Article on Building Your Practice and Developing Skills Locally and Nationally

Jason E. Havens (Senior counsel in the Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida, offices of Holland & Knight) recently published an article entitled, Building Your Practice and Developing Skills Locally and Nationally, 29 Probate & Property No. 1 (January/February 2015).  Provided below is an excerpt from the article:

The now ubiquitous phrase “all politics is local” might be adapted to proclaim that “all estate and tax planning is local.” To be sure, the ABA and specifically our RPTE Section provide opportunities to interact with and work alongside attorneys across the country, learn via superb educational programming, and participate in and hopefully lead substantive or other committees. Through local estate planning councils, such as those affiliated with NAEPC, however, you can meet and work with other trust and estate attorneys whom you will likely see more often in your practice. If you are a younger or transitioning practitioner, those other local attorneys will probably evaluate you for purposes of your Martindale-Hubbell rating and also might serve as references for your board certification application.