Lawrence L. Bell

Lawrence Bell is principal for Advisors, LLC. He has taught business and estate planning to attorneys, accountants, financial planners and insurance professionals since 1975. He has qualified and testified as an expert witness in business practices, valuations of businesses and purchase and sale of businesses. He has specialized in working with entrepreneurial, profit and non-profit organizations in strategic planning, business continuity and benefit practices on a regional, national and international basis.

Lawrence has been the Tax Bar liaison to the Internal Revenue Service for the Maryland State Bar Association and the attorney on the District Director's Forum for Ethical Practice and Tax Administration. He was named as a candidate for the position of Taxpayer Advocate (National) with the Internal Revenue Service. He is Chair of the Exempt Organizations Focus Group for the District Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, Internal Revenue Service. Lawrence's articles appear in the CLU Journal, Trusts & Estates, Broker's World, Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Retirement Planning, and Journal of Compensation and Benefits.

Lawrence’s Recent activity

A Buy-Sell Innovation

Dec 01, 2009

Traditional buy-sell agreements can't always solve all problems dealing with death, retirement, withdrawal and disability without creating difficulties with income tax, estate tax, step-up in basis, alternate minimum...

It Could Get Worse

Jan 01, 2004

Last year, the government and courts moved against tools such as split dollar that have been used, perhaps abused, for years. If the regulation frenzy that reigned in 20031 sometimes made insurance a painful subject...