ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF GREATER MIAMI

  About The Speaker

Since August 2009 Martin E. Basson has been the sole attorney on the staff of the IRS National Whistleblower Office.  Prior to this position, for twenty one years, he was the Supervisory Attorney, Estate & Gift Taxes, for the South Florida District of the Internal Revenue Service. 

He received his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.  He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Miami Law School's LL.M. Program in Estate Planning since 1993, has been a faculty member of Nova Southeastern University's Planned Giving Program, and has lectured at numerous American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) sponsored seminars around the country.  Mr. Basson has seven times (1994, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2008 & 2009) been a faculty member at the Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the nation's largest technical conference in the field of estate planning.

Mr. Basson was recognized by the Tax Section of the Florida Bar as the recipient of their “2008 Outstanding Public Service Award,” an award given to a government employee for achieving standards of excellence in working with members of the Florida Bar and their clients.  He was a charter member of the IRS Estate & Gift Tax National Advisory Panel, a select group of IRS attorneys who assisted in the formulation of nationwide policy decisions in the Estate & Gift area.

Dinner Menu

Garden salad w/ -Ginger-Carrot dressing 

and for dinner the choice of 
Roasted Chicken Breast w/ Shiitake Cream Sauce, Sautéed Spinach, Roasted Fingerling Potatoes 
or 
Teriyaki Glazed Salmon w/ Wild Rice and Roasted Vegetables 
or
Pasta Primavera or Fruit Plate

and for dessert 
Key Lime Tart