June 11, 2010

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. will speak on "The Trust Protector: Why Is It So Important?" at the Annual Liechtenstein Forum on Asset Protection Conference in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

May 25, 2010

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. will speak on "Governance" at The International Association of Estate and Trust Law Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

May 14, 2010

Melissa Langa will speak on "Legacy Planning" at the Stewardship Committee Dinner at All Saints Church in Brookline, Massachusetts.

May 4, 2010

Melissa Langa will speak on "Developing Referral Relationships with Other Professionals within BEPC" at the Boston Estate Planning Council's Mentoring Program Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 31, 2010

Melissa Langa will speak on "Estate Planning Basics" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts

March 18, 2010

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. will speak on "Trusts Without Beneficiaries: The Purposes of Purpose Trusts" at the STEP/New York State Bar Sixth Annual International Estate Planning Institute in New York City, New York.

March 5, 2010

Robert H. Ryan will be a panelist at the "Elder Law Institute XVI: Understanding the Elder Law & Medicaid Consequences of Estate Planning" , Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School.

February 26, 2010

Robert H. Ryan will speak on "Intersection of Estate Planning and Bankruptcy" at a joint session of the Boston Bar Association's Estate Planning Committee and Bankruptcy Law Section.

February 23, 2010

Melissa Langa and Alexander Bove will speak at a seminar on "Advanced Issues in Asset Protection Planning: How to Avoid Kissing Your Assets Goodbye" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's annual seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

February 11, 2010

Melissa Langa will speak on "Foreign Grantor Trusts with U.S. Grantor" at the Boston Bar Association's Trusts and Estates Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

February 9, 2010

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. will speak on "How I Got to Where I Am" at the Boston Estate Planning Council's Mentoring Program Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

February 6, 2010

Melissa Langa will speak on "Asset Protection/Estate Planning" at the Service Employees International Union Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts.

January 27, 2010

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. will speak on "Asset Protection Planning for (Happily) Married Couples" at the Massachusetts Bar Association's Luncheon Round Table in Boston, Massachusetts.

December 9, 2009

Melissa Langa will speak on "Using Spousal Agreements for Asset Protection Planning" at the Boston Estate Planning Council's Member Round Table Breakfast in Boston, Massachusetts.

September 25, 2009

Melissa Langa will speak on "Tax Issues in Trust Administration" and "The Prudent Investor Rule" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's Advanced Issues in Trust Administration in Boston, Massachusetts.

April 30, 2009

Melissa Langa will speak on "Powers of Appointment: Special GST Tax Drafting and Exercise Issues" at the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law's 20th Annual Spring Symposia, in Washington, D.C.

April 29, 2009

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "US Taxation of Trusts" at the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law annual meeting, in Cartagena, Columbia.

March 17, 2009

Melissa Langa will speak on "Interviewing the Client" at the Estate Planning Basics Seminar at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Conference Center at 10 Winter Place, Boston, Massachusetts.

March 12, 2009

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. and Melissa Langa present: "Asset Protection Strategies: An Advisor's Guide" for the Massachusetts Bar Association at 20 West Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

March 4, 2009

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Trust Protector: Friend, Foe, or Fiduciary?" at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Annual Meeting, in Rancho Mirage, California.

February 24, 2009

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. and Melissa Langa co-chair: "Asset Protection Strategies: Domestic and Abroad - the Latest Developments" a seminar at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Conference Center at 10 Winter Place, Boston, Massachusetts.

October 15-16, 2008

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Trust Protector: Friend, Foe, or Fiduciary?" and "Letters of Wishes: Directing Discretion in Discretionary Trusts" at the 28th Annual Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum, in San Diego, California.

September 26, 2008

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Trust Protector: Friend, Foe, or Fiduciary?" at the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, in South Bend, Indiana.

May 22, 2008

Melissa Langa will be speaking about "Vacation Homes as Part of Estate Planning" at the meeting of the Boston Bar Association.

May 2, 2008

Melissa Langa will present on "IRS Proposed Regulation: Section 529 Plans" as a panelist on the Income and Transfer Tax Planning Group's Roundtable Discussion at the American Bar Association's Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law's 19th Annual Spring Symposia in Washington D.C.

March 28, 2008

Melissa Langa will present on the "Ethical Issues in Estate Planning" as part of a Tax Ethics Program at the Graduate Tax Program - Boston University School of Law to be held in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 25, 2008

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Asset Protection Planning - An Advisor's Guide" at the Professional Advisors Winter Lecture presented by the Rhode Island Foundation, to be held in Providence, Rhode Island. For more information, please go to: www.rifoundation.org.

March 17, 2008

Melissa Langa is speaking as a member of a panel presenting on "Estate Planning Basics" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) held in Boston, MA.

March 7, 2008

Melissa Langa is speaking on "Fraudulent Transfers" as a member of a panel presenting on "Asset Protection Strategies" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminar held in Boston, MA.

February 6, 2008

Melissa Langa presents: "Advisor's Guide to Asset Protection Planning: Domestic and International" at the New England Conference of Financial Service Professionals held in Durham, New Hampshire.

January 24, 2008

Melissa Langa presents: "The Massachusetts Estate Tax: What It Is, How To Calculate It, and How To Plan To Eliminate It" at the annual tax meeting of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants held in Framingham, MA.

November 29-30, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Trust Protector: Friend, Foe or Fiduciary?" at the Great Plains Federal Tax Institute, held in Omaha, Nebraska. For more information, please contact Cindy Lilleoien at cindylilleoien@aol.com.

October 20, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "The United States As An Offshore Asset Protection Trust Jurisdiction", at a conference on The Developments of Trust Law World-Wide, sponsored by Il Trust Italia Associazione, held in Rome, Italy. For more information, please email: trust_italia@yahoo.it.

October 18, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Trust Protector: Friend, Foe or Fiduciary?" at the Southern California Tax and Estate Planning Forum, held in San Diego, California. For more information, please go to www.clenet.com.

May 17, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Domestic Asset Protection Trusts and Trust Protectors" at the Maine Estate Planning Council, to be held in Falmouth, Maine. For more information, please contact Mr. Barry Kohler at 207-541-2307.

May 9, 2007

Melissa Langa is speaking as a member of a panel presenting on "GRATs, QPRTs and Other Discounting Techniques" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminar held in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please contact MCLE at 800-966-6253.

April 10, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "How to Succeed in Business Succession" at Suffolk University's Business Succession Planning Conference, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, please contact Charlotte Sobe at
617-573-8443

March 19-20, 2007

Melissa Langa is speaking as a member of a panel presenting on "The Basics of Estate Planning" at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)'s conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please contact MCLE at 800-966-6253.

March 7, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Fraudulent Transfers and the Lawyer's Dilemma: The Duty to Protect the Client's Assets vs. The Ethical Duty to the Public" at the 2007 annual meeting of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, please contact ACTEC at 310-398-1888.

February 15, 2007

Melissa Langa presents: "Philanthropy's New Significance in a Values-Driven Practice" at The Boston Foundation's Advisor Seminar Series held in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please contact Nicole Devlin at
617-338-2659.

January 11, 2007

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. chairs a panel presentation on "The Ethics of Asset Protection Planning - An Oxymoron?" presented at the 41st Annual Heckerling Tax Institute, held in Orlando, Florida. For more information, please contact The Heckerling Tax Institute at chill@law.miami.edu.

December 1, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Creative Uses of Private Annuities and Self-Canceling Installment Notes" at the Great Plains Federal Tax Institute, held in Omaha, Nebraska. For more information, please visit the Institute's website at: www.greatplainstax.org.

October 21, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. chairs a panel presentation on: "Divide and Conquer: Asset Protection Through Split Interests and the Challenging Tax Consequences Thereof," at the American Bar Association's Joint CLE Meeting of the Real Property Probate and Trust Section and the Tax Section, held in Denver, Colorado. For more information, please visit the ABA's website at: www.abanet.org.

September 13, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Asset Protection Planning With Domestic Trusts" at the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council meeting to be held in Bedford, New Hampshire. For more information please call: Matt Gazke at 603-228-1231.

Jun 16, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Asset Protection Planning for the Physician and Medical Practice" at the Boston Medical Center's Conference: "The Business of Medicine - Getting Ahead and Staying Ahead", held and the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please call: 617-638-7933.

May 21-27, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "The Trust Protector And Its Use In The United States" at the annual meeting of The International Academy of Trust and Estate Law, held in Dublin, Ireland. For more information please call: 775-354-1177.

May 5, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. co-chairs a panel presentation on: "The Ethics of Asset Protection Planning - An Oxymoron?" at the Spring Symposium of the American Bar Association, held in San Diego, California. For more information please go to http://www.abanet.org/rppt.

May 4, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "The Trust Protector And Its Use In The United States" at the 37th Semi-Annual Estate Planning Collegium of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys, held in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information please call: 402-778-7900.

April 28, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "De-Mystifying and Drafting The Offshore Asset Protection Trust" at the conference on Wealth Protection & Counseling in the New Age, presented by the Florida Bar, held in Tampa, Florida. For more information please see the Florida Bar's website: http://www.floridabar.org.

April 2006

Melissa Langa presents: "The Rules of the Game: Transfer Tax Planning for the Non- Resident Alien" at the Boston Bar Association.

March 17, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "The Trust Protector: Figurehead or Fiduciary?" at the Second Annual International Estate Planning Institute, presented by the New York State Bar Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, held in New York City, New York.

March 8, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. chairs a panel presentation on: "Asset Protection Planning and the 2005 Bankruptcy Act - Much Ado About Something?" presented by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, held in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 2006

Melissa Langa presents: "What Financial Advisors Need to Know About Asset Protection Planning", Society of Financial Service Professionals

January 25, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Advisors Guide to Asset Protection Planning" for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, held at the Sheraton Framingham, Worcester, Massachusetts.

January 11, 2006

Alexander A. Bove, Jr. presents: "Wealth Protection: Creating a Comprehensive Plan Across All Operations to Safeguard the Family Fortune" at the 2006 Family Office Management Conference, presented by IIR, held in Coral Gables, Florida.

January 2006

Melissa Langa, Co-Author and Lecturer, "Advisor's Guide to Asset Protection Planning", National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Conference, Massachusetts Chapter