TODD ANGKATAVANICH is a Partner in the Private Client Group at McDermott Will & Emery in New York City. He was previously a Principal in Ernst & Young LLP's National Tax Department, where he served in the Private Client Services practice. He formerly served as Co-Head of the U.S. Private Client & Tax Group at the international private client law firm Withers Bergman, LLP. Todd is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is a member of the Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners. Todd has published articles in publications such as Trusts & Estates, ACTEC Law Journal, Estate Planning, Bloomberg Tax Management, Probate & Property, STEP Journal, and other publications. He is former Chair of the Advisory Board for Bloomberg/Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts and is Co-Chair of the Estate Planning & Taxation Committee of the Editorial Advisory Board of Trusts & Estates magazine. Todd is co-author of Bloomberg/Tax Management Portfolio No. 875, entitled "Wealth Planning with Hedge Fund and Private Equity Fund Interests." A frequent speaker, Todd has given presentations for a number of organizations including the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning¸ the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, the USC School of Law Tax & Estate Planning Conference, the New York University Tax Institute, AICPA Engage Conference, the ABA Real Property, Trusts and Estates Section, as well as numerous estate planning councils, CPA societies and family office groups. Todd is the 2012 recipient of the award for "Private Client Lawyer of the Year" from Family Office Review. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® (for New York City, Greenwich and New Haven, Connecticut) and is the recipient of the Best Lawyers® 2015 Trusts & Estates "Lawyer of the Year" award for New Haven, Connecticut. He has been rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings,™ has been ranked in Chambers HNW, and has been listed in Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders - Private Client and in Super Lawyers. He was recently featured in Business Insiders "These are the 21 people powering the huge growth in family offices." Todd received his B.A., in Economics, magna cum laude, from Fairleigh Dickinson University, his J.D., Tax Law Honors, from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, his M.B.A. from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management, and his LL.M, in Taxation, from New York University School of Law. On a personal note, Todd enjoys cooking, golf and performing original as well as operatic music.