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Katie Watson Bingham, an associate at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, has been accepted into the inaugural class of the Heart of America Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Katie earned her J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and obtained a bachelor’s in finance from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She also holds a master’s in taxation from the University of Florida. She joined the firm’s Trust and Estate Planning group in 2012 and focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and gift taxation, tax planning for individuals, entity formation, probate matters and formation and planning for exempt organizations.
The Heart of America Fellows Institute was created by ACTEC Fellows to develop the profession’s future leaders in trust and estate law through a series of in-depth educational presentations led by outstanding subject matter experts in each field from across the U.S.
The institute includes six sessions for lawyers who were nominated by an ACTEC Fellow and selected through a competitive application process. The program begins in November 2018 and concludes in May 2019.
For more information, visit www.hoafellowsinstitute.org.
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is a national organization of lawyers elected to membership by demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors.