Patti Spencer
Experience
Patti S. Spencer, Esq. is a former writer for The Balance, lending her expertise on estate and tax planning topics. After receiving her law degree and a graduate degree in taxation, Patti worked as an attorney, then managed a $400 million Personal Trust Department for a large bank before leaving to start her own law practice.
Patti taught courses on gift taxation, trusts and estates, and estate planning at Boston University School of Law for eight years, and recently taught federal income taxation at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. She has been writing for over 18 years, authoring two books and numerous articles on estate and tax matters.
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
LL.M. - May, 1984
Major: Taxation (Graduate Tax Program - Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
J.D. - June, 1978
Honors: Second Prize, Bernard E. Farr Estate Planning Competition - Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
B.A. summa cum laude - June, 1975
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
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