PRINCETON, NJ, September 23, 2008  –  Ann Reichelderfer, Esq., a Shareholder in Stevens & Lee’s Estates and Trusts Department, was an invited speaker at seminars on planned giving sponsored by the Planned Giving Council of Greater Philadelphia on September 19 and the Gift Planning Council of New Jersey on September 22, 2008.

Ms. Reichelderfer addressed development professionals from higher education institutions and charitable organizations at the Planned Giving Council of Greater Philadelphia seminar where she presented, “The Gift You Can’t Use: Tales from the Trenches.”

Ms. Reichelderfer also presented at an event sponsored by the Gift Planning Council of New Jersey. Attendees included development officers from a variety of nonprofit organizations. Ms. Reichelderfer discussed issues surrounding charitable endowments, estate and trust administration and tax planning.

Ms. Reichelderfer has been in private practice for more than 30 years. She represents several institutions of higher education in gift planning, trust and estate administration, taxation and regulation compliance. She regularly counsels individual clients on tax and estate planning, estate and trust administration and charitable giving and represents both individuals and institutions in fiduciary litigation.

A founder of the Gift Planning Council of New Jersey, Ms. Reichelderfer is a member of the National Committee on Planned Giving and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC) and Vice Chair of the Princeton Area Community Foundation. Ms. Reichelderfer holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.


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