12/03/08--Professor James R. Repetti, holder of the William J. Kenealy Chair, has been elected as an Academic Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) for "having made outstanding contributions to practice of estate and trust law."

ACTEC studies and improves trust, estate and tax laws, procedures and professional responsibility. ACTEC and its Fellows testify before Congress, file amicus briefs for appropriate cases, provide analysis of administrative positions to the IRS, aid in the development of best practices for trust and estate lawyers, and actively participates in developing recommendations being promulgated by the international Financial Task Force. 

ACTEC is a nonprofit association established in 1949. Its members are elected to the College by demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors.  Membership in ACTEC is by election of the regents of the College. Individual lawyers meeting the criteria for membership are nominated for membership by fellows of the College, and subjected to careful review by both state and national membership selection committees, prior to consideration by the regents of the College.