Les Raatz Awarded Eleanor Ter Horst Distinguished Service Award
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The Probate and Trust Section of the State Bar of Arizona awarded Member Partner, Les Raatz the 2022 Eleanor ter Horst Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes an attorney who has demonstrated superior knowledge of the law of probate and trusts and the willingness to share his knowledge with the bar, the bench and the public.
Raatz practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, divorce tax and asset planning, and entity structuring, and taxation. He has significant experience representing thousands of business clients and their families in connection with estate and tax planning. He is a national author and speaker at numerous seminars on areas of income, estate and gift taxation, probate and trust issues, and selection of business entities. Raatz is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and Southwest Super Lawyers, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.
Raatz is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and a member of its Estate and Gift Tax Committee, Asset Protection Committee, and Family Law Task Force. He is certified as an Estate and Trust Law Specialist and a Tax Law Specialist by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of Arizona. He was President of the Central Arizona Estate Planning Council, Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, Chair of its Arizona Trust Code Comment Committee, and Chair of the Tax Advisory Commission for the Board of Legal Specialization.
Raatz practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, divorce tax and asset planning, and entity structuring, and taxation. He has significant experience representing thousands of business clients and their families in connection with estate and tax planning. He is a national author and speaker at numerous seminars on areas of income, estate and gift taxation, probate and trust issues, and selection of business entities. Raatz is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and Southwest Super Lawyers, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.
Raatz is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and a member of its Estate and Gift Tax Committee, Asset Protection Committee, and Family Law Task Force. He is certified as an Estate and Trust Law Specialist and a Tax Law Specialist by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of Arizona. He was President of the Central Arizona Estate Planning Council, Chair of the Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, Chair of its Arizona Trust Code Comment Committee, and Chair of the Tax Advisory Commission for the Board of Legal Specialization.
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