SECTION NEWS

(from March/April 1996 Issue of Probate & Property Magazine)

Section Officer and Council Nominations

In accordance with Article V, Section 1(c) of the Bylaws of the Section, the Nominating Committee presents the nominations below for Section Officer Delegate and Council member vacancies which will occur at the close of the current Association year.

The Nominating Committee members are Morton P. Fisher, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, Chair; Max Gutierrez, Jr., San Francisco, California; Carol A. Harrington, Chicago, Illinois; Carol R. Boman, Berkeley, California and Richard M. Rivitz, Cleveland, Ohio.

The current Chair-elect, Lloyd Leva Plaine, Washington, DC will automatically succeed Stephen A. Cowan, San Francisco, California as Chair of the Section at the close of the next Annual Meeting scheduled for August 5, 1996, in Orlando, Florida. Nominees for this year's vacancies and a brief summary of their Section activities are as follows:

Section Chair-elect:                  John S. Hollyfield
                                   	Houston, Texas

Probate and Trust Division Vice-Chair:Pam H. Schneider
                                   	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Real Property Division Vice-Chair:	Beverly J. Quail
                                   	Denver, Colorado

Secretary:                            John W. Daniels, Jr.
                                   	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Finance Officer:                      Clare H. Springs
                                   	San Francisco, California

Section Delegate to House 
for a term ending 1999:               John A. Wallace
                                   	Atlanta, Georgia

Probate & Trust Council Members:
Term Ending 1999                      Dennis I. Belcher
                                   	Richmond, Virginia

                                   	Michael L. Graham
                                   	Dallas, Texas

                                   	Joseph G. Hodges, Jr.
                                   	Denver, Colorado
                                   
                                   	Jeffrey G. Pennell
                                   	Atlanta, Georgia
     
                                   
Real Property Council Members:
Term Ending 1999                      Philip Bagley
                                   	Richmond, Virginia

                                   	Phyllis Rubinstein
                                   	Richmond, Virginia

                                   	Kevin L. Shepherd
                                   	Baltimore, Maryland

                                   	Leopold Z. Sher
                                   	New Orleans, Louisiana

                                   

Assistant Secretary Probate and 
  Trust Division:                     Steve R. Akers
                                   	Dallas, Texas

Assistant Secretary Real Property
  Division:                           N. Linda Goldstein
                                   	Washington, DC

      

Nominee Section Activities

Lloyd Leva Plaine - Washington, DC - Automatic Succession to Section Chair, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Section Chair-Elect (1995-96); Vice-Chair, Probate and Trust Division (1993-95); Chair (1993-95), member (1995-96) Leadership Development Initiative Task Force; Chair (1995-96), Vice-Chair (1993-95) and member (1992-93), Continuing Legal Education Committee; Co-Chair (1995-96), Vice-Chair (1993-95) and member (1984-92), Planning Committee; Chair (1995-96), Vice-Chair (1993-95), Publications Committee; Chair (1984-87) and member (1993-96), Membership Committee; Vice-Chair (1993-94) and member (1989-91 and 1992-93), Budget and Finance Committee; Liaison, to American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1991-94); Section Secretary (1991-93); Chair, Bylaws and Handbook Committee (1991-93); member, Committee on Committees (1991-92); Liaison, to Tax Section (1988-92); member, Council (1987-91); Liaison, Young Lawyer Division and Law Student Division (1987-88); member, Committee on Committees (1987-88); Chair, Task Force on Problems of the Elderly (1986-87); member, 1985 Annual Meeting Planning Committee (1984-85); Chair, Estate Planning & Drafting: Administrative Provisions (1982-84).

John S. Hollyfield, Houston, TX--Nominee for Chair-elect, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Vice-Chair, Real Property Division (1994-96); Vice-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1994-96); member, Leadership Development Initiative Task Force (1993-96); Co-Chair (1995-96), Vice-Chair (1994-95) and member (1987-94), Planning Committee; Vice-Chair (1994-96) and member (1991-92 and 1986-88), Publications Committee; Section Secretary (1993-94); Chair, Bylaws and Handbook Committee (1993-94); member, Council (1986-93); member, Budget and Finance Committee (1991-93); member, Membership Committee (1991-92); member, Nominating Committee (1991-92); Vice-Chair, New Developments in Real Estate Law Practice (1981-86).

Pam H. Schneider, Philadelphia, PA--Nominee for second term as Division Vice-Chair, Probate and Trust Division, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Vice-Chair, Probate Division (1995-96); Vice-Chair (1995-96), member (1989-90 and 1991-92), CLE Committee; Vice-Chair, Publications Committee (1995-96); Section Secretary (1994-95);member, Leadership Development Initiative Task Force (1994-96); member, Planning Committee (1989-90 and 1992-96); member, Council (1988-94); Chair (1994-95), member (1987-88 and 1992-94), ByLaws and Handbook Committee; member, Committee on Committees (1986-87 and 1990-91); Liaison, Young Lawyers and Law Student Divisions (1988-90); member, Nominating Committee (1984-85 and 1989-90); Co-Chair, Omnibus Committee(1987-90); Assistant Secretary, Probate and Trust Division (1987-88); Chair (1982-86) and Vice-Chair (1981-82), Generation Skipping Transfers Committee.

Beverly J. Quail, Denver, CO--Nominee for first term as Real Property Division Vice-Chair, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Section Secretary (1995-96); Liaison, ABA Consortium on Legal Services and the Public (1994-96); Chair (1995-96), member (1991-92), Bylaws and Handbook Committee; Co-Chair (1995-96), member (1994-95), Leadership Development Committee; Co-Chair (1993-95), Vice-Chair (1992-93) and member (1990-92 and 1995-96), Membership Committee; member, Planning Committee (1993-96); Council member (1990-95); member, Budget and Finance Committee (1992-94); Chair, Litigation and Dispute Resolution (1988-90); Chair (1986-88), Vice-Chair (1983-85) Real Property Litigation .

Clare H. Springs, San Francisco, CA--Nominee for fifth term as Finance Officer, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Finance Officer (1992-96): Section Liaison, National Conference of Corporate and Fiduciary Lawyers (1995-96); member, Planning Committee (1989-91, 1992-93, 1995-96); Chair (1992-94) and member (1988-90), Budget and Finance Committee; member, Leadership Development Initiative Task Force (1993-96); member, Membership Committee (1985-86 and 1993-94); member, Study Committee on Professional Responsibility (1991-93); member, 1992 Annual Meeting Host Committee (1991-92); member, Council (1985-1991); member, Legal Financial Planning Overview Committee (1989-90); Liaison--Financial Planning, Probate & Property Magazine (1988-89); Chair, Task Force on Legal Financial Planning (1986-89); member, Committee on Committees (1988-89): member, Publications Committee (1981-82, 1983-85 and 1986-87); Liaison, to Administrative Law Section from Probate and Trust Division (1986-87); member, 1987 Annual Meeting Planning Committee (1986-87); Associate Editor, Probate and Property Newsletter (1983-85); Assistant Editor, Cassette Series (1981-83); member, Nominating Committee (1980-81).

John W. Daniels, Jr., Milwaukee, WI--Nominee for first term as Section Secretary, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Council member (1990-96); member, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1994-96); member, Planning Committee (1990-92, 1995-96); member, Nominating Committee (1993-94); member, Budget and Finance Committee (1992-93); member, Membership Committee (1982-92); member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1988-92); Liaison, Young Lawyers Division and Law Student Division (1990-91); Chair (1988-90), Co-Chair (1987-88) and Vice-Chair (1984-87), Division CLE; member, Publications Committee (1984-86); Vice-Chair, Commercial Leasing (1983-86); Associate Editor, Cassette Series (1984-85); Liaison to Real Property Division from Young Lawyers Division (1981-84).

John A. Wallace, Atlanta, GA--Nominee for Section Delegate for a term ending in 1999. Positions held in the Section: member, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1995-96); Section Liaison, National Conference of Corporate and Fiduciary Lawyers (1995-96); Chair (1994-95), Vice-Chair (1993-94), member, (1983-84), Nominating Committee; Section Chair (1992-93); Chair-Elect (1991-92); Division Director, Probate and Trust Division (1989-91); Vice-Chair, Publications Committee (1989-91); Vice-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1989-91); Vice-Chair (1989-91) and member (1983-89), Planning Committee; Vice-Chair (1989-91) and member (1980-81 and 1986-88), Budget and Finance Committee; Chair, Host Committee for 1991 Annual Meeting (1990-91); Section Secretary (1987-89); member, Committee on Committees (1988-89); Chair (1987-88) and member (1988-89), Bylaws and Handbook Committee; Coordinator, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1985-87); member of Council (1980-86), Chair, Creation and Evaluation of Division Projects (1984-85); Liaison, to Tax Section from Probate and Trust Division (1983-84); Chair, Estate Planning and Drafting: Charitable Giving (1979-81); Vice-Chair, Estate & Gift Tax Changes (1977-79); Vice-Chair (1975-77) and member (1974-75), Tax and Estate Planning: Post Death Committee.

Dennis I. Belcher, Richmond, VA--Nominee for a second term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Council member, (1993-96 and filled remaining term for Lloyd Plaine 1991-93); member, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1993-96); Committee Leadership Coordinator, Probate and Trust Division (1992-93); member, Membership Committee (1991-96); member, Committee on Committees (1990-92, 1993-96); member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1991-92); Chair (1986-91) and Vice-Chair (1984-85), Marital Deductions Committee.

Michael L. Graham, Dallas, TX -- Nominee for a first term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Advisor (1995-96), Co-Chair (1994-95), Vice-Chair (1992-94), Division CLE Committee; Co-Chair (1995-96), Chair (1991-95), Fiduciary Environmental Problems Committee; Probate and Trust Division Liaison (1993-94, 1995-96), Member (1994-95), ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law ; member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1994-96); member, Planning Committee (1993-95, 1995-96); member, Membership Committee (1993-95); member, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1994-95); Vice-Chair, Special Problems of Executives and Professionals (1985-91).

Joseph G. Hodges, Jr., Denver, CO--Nominee for first term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: member, Special Committee on Technology (1995-96); Vice-Chair, Internet Applications Task-Force (1995-96); member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1995-96); Liaison, ABA Technology Council (1995-96); Chair (1990-95), Vice-Chair (1988-89), Technology and Economics in Planning and Probate.

Jeffrey N. Pennell, Atlanta, GA--Nominee for a second term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Council member (1993-96), member, Publications Committee (1983-86, 1987-90, 1993-96); member, Continuing Legal Education (1995-96); Assistant Secretary, Probate and Trust Division (1990-93); member, Budget and Finance Committee (1992-93); Liaison, AALS Donative Transfers Committee (1992-96); member, Study Committee on Professional Responsibility (1991-93); Division Representative, American Association of Law Schools (1991-96); member, Bylaws and Handbook Committee (1990-92); Editor (1987-90) and Associate Editor (1986-87), Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal; member, Planning Committee (1983-87); Editor (1982-86) and Associate Editor (1981-82), Probate and Property newsletter, ABA Advisor, Uniform Ante-Mortem Probate of Wills Act (1980-82); Vice-Chair, Investments by Fiduciaries (1978-81).

Philip J. Bagley III, Richmond, VA--Nominee for second term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Council member (1993-96), member, Planning Committee (1993-96); member, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1993-96); member, Continuing Legal Education (1990-92, 1994-96); member, Committee on Committees (1991-96); Liaison, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (1995-96); Section Representative, ABA Coordinating Committee on Legal Education (1991-95); Chair, Division CLE (1991-93); member, Budget and Finance Committee (1992-93); member, Nominating Committee (1991-92); Chair, Annual Meeting Program (1990-91).

Phyllis M. Rubinstein, Richmond, VA--Nominee for second term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Council member (1993-96); member, Membership Committee (1992-96); Co-Chair, Leadership Development Initiative Committee (1995-96); Co-Chair, Goal IX Committee (1995-96); Liaison, ABA Task Force on Applying Federal Legislation to Congress (1994-96); Real Property Division Leadership Coordinator (1995-96); Liaison, to Young Lawyers and Law Student Divisions (1993-96); Chair, Public Education Concerning the Lawyer's Role (1990-93); Vice-Chair, Decisions Committee (1988-92).

Kevin L. Shepherd, Baltimore, MD--Nominee for first term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Editor (1993-96), Articles Editor (1991-93), Associate Articles Editor (1989-91), Probate & Property Magazine; member, Publications Committee (1992-96).

Leopold Z. Sher, New Orleans, LA--Nominee for first term on Council, term ending 1999. Positions held in the Section: Chair (1993-96), Vice-Chair (1990-93), Division Continuing Legal Education Committee; member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1991-96); member, Membership Committee (1991-93); Vice-Chair, Title Insurance Committee (1988-91).

Steve R. Akers, Dallas, TX--Nominee for second term as Assistant Secretary, Probate and Trust Division, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Assistant Secretary, Probate and Trust Division (1995-96); Co-Chair, Division CLE (1995-96); member, Continuing Legal Education (1995-96); member, Publications Committee (1995-96); Chair (1992-95) and Vice-Chair (1991-92), Lifetime Transfers Committee; member, Membership Committee (1993-94); Co-Chair, Task Force on Chapter 14 Proposed Regulations (1991-93).

N. Linda Goldstein, Washington, DC-- Nominee for third term as Assistant Secretary, Real Property Division, term ending 1997. Positions held in the Section: Assistant Secretary, Real Property Division (1994-96); Group Chair, Affordable Housing Group (1993-96); member, Committee on Committees (1995-96); Chair (1991-93) and Vice-Chair (1990-91), Affordable Housing Special Committee.