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Thursday, December 14, 2006
Judd Marten, Partner, LeSourd & Patten, P.S.
Location: Red Lion Bellevue Inn
Time: 6PM Social, 6:30PM Dinner, ~7-8PM Speaker
Price: Members and Guests $24, Students $12: Cash or Check only please
RSVP: Please RSVP by Friday, December 8, 2006 via our RSVP Form.
CPE Credits: one
Summary of Presentation:
Mr. Marten's presentation will deal with the tax aspects and proper coordination of estate plans
with retirement plans and IRA accounts, via Wills, Trusts and Beneficiary Designations. The age
59 ½ and 70 ½ excise taxes will be considered, together with issues relating to the marital deduction
and exemption planning and funding for estate taxes (federal and Washington State), non-citizen
spouses, Roth IRA accounts, the impact of community property laws, and the new rollover opportunities
under the 2006 Pension Protection Act.
Short Bio for Judd Marten:
Mr. Marten is an attorney and partner in the LeSourd & Patten, P.S. law firm. His practice emphasizes
estate planning, employee plans (and IRAs) and small business formation, sale, and transition of
ownership. He is a frequent speaker, and has addressed both the Washington State Bar Association
and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants in the areas of employee plans, IRAs
and the estate plan. Mr. Marten has an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University, and is an adjunct
professor at Seattle University School of Law, a member of the faculty of the Golden Gate University
Graduate Tax Program, the WSBA Gift and Estate Tax Committee, Seattle Pension Roundtable, and the
Estate Planning Council of Seattle.
