Attorneys & Staff

Bette Kester Conrad is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1988.

Practice Areas

• Estate and Trust Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Tax preparation and Audits
• Guardianship Administration
• Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Tax Planning
• Fiduciary Representation
• Advanced Estate Planning Strategies
• Charitable Planning

Education

• University of Miami School of Law, J.D.,
  magna cum laude, 1987
  Phi Alpha Delta
     University of Miami Law Review, Staff Member, 1985-86
• Columbia College, B.A., 1978

Bar Admissions

• The Florida Bar, 1987

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Palm Beach County Bar Association
  Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
  Palm Beach County Bar Professionalism Committee

Honors

• AV Rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
• University of Miami School of Law, American Jurisprudence Awards for: Administrative Law; Bankruptcy; Professional Management
• University of Miami School of Law, Order of the Coif

Seminars & Presentations

• "The Tao of Legal Ethics" Applied Ethics and Professionalism," Palm Beach County Bar, April 2005
• “Practical and Applied Legal Ethics and Professionalism,” 16th Annual Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Conference and 10th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Nov. 2004
• “Problem Clients, Ethics, Professionalism: Recognizing Them, Applying the Rules to Them, & Dealing with the Implications,” 11th Annual Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Conference, Curacao, Oct. 1999
• “Profitable Practice Development and Management for Lawyers and CPAs: 2000 is More Than a Calendar Number,” Feb. 2000
• “Tips and Trips in Charitable Giving,” Nov. 1999
• “Transfer Tax Aspects of Gifts and IRAs,” June 1999
• “Revocable ‘Living’ Trusts: What Are They? What Do They Do? When Do I Need One?,” March, 1999
• “Potpourri of (Tax) Planning Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls: ‘POPP!’ Goes the Deduction/Discount/Avoidance ‘Balloon’,” CPA/Law Forum of Fort Lauderdale, Dec. 1997
• “New Millennium Concepts for Entertainment and Sports Law Practice Development and Management (“From Monaural to Digital Surround Sound Practice”), 9th Annual Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Seminar, Dania Point, California, Nov. 1997
• “Pitfalls to Avoid in High Profile Estate Planning for Athletes and Entertainers,” 8th Annual Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Seminar, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 1996
• “Alternative Planning For Capital Gains, Asset Protection, and Retirement Funds Series,” Arthritis Foundation Mid-East Branch, Oct. 1996
• “Practical Primer For Basic Pre-Medicaid Planning,” CPA/Law Forum of Fort Lauderdale, July 1996
• “Asset Protection,” CPA/Law Forum of Fort Lauderdale, July 1995
• “Co-Tenancy/Trust Basics,” Florida Legal Assistants, Inc., Palm Beach Chapter, Region III, Aug. 1995
• “Trust Fundamentals: Nuts and Bolts Overview of Trusts,” FICPA Atlantic Chapter, 1992, and the CPA/Law Forum of Fort Lauderdale, 1991
• Health Care Powers and Living Wills seminars

Publications

• The Tao of Legal Ethics, H/S Publications, 2003
• “Primer on Popular Charitable Giving Options,” ABA, YLD, Probate and Trust Law, Committee News, Newsletter Report, Oct. 1995
• “Estate Planning For The Financially Vulnerable,” Trust and Estate Law Report, May 14, 1992
• “Client Control and Rule 1.2: Who Pulls Whose Strings, And When?,” Law Office Economics and Management, Summer 1988
• Guest Editor, “Florida Bankruptcy Case Notes”
• Contributing Author, NALA, Advanced Paralegal Course: Estates & Trusts

Civic & Community Service

Daughters of the American Revolution

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