Chair, Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association; and Professor and Director, New York Law School, respectivelyIra Mark Bloom is the current Chair of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He is the David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law at the Albany Law School of Union University.

William P. LaPiana is the Rita and Joseph Solomon Professor of Wills, Trusts, and Estates Law at New York Law School, and the law school's Director, Estate Planning, Graduate Tax Program.