Marion Hancock Fish Elected Chair of the NYSBA Trusts & Estates Section

Marion Hancock Fish has been named the Chair of the 4,646-member New York State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section. Ms. Fish focuses her practice on estate planning, transfer-of-wealth tax issues, family business planning and succession, asset preservation, guardianships, not-for-profit matters, and elder law. As Chair of the Section, Ms. Fish will host the Spring Meeting in Kiawah, SC, Fall Meeting at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY, and the January 2016 Annual Meeting, in New York, NY. Under her leadership, the Section will also promote several legislative efforts dealing with an array of issues important to New York State Trusts & Estates practitioners, including estate taxation and powers of attorney issues. Ms. Fish and other leaders of the Section will also work throughout the year to mentor lawyers entering the practice.