning, he writes extensively on those topics. Among his tax articles are columns in Trusts & Estates magazine and the New York Law Journal. He is the author of the five-volume treatise, Philanthropy and Taxation and writes the monthly newsletterTaxwise Giving. His column, Speaking and Writing, has appeared in The American Bar Association’sJournal and in TRIAL, the magazine of The American Association for Justice. He was one of four invited witnesses, along with Warren Buffett, to testify before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on estate tax revision.

Conrad is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named the Stamford, CT Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year by the publication.

He is known throughout the country for his ability to translate complicated laws into understandable English. His dry wit and light touch have made him a sought-after lecturer, keynote and after-dinner speaker.

An RSVP is required to attend. Please contact ETPCEC Secretary Robert Henderson at bhenderson@lwmwealth.com or 860-245-5078 for more information or to RSVP for the event.