About the author

Kelli E. Brown, J.D., LL.M.

<p>Kelli E. Brown has spent more than twenty years as an estate planning attorney. She is the chair of the Trusts and Estates Department at Goldberg Simpson LLC in Louisville, Kentucky. In the course of her work, she has run across a variety of situations that inspired her to write publications and books making estate planning understandable.&#160;</p><p>&#8203;Kelli received her bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Dayton, her JD from the Northern Kentucky Chase College of Law, and her Master of Laws in Estate Planning from the University of Miami.</p><p>She is active in the Kentucky Bar Association and a&#160;recipient&#160;of the&#160;Thomas B. Spain Award for her service to the Kentucky Bar Association. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has passed bar exams in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.&#160;</p><p>&#8203;She is a frequent speaker on all aspects of trusts and estates. &#160;</p><p>&#8203;Kelli lives in Kentucky with her husband, Walter, and their children, Henry,&#160;Maddie, and fur child,&#160;Holly.</p>