National Association of Estate Planners and Councils

NAEPC Webinar: Some Reasonable Estate Planning Steps for the Middle Tier Family - Complimentary Holiday Program

Presented by National Association of Estate Planners & Councils

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

11:00am - 12:00pm ET

Speaker: Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Esq., AEP® (Distinguished)

On account of the large current wealth transfer exemption, reduction of estate, gift and GST taxes is no longer a primary goal of estate planning for individuals whose wealth does not exceed such a level.  Rather, the principal focus is other ways to build or maintain wealth, and this presentation will discuss these goals and how best to achieve them.

Jonathan G. Blattmachr is Director of Estate Planning for Peak Trust Company (formerly Alaska Trust Company) and a Director/Principal of Pioneer Wealth Partners, LLC in a boutique wealth advisory firm located in Chicago and New York. He is a Principal at Interactive Legal Services Management, LLC, serving as its Editor-in-Chief and Co-Author of its cornerstone products, Wealth Transfer Planning™ and Elder Law Planning™ and a retired member of Milbank (formerly Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP) and of the New York, Alaska and California bars. He is recognized as one of the most creative trusts and estates lawyers in the country and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America.

He graduated from Columbia University School of Law, cum laude, where he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He has written and lectured extensively on estate and trust taxation and charitable giving and is author or co-author of nine books and more than 500 articles on estate planning and tax topics. Jonathan was on active duty in the US Army from 1970 to 1972, rising to the rank of Captain and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. He is an instrument rated land and seaplane pilot and a licensed hunting and fishing guide in the Town of Southampton, New York.

This webinar is the first to be hosted through Tradewing, NAEPCs new online community that will be fully-lauched in early 2025!  By attending you'll have a sneak peek into this new and exiciting community, which will also act as host to our monthly webinars.  WHEN REGISTERING FOR THIS COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CREATE A TRADEWING ACCOUNT. PLEASE CLICK THE RSVP BUTTON AND THEN "SIGN UP" IN THE POP UP WINDOW THAT APPEARS.

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The Robert G. Alexander Webinar Series

The Robert G. Alexander Webinar Series was launched in September 2013 to provide estate planners with accessible, high quality, multi-disciplinary and supplemental education.  Programs typically take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 3:00 pm ET. 

Not able to attend on the live date and time? 
Register anyway! We'll send you a link to the webinar archive so you can view it at your own convenience.


2024 Fees 

Registration is available for individual webinars or by purchasing a yearly series subscription, which offers access to all of the programs scheduled during 2024 for one discounted fee.    

Individual Series Type
$40 $280 ($360 value) Accredited Estate Planner® designee or Estate Planning Law Specialist certificant
$40 $280 ($360 value) Student (available to a student who is enrolled either full or part time in an undergraduate or graduate program, majoring in the disciplines of legal, accounting, trust, insurance/financial planning, or philanthropy)
$60 $420 ($540 value) Member of an affiliated local estate planning council or at-large member of NAEPC
$100 $700 ($900 value) Non-member
$250 $1,125 ($2,250 value) Council meeting / group gathering (one feed to be shown in a single location to a group that has gathered together)
Additional feeds available for $25 per feed per webinar by contacting us after the initial registration.

To Register

  • Individual Program:  Click on "register here" on the page associated with the program you will be attending live or on-demand. ​
  • Series Subscription: REGISTER FOR THE SERIES.  We will send you an email after your registration has been processed with instructions about how to obtain log-in credentials for each program.  

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education credit is available at most webinars for Accredited Estate Planner® designees.  In addition, a general certificate of completion will be available for those who feel the program satisfies their continuing education requirements and are able to self-file.  It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine whether their state, discipline, or designation will allow one to self-file for a distance-learning program.  Please contact webinars@naepc.org prior to attending your first program if you have any questions with regard to the availability of credit. 


Event Conduct Policy

By registering, all attendees agree to follow the NAEPC Event Conduct Policy at each webinar.


Webinars will be hosted within NAEPC's new online community, Tradewing, which will allow us to offer them on a complimenary basis!  Participants must create an account and then register for the webinar they would like to attend.