CHARLES D. ("SKIP") FOX, IV, is a partner in the Charlottesville, Virginia office of the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP. Prior to joining McGuireWoods in 2005, Skip practiced for twenty-five years with Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago. Skip concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate administration, trust law, charitable organizations, and family business succession. He teaches seven courses at the American Bankers Association National Trust School and National Graduate Trust School, where he has been on the faculty for over twenty years. Skip was an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, where he taught from 1983 to 2005, and is currently a Lecturer in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a frequent lecturer across the country at seminars on trust and estate topics. In addition, he is a co-presenter of the well-received monthly teleconference series on tax and fiduciary issues sponsored by the American Bankers Association. Skip has contributed articles to numerous publications, including ACTEC Journal, Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Trusts & Trustees, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal and the Journal of Asset Protection, and is a regular columnist for Trust & Investments on tax matters. He was a member of the editorial board of Trusts & Estates for several years and is now Chair of the Editorial Board of Trust & Investments. Skip is a member of the CCH Estate Planning Advisory Board. He is co-editor of Estate Planning Strategies after Estate Tax Repeal: Insight and Analysis (CCH 2001). He is also the author of the Estate Planning With Life Insurance volume of the CCH Financial Planning Library, and a co-author of four books, Estate Planning Manual (3 volumes, 2002), Tax Law Guide, Glossary of Fiduciary Terms, and Fiduciary Law and Trust Activities Guides, published by the American Bankers Association. Skip is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (for which he serves as a Regent, Chair of the Editorial Board, and on the Asset Protection, Estate and Gift Tax, Legal Education, and Program Committees) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America. He is also a member of the Duke University Estate Planning Council. Skip has provided advice and counsel to major charitable organizations and serves or has served on the boards of several charities, including Episcopal High School (from which he received its Distinguished Service Award in 2001) and the University of Virginia Law School Foundation. He received his A.B. from Princeton, his M.A. from Yale, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.