Jonathan Blattmachr is a member of the Alaska, California and New York Bars, and a partner in the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. He has served as a lecturer-in-law of the Columbia University School of Law and an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School. He is a former Chairperson of the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and of other committees of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Blattmachr is a Fellow and a former Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and past Chair of its Estate and Gift Tax Committee. He is author or co-author of over 250 articles and four books on estate planning topics. He was the Editor of The Chase Review, during its entire 18-year publication history by The Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Blattmachr also is a co-developer of Wealth Transfer Planning, a software system published for lawyers which provides specific client advice and automated document assembly for Wills, trusts, powers of attorneys and other estate planning documents.