Lawrence Brody is a partner of Bryan Cave LLP, an international law firm, resident in the St. Louis office. He is a member of its Private Client Service Group and its Technology, Entrepreneurial & Commercial Practice Client Service Group. He is an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law, teaching Estate Planning and Drafting, a visiting Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School, teaching a course on Life Insurance, and is the author or co-author of numerous articles and books on the use of life insurance in estate and employee benefit planning, including two BNA Tax Management Portfolios, two books for the National Underwriter Company, and a number of volumes in the ABA Insurance Counselor Series. Mr. Brody has spoken at all major life insurance industry programs, many local estate planning council meetings, a number of state bar association conferences, and many national estate planning programs. Donald O. Jansen is senior tax counsel, Office of the General Counsel, University of Texas System, and is a retired senior partner of Fulbright and Jaworski LL.

P. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Mr. Jansen is a specialist in estate planning and probate law certified by the Texas Board of legal Specialization and is the past Probate Editor of the Newsletter of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.