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Review of Reviews: “Probate Law Meets the Digital Age,” 67 Vand. L. Rev., 1697-1727 (2014)Review of Reviews: “Probate Law Meets the Digital Age,” 67 Vand. L. Rev., 1697-1727 (2014)

Naomi R. Cahn is the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, in Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth K. Miller, Founder and Head

February 23, 2015

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Review of Reviews: “Probate Law Meets the Digital Age,” 67 Vand. L. Rev., 1697-1727 (2014)

Many advisors direct their clients to create and maintain a record of critical information for their loved ones and their eventual estate executors. This record typically includes account numbers, advisor contacts and locations of important papers or electronic files. As the Digital Age continues to evolve at a rapid pace, however, these critical records may include more and more references to online accounts and digital content. Today, increasing numbers of advisors routinely are faced with the challenge of determining their legal authorization to discover and access digital assets on behalf of their deceased clients.  

In “Probate Law Meets the Digital Age,” Professor Naomi R. Cahn anticipates an escalating imperative for clarity in the...

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Elizabeth K. Miller

Founder and Head

https://www.summitplacefinancial.com/SummitPlace/leadership.php

 

Elizabeth K. Miller is founder and head of Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC., which was established to provide personalized asset management and a boutique family office experience to successful families and individuals. Previously she was a principal owner of Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen Inc., where she led the firm’s equity research activities and the investment committee’s stock selection. Ms. Miller started her career as a mergers and acquisition and proprietary trading analyst for the First Boston Corporation. Ms. Miller is a member of the Alumni Board of Governors for the Sphinx Society of the University of Pennsylvania, a past member of the Board of Trustees for the New York Society of Security Analysts (CFA Society New York) and a past chair of the Private Wealth Management Committee there. She also served on the Private Wealth Advisory Committee for CFA Institute, which helped provide global leadership in identifying the industry’s priorities and setting an educational agenda for private wealth professional excellence. Each summer, she joins the faculty of the Chautauqua Institute Special Studies Program, in wealth management. She has been a guest of CNBC, Reuters, BNN, Bloomberg, and Businessweek TV and may be heard on Bloomberg radio and Dow Jones’ Marketwatch. Ms. Miller received a BS in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Columbia University.