Estate Tax State of the Union
About The Speaker
Mark R. Parthemer, Managing Director and Fiduciary Counsel, Southeast Region, Bessemer Trust
Mr. Parthemer is Fiduciary Counsel and Head of Legacy Planning for the Southeast Region. He joined Bessemer Trust, an exclusive wealth management firm, in 2004 as a Legacy Planner working with our Florida clients. Prior to joining Bessemer Trust, Mr. Parthemer was in private law practice in Pennsylvania and Florida, most recently as a Trust and Estate partner with Duane Morris LLP. He also spent several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was involved in private businesses.
Mr. Parthemer is a frequent national lecturer and published author; Vice Chair, ABA Insurance & Financial Planning Committee; member Florida Bankers Association, Trust Executive Committee, and Chair of the FBA’s Trust Legislation Committee; member, Synergy Summit Steering Committee; and member, Florida and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. He also writes a regular column for the Journal of Financial Service Professionals magazine.
He has been faculty for the University of Miami’s Heckerling Institute, Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, and a guest lecturer at the University of Miami School of Law’s LLM program. He frequently has been honored as one of the Best Lawyers in America and a Florida Super Lawyer.
Mr. Parthemer received his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University, and his B.A. and B.S. degrees from Franklin and Marshall College.
