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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