DALLAS ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

LUNCHEON PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026

NOTE LOCATION!

DOUBLETREE HILTON - CAMPBELL CENTRE

8250 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, DALLAS

(Lunch is served Noon-12:20; Program 12:20-1:30 P.M.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 24 (5:00 P.M.)  

REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE - NO EXCEPTIONS

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$37 - MEMBER WITH MEAL

$50 - GUEST WITH MEAL

$25 - PROGRAM ONLY/NO MEAL

CURRENT ESTATE PLANNING DEVELOPMENTS

STEVE AKERS

 Sponsored by Heritage Auctions and Bessemer Trust Company

A summary of estate planning current developments, including a discussion of legislative, regulatory, and case law developments.  The focus will be on issues of practical importance in advising clients (including observations from the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning). Planning implications of important case law developments will also be addressed. 

Steve R. Akers, JD, is a Senior Fiduciary Counsel with Bessemer Trust Company, N.A., in Dallas, Texas. He chairs the Estate Planning Committee for Bessemer. Mr. Akers is a member of the Advisory Committee to the University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning and is a frequent speaker at that Institute, as well as other estate planning seminars across the country. He is a Past President of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  He is a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, the State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section and of the Dallas Bar Association Probate, Trusts and Estates Section. Mr. Akers has received the Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner Award from the National Association of Estate Planning Councils.

Continuing ed credit is pending for attorneys, accountants and financial planners for this presentation. The presentation will be posted on the website document library a few days prior to the presentation.   

Please register online with a credit card payment on the website: scroll down to the bottom of the page and register. LOG IN IS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER.  If you need a receipt, print out the confirmation page (receipt will not be sent to a 3^rd party).  

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MEETING SPONSORS:  Armanino, Bessemer Trust Company, Carter Financial Management, Communities Foundation of Texas, Frost Bank, HighGround Advisors, Mercer Advisors, The Catholic Foundation, Heritage Auctions, The Dallas Foundation, Saville CPAs & Advisors, McBride & Associates at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, EisnerAmper., Ag Trust, Cumberland Trust, Brown Advisory and Wealth Advisors Trust Company. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PATRONS: Davis Stephenson, Argent Trust, Glast Phillips Murray Zopolsky, Stout, Carr Riggs & Ingram,  View Capital Advisors, Neuhoff Hunt, Phillips, Prosperity Bank, Bank of Texas, Maus & Associates, When Pigs Fly Estate Sales & Auctions, American National Bank & Trust, Signet Art, Tarleton Law Firm,Matter Family Office, Bisignano Harrison, Inspired Valuation Group, Steel Grove Advisors, Tipping Mineral Management, Atwood & McCall, Dallas Auction Gallery, Probity Advisors, Inc., Hancock Whitney and Baker Tilly

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