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Laura O'Kane

Distinguished Lawyer

Estate Planning Law

777 E. Tahquitz Cyn Way,, Ste. 200-43, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Area of Practice: Estate Planning & Trust Litigation

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Leonardo Heidner

Estate Planning Law

60 East 42nd Street, 3200, New York, NY 10165

Area of Practice: International Estate Planning and Asset Protection Leonardo Heidner is a licensed attorney in Brazil and New York State with over 20 years of combined international legal and private banking experience focusing on high net-worth clientele. In addition to providing consultation services to corporations on a range of global transactions, he has consulted American and International clients on cross-border transactions involving personal and commercial matters. Mr. Heidner has managed extensive non-U.S. and U.S. trust accounts, and served as a Director of the tax and corporate consulting division for an international firm, in addition to practicing tax planning and litigation for an extensive law practice. Heidner has earned a law degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and an LL.M degree from Fordham Law School in Corporate, Banking and Finance.

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Lynn Riley

Lynn Riley

Distinguished Lawyer

Estate Planning Law

301 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908

Lynn holds the position of partner and Chairperson of the estate planning group at the firm. Her expertise lies in providing guidance to individuals, business owners, professionals, and families on matters of wealth preservation, asset transfer, and charitable giving. Lynn employs sophisticated estate planning and settlement techniques, ensuring clients' assets are passed on according to their wishes while minimizing gift, estate, and income taxes. She has extensive experience in structuring inter-generational asset transfers, tax planning, retirement and elder law planning, business succession planning, and asset protection planning. In addition, Lynn represents executors and trustees in the administration of estates and trusts. She is skilled in obtaining Superior Court approval for trust accountings, modifications, and terminations. Lynn has considerable expertise in handling guardianship and conservatorship cases before the Probate Courts. She collaborates with attorneys from the Litigation Group within the firm, representing individual and corporate fiduciaries in probate, guardianship, and trust proceedings involving fiduciary liability issues, will contests, accountings, and related court matters. Lynn's legal career began with a clerkship at the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving as a law clerk to The Honorable Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger and Associate Justice Robert G. Flanders. She then joined the law firm Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, practicing in both their Providence and Boston offices. Recognized for her expertise, Lynn is a highly sought-after instructor at continuing legal education seminars organized by the Rhode Island Bar Association. She is also a guest on WPRI 12 Money Pros, contributing her insights and knowledge in the field.

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M. Kent Olsen

Estate Planning Law

650 S Cherry St, Suite 100, Denver, CO 80246

M. Kent Olsen specializes in estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, advanced medical directives, individuals with disabilities, and elder law. Mr. Olsen is a member of the Colorado, Denver and American Bar Associations, as well as the Denver Estate Planning Council. As a long-term member of the Trust and Estate Section of the Colorado Bar Association, Mr. Olsen previously served as Chair of the Section, Chair of the Rules and Forms Committee, Column Editor for The Colorado Lawyer - Estate and Trust Forum, and Co-Chair of the Protective Proceedings Act Subcommittee; at this time, Mr. Olsen continues as a member of the Statutory Revisions Committee. Mr. Olsen was an appointed member of the Governor's Commission on Life and the Law. In addition to being a former instructor for paralegals and a member of the advisory board of Denver Career College, Mr. Olsen is a frequent author and lecturer on probate, estate litigation, disabilities planning, health care treatment, protective proceedings, legal ethics, and issues on aging. Mr. Olsen is President and a founding member of the Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities, Inc., a pooled Medicaid trust; a past President of Advocacy Denver, an advocacy organization for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities; and a Board member of Arc of Colorado.

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