The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is a nonprofit association of lawyers established in 1949. Its members are elected to the College by demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors. All ACTEC members have made substantial contributions to the field of trusts and estates law through writing, teaching and bar leadership activities. The members work together in a collegial manner to • Enhance their ability to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; • Develop qualified trust and estate counselors; • Improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of professional responsibility; and • Cooperate with bar associations and other organizations with similar missions.

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York. NYSBA was founded in 1877 with the stated goal to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; to promote reform in the law; to facilitate the administration of justice, and to elevate the standards of integrity, honor, professional skill, and courtesy in the legal profession. Its first President was David B. Hill. Among the reforms in the legislation signed into law creating the association was the removal of the restrictions on the admission of women to the practice of law. In 1896, NYSBA proposed the first global means for settling disputes among nations, what is now called the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association is a not-for-profit professional membership association for attorneys. It is the leading source for legal information and services for the legal profession and the local community in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. NCBA enjoys a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public sector attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, making it the largest suburban bar association in the country. Association members have the opportunity to participate in more than 40 substantive law committees and a variety of programs which strive to confront the challenges and changing needs of the legal profession and the community at large. Young attorneys draw on the experience of their more established counterparts as our lawyers work together on a diversity of projects. Partners and associates at large and small law firms, solo practitioners, government attorneys, court-appointed attorneys, ADAs, corporate attorneys, as well as the distinguished judiciary have found value in the Association’s diverse membership. A unique feature of the NCBA is Domus, the home for the Bar Association, located in Mineola, the county seat. The distinctive building is an exquisitely designed representation of feudal architecture, featuring the Great Hall, meeting and conference rooms, and a fine restaurant where members dine with both colleagues and clients. It is one of only 4 bar associations in the country that has its own building with in-house dining facilities.