Dickinson Wright Attorney Kenneth W. Kingma to Address ICLE Probate and Estate Planning Institute, May 17 – 19, Acme, Michigan

May 17 2007

Dickinson Wright estate planning expert Kenneth W. Kingma, Kenneth W. Kingma will speak at the 47th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Institute that will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Acme, Michigan on May 17 – 19, 2007. The event is cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

As part of a panel providing intermediate and advanced training for participants, Kingma will speak at 8:30 a.m. on May 19th about recent events that affect the use of life insurance and irrevocable life insurance trusts (or ILITs) in an individual's estate plan. Part of Kingma's talk will deal with a recent article he wrote for the Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal that called for remedial legislation to Michigan's insurance code. One reason for remedial legislation is to grant trustees of ILITs a valid insurable interest in the life of the individual who creates the trust and causes it to acquire life insurance on the individual's life. Kingma's presentation will also focus on the proliferation of so-called "stranger owned life insurance" or "investor-initiated life insurance" programs and the myriad of state law and tax issues generated by those programs. Kingma will be advising estate planning practitioners on how to deal with current issues regarding ILITs and programs that market "stranger owned life insurance" or "investor initiated life insurance." He will also be providing an update on remedial legislation he is involved with that addresses insurable interest issues under Michigan law.

About the Speaker
Kenneth W. Kingma is a member in Dickinson Wright's Grand Rapids and Bloomfield Hills offices. His areas of practice expertise include estate and business planning, estate and trust administration, and complex domestic and international tax and transactional matters. He is also experienced in family business and succession planning. He holds a bachelor's degree from Calvin College, a J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law, and an LL.M degree from Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association and the Oakland County Bar Association. With respect to the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar, Mr. Kingma is serving as Chair of the Insurable Interest Legislation Committee, and formerly served on the Disclaimer Legislation Committee. He also served as Chair of the Corporation Committee of the Tax Section of the State Bar. He is a frequent author and speaker on tax, estate planning, trusts and related topics. He is listed in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and was recently accepted into the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners based in London, England.

For Event Information
Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Phone 877.229.4350
www.icle.org


About Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dickinson Wright PLLC, founded in 1878, has more than 230 attorneys in offices located in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Washington, D.C. Dickinson Wright is a full-service law firm with more than 40 practice areas. For more information, visit www.dickinsonwright.com.


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