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Review of Reviews: The Unethical Administration of Bob Marley's EstateReview of Reviews: The Unethical Administration of Bob Marley's Estate

Douglas Moore, Managing Director and Senior Financial Planner

July 3, 2012

4 Min Read
Review of Reviews: The Unethical Administration of Bob Marley's Estate

 

McKen V. Carrington and Christopher Ogolla, "Fame, Family Feuds, Lack of Estate Planning, and Ethical Misconduct in the Administration of the Billion-Dollar Legacy of Bob Marley." 41 Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal 55 (2011).

 

This article is an interesting read regarding the estate of the late reggae musician Bob Marley. Upon his death, there was  protracted litigation due to a lack of estate planning and fraud committed by Marley’s surviving spouse and his attorney and accountant. The article is replete with interesting facts and is a good story about Marley’s family and business matters.  

This isn’t the typical law review article laden with numerous legal citations or an in-depth discussion of arcane principles of law...

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About the Author

Douglas Moore

Managing Director and Senior Financial Planner, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Douglas Moore has been a managing director and the senior planner in the U.S. Trust Family Office Group (specializing in estate and charitable planning) since 2008.  He regularly meets with families and their advisors to design and implement estate, charitable and trust plans.

 

Doug has been a trusts and estates attorney for more than 32 years.  Before joining U.S. Trust, he was a managing director and the head of estate and charitable planning at The Citigroup Private Bank for five years and Citi Trust for over one year.  Also, he was Senior Counsel of the Estate and Trust Services Group at Smith Barney for over five years.  Before joining Smith Barney in 1996, Doug practiced law in Manhattan for over 16 years as a trusts and estates attorney and was involved in all aspects of estate planning and estate and trust administration.

 

Doug has written over fifty-five articles on estate and charitable planning, investments for trusts and private foundations, fiduciary responsibility, real estate and life insurance.  These articles have been published in Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Taxation of Exempts, Practical Tax Strategies and BNA Tax Management.  He also serves as a co-chairperson of the Estate Planning and Taxation Committee on the advisory editorial board of Trusts & Estates magazine.  He has lectured before various professional groups (including bar associations)on estate and charitable planning.