Estate Planning and Tax Law: Latest Updates and Advanced Strategies

Salvatore J. LaMendola
Salvatore J. LaMendola | Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton

Salvatore J. LaMendola, Esq. has been a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group at Giarmarco, Mullins and Horton, P.C. since 1996. Sal received his J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School and holds a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Live Video-Broadcast: February 19, 2026

2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

This CLE provides a comprehensive, practical analysis of estate planning and tax law, guiding attorneys through a systematic framework for advising clients across varying wealth profiles and planning objectives. Using the estate planning pyramid as a roadmap, the program examines foundational planning tools such as revocable living trusts and powers of attorney, intermediate and advanced wealth transfer strategies, and sophisticated tax-minimization techniques involving trusts, valuation discounts, and charitable planning. Attendees will gain insight into how to coordinate income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax strategies to protect assets, preserve family wealth, and “disinherit” the IRS through thoughtful, legally sound planning.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Living trusts and foundational planning
  • Annual gifting and ILITs
  • Dynasty and GST planning
  • Valuation discounts and family LLCs
  • Advanced “freeze” strategies
  • Charitable planning and zero-tax outcomes

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Date / Time: February 19, 2026

  • 1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Eastern
  • 12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Central
  • 11:00 am – 1:10 pm Mountain
  • 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Pacific

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Salvatore J. LaMendola | Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton

Salvatore J. LaMendola, Esq. has been a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group at Giarmarco, Mullins and Horton, P.C. since 1996. Sal received his J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School and holds a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. His main practice areas are general estate planning; amending irrevocable trusts through trust decanting, exercises of power of appointment, and other techniques; pre-death and post-death planning for IRAs and other retirement plans; and charitable planning with charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and private foundations. Sal is a member of the Probate & Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He is also a regular continuing education presenter for legal education webinar providers Rossdale of Miami, FL and Strafford of Dallas, TX. He also serves on Strafford’s Estate Planning Advisory Board for Strafford and on the InterActive Legal Practice Advisory Board.

Agenda

I. Living trusts and foundational planning | 1:00pm – 1:20pm

II. Annual gifting and ILITs | 1:20pm – 1:40pm

III. Dynasty and GST planning | 1:40pm – 2:00pm

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

IV. Valuation discounts and family LLCs | 2:10pm – 2:30pm

V. Advanced “freeze” strategies | 2:30pm – 2:50pm

VI. Charitable planning and zero-tax outcomes | 2:50pm – 3:10pm

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