Sirote Shareholder Barr To Speak At ABA Spring Symposia In DC

April 21, 2009

Katherine Barr, a shareholder at the law firm of Sirote & Permutt will be a featured speaker at the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate (RPTE) Law’s 20^th Annual Spring Symposia, to be held April 30 – May 1 in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Barr will present “Top Ten Tips Every Estate Planner Needs to Know About Special Needs Trusts.” Topics of discussion will include: differences between self-settled and third party special needs trusts, considerations in preparing estate plans for clients with a child who has a disability, and administration of estates and trusts to prevent beneficiaries from losing disability or Medicaid benefits.

At Sirote, as a member of the firm’s estate planning department, Ms. Barr devotes much of her practice to special needs planning. She routinely helps families create special needs estate plans that will benefit a loved one with a disability.

Ms. Barr was selected as a Supervisory Council Member of the ABA RPTE section. Her leadership responsibilities include overseeing the ABA’s committees on Long-Term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Trusts, Surrogate Decision Making and Bioethics. Barr is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the American Bar Foundation, a member of Special Needs Alliance and serves on the Advisory Board of the Alabama Family Trust.

Sirote Shareholder Barr To Speak At ABA Spring Symposia In DC

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