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ACTEC LAW JOURNAL

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is an organization of trust and estate lawyers and law professors in the United States and around the world. ACTEC’s peer-elected Fellows are at the top of their profession, committed to maintaining excellence in the trust and estate legal field and to continually improving the practice of trust and estate law.  

The ACTEC Law Journal is a unique, high level academic journal which not only explores tax, trust and estate topics in depth, but deals with the practical consequences and applications of the rapidly changing rules in these areas of law.  

Hofstra Law student editors are involved in the article-editing process. For more information, please contact actec@hofstra.edu.

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ACTEC LAW JOURNAL

VOLUME 51 | JOURNAL STAFF | 2025-2026

Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin Harooni
Managing Editor of Staff
Caroline B. Ramos
Managing Editor of Articles
Anna Deutsch
Head Research Editor 
Connor J. Welch

 Research Editors
Joshua E. Kaye 
Stewart D. Nielson 
Nelson Soto
Head Articles Editor
Marc Gonzalez

 Articles Editors
Niya K. Henry 
Michael Laino 
Tylar S. Telesfort
Business, Communications, and 
Operations Editor
Nicole E. Brotter
Notes and Comments Editors 
Nicholas E. Haselton 
Isabella Schaetzle
Associate Editor 
Justin Knight
Associate Staff
Mal Azar 
Eden Barone 
Alexa Berrin 
April Cabral 
Liliko Chung 
Ariel Creamer
Arianna Cunningham 
Andrea Luz De Luna 
Stephen Fanelli 
Gabriella Galluzzo 
Sarah A. Gerges
Priyanka Ghatalia 
Elizabeth Gilmartin 
Ivan D. Gregory 
Frohar Mirzai 
Jakob Olsen
Laura Pendergast
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