Iowa Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Preservation shareholder Jana L. Weiler was elected by her peers as an American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fellow. ACTEC is an international organization of approximately 2,400 peer-elected lawyers. Fellows are elected based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill, and substantial contributions to the field by lecturing, writing, teaching, and participating in bar leadership and/or legislative activities. They aim to improve and reform probate, trust, and tax laws, procedures, and professional responsibility.

Co-chair of the Dentons Davis Brown Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Preservation practice group Tom Houser shares, “Being elected a Fellow of ACTEC is one of the highest achievements for an estate planning lawyer. Jana has worked hard over her career and is very deserving of this recognition and we are very proud of her,” said Houser. “With three ACTEC Fellows, we have one of the strongest Trusts & Estates practice groups in the Midwest.”

Jana advises families, farming operations, fiduciaries, business owners, and corporate trust departments on all aspects of estate and trust administration, estate and gift planning, wealth transfer issues, conservatorships and guardianships, charitable planned giving, and business succession. She also assists with the formation and reorganization of closely held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, and implements leveraged wealth transfer techniques.

Jana was an inaugural member of ACTEC’s Heart of America Fellows Institute. The institute was created to develop future leaders and ensure Midwest residents can rely on experienced, knowledgeable trust and estate attorneys as they plan for their futures. Jana is currently the co-chair of the Iowa Dentons Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Preservation practice group. She is also involved in the Iowa State Bar Association Probate, Trust, and Estate Planning Council – helping identify and resolve issues affecting probate lawyers and clients across the state. Throughout her career, Jana has been an active writer and presenter on numerous trust and estate topics.

Dentons ACTEC Fellows and Regents

ACTEC Fellows are leading members of the trust and estate profession who have made a substantial contribution to the field of trust and estate law. Fellows have well-deserved, outstanding reputations; are lawyers other Fellows would readily refer a relevant matter without reservation; and demonstrate exceptional skill in trust and estate law.

Jana joins a distinguished group of Dentons ACTEC Fellows, and in some cases, Regents, and Chairs in their respective states.

About the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Established in 1949, ACTEC is a nonprofit association of lawyers and law professors skilled and experienced in the preparation of wills and trusts; estate planning; and probate procedure and administration of trusts and estates of decedents, minors, and incompetents. Its more than 2,400 members are called "Fellows" and practice throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries. To qualify for membership, a lawyer must have no less than 10 years of experience in the active practice of probate and trust law or estate planning. Fellows are elected based on their outstanding reputations, exceptional skills, and substantial contributions to the field.

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