The RPTE Section has 26 Trust and Estate Committees that focus on trusts, estate planning, employee benefits, insurance, and trust and estates litigation. Click on each group or committee link below to learn more, or to become a group or committee member.

Income & Transfer Tax Planning Group
Provides information and resources on transfer taxes; the income taxation of trusts, estates, grantors and beneficiaries; and tax litigation and controversy.

• Generation Skipping Transfers Committee
• Estate and Gift Tax Committee
• Individual and Fiduciary Income Tax Committee
• International Tax Planning Committee
• Tax Litigation and Controversy Committee

Business Planning Group
Covers choice of entity, estate planning, and estate administration for clients who own business entities or interests in farms or ranches.

• Biz Investment Entities, Partnerships, LLC's and Corporations Committee
• Estate Planning and Admin for Biz Owners, Farmers and Ranchers Committee

Charitable Planning and Organizations Group
Provides information and resources for the donor and charity aspects of the charitable giving process.

• Charitable Planning Committee
• Charitable Organizations Committee
• Legislative and Regulatory Issues

Elder Law, Disability Planning and Bioethics Group
Focuses on legal concerns of the elderly and persons with disabilities, along with legal and ethical issues related to new medical technology.

• Surrogate Decision Making Committee
• Long Term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Trusts Committee
• Bioethics Committee

Employee Benefit Plans & Other Compensation Arrangements Group
Addresses all aspects of employee benefit plans and other compensation arrangements.

• Fiduciary Responsibility, Administration and Litigation Committee
• Welfare Benefit Plans Committee
• Plan Transactions and Terminations Committee
• Qualified Plans Committee
• Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Committee

Litigation, Ethics and Malpractice Group
Focuses on issues of concern to estate and trust litigators, planners and administrators.

• Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Committee
• Ethics and Malpractice Committee

Non-Tax Estate Planning Considerations Group
Provides information and resources on estate planning, and estate and trust administration issues other than taxation.

• Uniform Acts for Trust and Estate Law Committee
• Emotional and Psychological Issues in Estate Planning Committee
• Non-Tax Issues Affecting the Planning and Admin of Estates & Trusts Committee
• Insurance and Financial Planning Committee
• Asset Protection Planning Committee
• Economics and Technology of the Practice Committee

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• Standing Committees
• Task Forces

An in-depth guide to the various Groups and Committees associated with the RPTE Section, download the "Guide to Committee" here.

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Your level of involvement in a group or committee is entirely up to you. You can become very involved, or you can stay on the sidelines and still have access to the latest information and developments in your group or committee's area of expertise.

RPTE members can join a group or committee (or several) online at www.abanet.org/rpte/join. For questions regarding membership, contact the Section at (312) 988-5651 or e-mail rpte@staff.abanet.org.

If you're already an ABA member, simply add the Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law to your membership. The Section dues are $55 annually. Use your ABA membership ID to log in to the ABA website. If you need help with your password, or to join the Section by phone or mail, contact the ABA Service Center at 800-285-2221 to speak with a membership representative. You must first be a member of the ABA to join the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section.