Emil Kallina, Attorney at Law

Planned Gift Legal Counsel

Professional

Mr. Kallina is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Planned Giving Design Center (www.pgdc.net), a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (“CGP”), former Chairman (5 years) of the Government Relations Committee of the CGP, a co-founder of the Chesapeake Planned Giving Council, Chairman of the Board and President of The James Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of Search Ministries, Inc., a member of the Board of Directors of the Smith Barney Charitable Trust, and a member of the boards of trustees or directors of a number of other non-profits. He is frequently an expert witness on estate planning and charitable matters.

Mr. Kallina has testified on a number of occasions before the IRS on pending matters, has worked extensively with the staff of the various Congressional committees regarding charitable legislation, and heads a national group of charitable giving practitioners that meets informally with the IRS to discuss ruling policy in the planned giving area.

Mr. Kallina is a nationally recognized speaker on estate planning and charitable giving and a frequent author on these topics.

Education

BA, Bowdoin College

JD, University of Maryland School of Law

LLM in Taxation, New York University School of Law