Conrad Teitell is a principal in the Connecticut and Florida law firm of Cummings & Lockwood,
based in the firm's Stamford office and chairs the firm’s National Charitable Planning Group. He
is an adjunct professor (Masters Graduate Program in Estate Planning) at the University of Miami
School of Law. He holds an LL.B. from Columbia Law School and an LL.M. from New York
University Law School.
LECTURER
He has lectured nationally on taxes and estate planning for thousands of hours at programs
sponsored by bar associations, estate planning councils, colleges, universities, law schools, community
foundations, hospitals, museums, retirement communities, religious, health, social welfare
and other organizations.
AUTHOR
His publications on taxes, wills and estate planning have been read by millions—lay people and
professional tax advisers. His many articles include columns in Trusts & Estates magazine and the
New York Law Journal. He is the editor and publisher of Taxwise Giving, a monthly newsletter and
is the author of the five-volume treatise, Philanthropy and Taxation. His column, Speaking and
Writing, has appeared in the American Bar Association’s Journal and in TRIAL, the magazine of
The American Association for Justice.
A SPEAKER'S SPEAKER
Conrad Teitell founded and teaches the American Bar Association's (ALI/ABA’s) public speaking
course. He also teaches public speaking to other professional advisers and laypeople. He teaches
public speaking in a six-part PBS television series.
TELEVISION AND RADIO
Teitell was the on-air tax adviser for the PBS series On The Money produced by WGBH/Boston.
He has done six PBS television specials on taxes and estate planning— two produced by
WGBH/Boston, two produced by KVIE/Sacramento, one produced by WMHT/Schenectady and one
produced by KCTS/Seattle. He has been a commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
Conrad Teitell has testified at hearings held by the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, the
Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Judiciary
Committee. Most recently, he was one of four invited witnesses to testify at the Senate Finance
Committee on estate tax revision. The other invited witnesses were a businessman from Iowa, a
rancher from South Dakota and the oracle from Omaha — Warren Buffett.
OTHER STUFF
Conrad Teitell, the subject of three lengthy interviews in U.S. News & World Report, is regularly
quoted in such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes
Magazine. Profiled in Bloomberg Personal Finance as one of the nation’s lawyers who has
reshaped estate planning by helping clients protect wealth, avoid taxes and benefit charities, he
is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in the World, Who's Who in America and
Who's Who in American Law. He has been awarded the designation “Distinguished Estate Planner”
by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils. He is a fellow of the American College
of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is the recipient of the American Law Institute/American Bar
Association's Harrison Tweed Award for Special Merit in Continuing Legal Education and the
recipient of the Connecticut Bar Association — Federal Tax Institute of New England’s Outstanding
Achievement Award. He has been named the Stamford, Connecticut Trusts and Estates Lawyer
of the Year by the publication, Best Lawyers in America.