On March 11, 2022, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) announced that Dentons Sirote lawyer Elizabeth H. Hutchins would be one of 12 new regents serving on the board of regents for a three-year term, from 2022 to 2025. The regents were announced during the College’s Annual Business Meeting held in San Diego, California. ACTEC’s Board of Regents is the governing body of the College.

Established in 1949, ACTEC is a national, nonprofit association of 2,400 lawyers and law professors from the United States and abroad. ACTEC members are peer-elected on the basis of professional reputation and experience in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, and trust administration.

Hutchins is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama, office, where she is a co-chair of the Dentons Sirote Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice group. Her practice includes planning for the management and distribution of clients' estates to accomplish their goals and to minimize estate taxes using sophisticated estate planning tools and techniques. She counsels business owners regarding succession planning. In probate administration, she assists in the orderly distribution of estate assets and planning for estate and income tax issues. Hutchins also works with clients to accomplish effective charitable giving and establishes both public and private tax-exempt charitable entities.

To read the original release on ACTEC’s website, please click here.

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