Ballard Spahr’s Heike Sullivan Elected Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Heike Sullivan, the Practice Leader for Ballard Spahr’s Private Client Services Group, has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Ms. Sullivan concentrates on taxation and estate planning for high net-worth individuals and families. She uses sophisticated estate planning techniques when drafting wills, inter vivos trusts, prenuptial agreements, family limited partnerships, and LLCs for clients. Ms. Sullivan also advises executors and trustees in the administration of complex estates and trusts.

ACTEC is a national organization of more than 2,500 lawyers and law professors peer-elected to membership. Its members, called “Fellows,” must have more than 10 years of experience in the active practice of probate and trust law or estate planning. Lawyers and law professors are elected to be Fellows based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill, and substantial contributions to the field by lecturing, writing, teaching and participating in bar activities. It is their aim to improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and professional responsibility.