Ben Tiefenback

Ben Tiefenback, Esq., is Counsel and Director of Client Services at Commonwealth Community Trust, Prior to joining CCT, Mr. Tiefenback was a trust and estate attorney serving Hampton Roads, the Middle Peninsula, and the Northern Neck. His practice focused on estate planning and trust creation and administration, with an emphasis on special needs trust planning due to his personal experiences with special needs issues in his family. Mr. Tiefenback currently serves on the board of directors of the Alliance of Pooled Trusts (APT). He also writes for CCT and other publications, including NAELA News, and speaks at CLE seminars and other events across the country. InterActive Legal202 N. Harbor City Blvd.Suite 200Melbourne, FL 32935 Discover our Drafting Software, Training, Webinars, Articles, Legal Knowledgebase, Estate Planning Forums, Referral Network, and so much more. Join our mailing list and never miss an opportunity to Connect, Collaborate, and Create Jonathan G. Blattmachr Jonathan G. Blattmachr Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder, and Co-Author of Wealth Transfer Planning™ Mr. Blattmachr is a Principal in ILS Management, LLC and a retired member of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York, NY and of the Alaska, California and New York Bars. He is recognized as one of the most creative trusts and estates lawyers in the country and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He has written and lectured extensively on estate and trust taxation and charitable giving. Mr. Blattmachr graduated from Columbia University School of Law cum laude, where he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and received his A.B. degree from Bucknell University, majoring in mathematics. He has served as a lecturer-in-law of the Columbia University School of Law and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School in its Masters in Tax Program (LLM). He is a former chairperson of the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and of several committees of the American Bar Association. Mr. Blattmachr is a Fellow and a former Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and past chair of its Estate and Gift Tax Committee. He is author or co-author of eight books and more than 500 articles on estate planning and tax topics. Among professional activities, which are too numerous to list, Mr. Blattmachr has served as an Advisor on The American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Trusts 3rd; and as a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation and a member of the American Bar Foundation. bs_featured_image_credit: page_layout: default post_comments: default post_breadcrumb: default molongui_author_box_display: default