Lecturer Bios
Martin M. Shenkman, Esq.
Martin M. Shenkman, CPA, MBA, PFS, AEP (distinguished), JD, is an attorney in private practice in Paramus, New Jersey and New York City. Practice concentrates on estate and tax planning. He is the author of 42 books and more than 1,000 articles. He is active in many charitable causes and founded ChronicIllnessPlanning.org which educates professional advisers on planning for clients with chronic illness and disability. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Wharton School, with a concentration in accounting and economics, an MBA from the University of Michigan, with a concentration in tax and finance, and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law.
To learn more about Marty visit his website http://shenkmanlaw.com
Sandra D. Glazier, Esq.
Sandra D. Glazier is an equity shareholder with Lipson Neilson P.C., in its Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office. Sandy concentrates her practice in the areas of probate litigation, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and family law. An experienced litigator and estate planner, Sandy has represented contestants and proponents of estate planning documents, as well as fiduciaries, in significant trust litigation proceedings. She has served as a mediator in Probate and Family Court cases. Sandy also handles complex divorce matters. She is an active member of the OCBA, where she serves on the Probate, Estates & Trusts (PET), Family Law, and Legislative committees and is a fellow of the Adams Pratt-Oakland County Bar Foundation. A past chair of the OCBA’s PET and Family Law committees, she has authored articles and presented on such issues as undue influence, the attorney-client privilege in will and trust disputes, defending fiduciaries in probate litigation, and ethical considerations when representing vulnerable adults on a national level.
In addition, she taught valuation for federal estate and gift tax purposes in a Master’s Level course. Sandy has been published in some of the legal industries leading national publications, such as Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Memorandum Estate, Gifts and Trust Journal, Trusts & Estates – The WealthManagement.com journal for estate-planning professionals, Wolters Kluwer, and Leimberg Information Services, Inc. Also, Sandy has presented for the OCBA, ICLE, ABA, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, Bloomberg BNA, Wilmington Trust’s NY Estate Planning Symposium, Trust & Estates Magazine, the Wayne County Probate Court Attorney/GAL Training, and the Family Law Section of the Michigan’s State Bar. Sandy is a recipient of the OCBA’s Distinguished Service Award and an AV®” Rated Preeminent attorney, and has been recognized as a “Top Lawyer” in the areas of probate, estate planning and family law, and as a Super Lawyer for estate and trust litigation.