Jack Meck has a substantial practice in probate, trust and tax litigation, and beneficiary representation, as well as a broad traditional practice in the areas of trust and estate planning and administration (including related personal income, death and corporate tax issues). Representative Matters · Handles difficult estate administrations as well as complex and emotional disputes in probate and trust litigation, ranging from will contests and other family disputes over estate and trust administration; representing fiduciaries, both corporate and individual, with respect to accounting, distribution, investment performance and removal issues; trust interpretation questions; elective share calculations; charitable interests; to being appointed as a master by the Orphans' Court in a complex tax apportionment matter; · Specializes in sophisticated tax situations for estate and post mortem planning, including S corporations and generation skipping tax. Professional Affiliations Member of the Supreme Court Orphans' Court Procedural Rules Committee Past Chairman of the Probate and Trust Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Law - Chair, Subcommettee on Guardianships and Powers of Attorney American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - State Chair for Pennsylvania - Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee Pennsylvania Bar Institute-Course Planner for the annual two day Estate Law Institute Community Involvement Former Vice President of the Fox Chapel District Association Thespian participant in the Fox Chapel Follies Special Recognition Selected for inclusion as one of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Pittsburgh Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America Articles/Speeches/Presentations · "Crystal Ball III," presented at Eckert Seamans' Continuing Education Seminar, August 2011. · "The Year in Review," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Annual Estate and Elder Law Symposium, February 2011. · "Recent Developments in Pennsylvania Trust & Estate Law," presented at the 17th Annual Estate Law Institute, November 2010. · "Contesting Intur Vivos Trusts," 18 Fiduc. Rep. 2d 489, 1998. · "Pew Estate Revisited,", Fiduciary Review, October 2003. · "Master's Report on Death Tax Apportionment," and "Zambrano Estate," 24 Fiduc. Rep. 2d 56, 2004. |