THE EAST COAST ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

**Due to anticipated demand to hear him, this meeting will be held at Morton's.  Once the RSVP list reaches the maximum number allowed at the venue, we will have to close the meeting.  Therefore, we suggest you RSVP to this event as soon as your membership is paid so as not to be disappointed.

A much sought out authority and speaker on estate planning matter, Mr. Blattmachr’s informative presentation will provide an in-depth review of the fundamentals of basis in estate planning, particularly the distinction between carryover basis for gifts and the step up in basis for inherited property.

Based in New York and Seattle, Mr. Blattmachr is a Principal of Pioneer Wealth Partners, LLC, an independent wealth management firm that offers a comprehensive suite of advisory services to high net worth clients and families. Mr. Blattmachr brings over 35 years of experience in trusts and estates law. He is a retired member of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and the Alaska, California and New York Bars. Mr. Blattmachr has been recognized as one of the country’s most creative trusts and estates lawyers. He writes and lectures extensively on estate and trust taxation and charitable giving and has authored or co-authored six books and over 500 articles on estate planning topics.

He has served as a lecturer-in-law of the Columbia University School of Law and as 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. Among professional activities, Mr. Blattmachr has served as an Advisor on The American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Trusts 3rd; and as a Fellow and Director of The New York Bar Foundation and as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

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. Mr. Blattmachr served on active duty in the United States Army, reaching the rank of captain, and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.

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