ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF GREATER MIAMI

An overview of popular charitable planning techniques and a review of developments in the charitable planning area over the last few years. Louis Nostro is the Chairman of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group for Shutts and Bowen. Mr. Nostro specializes in estate planning, with primary emphasis on valuation planning (designed to transfer assets to younger generations with minimal or no transfer tax liability) and charitable planning. He is certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in two areas: Taxation and Wills, Trusts and Estates. Mr. Nostro lectures frequently at estate planning seminars sponsored by various professional groups, including the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the NYU Tax Institute, the Washington and Oregon Tax Institute and regional estate planning and planned giving councils. Mr. Nostro has also written extensively in the fields of estate and charitable planning. Mr. Nostro serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Estate Planning Program (2003