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  • Effective April of 2007, Mr. Donahoe has been certified as a specialist in Estate Planning and Administration by the Estate Planning and Administration Specialty Certification Board of the Probate, Trust and Real Property Section of the Indiana State Bar Association.  Mr. Donahoe is among the first class of attorneys in Indiana to qualify for this certification.
  • In April, 2007, Mr. Donahoe presented and spoke to a National Business Institute seminar on the topic, “Required Minimum Distributions from IRAs and Qualified Pension Plans.”
  • In December, 2006, Mr. Donahoe presented and spoke to the Indiana Tax Institute, sponsored by the Tax Section of the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indiana CPA Society, on the topic of “Using Trusts with IRAs in Estate Planning.”
  • Mr. Donahoe is serving as the 2007 Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of Indianapolis, Inc.
  • Mr. Gilday has been appointed by the Board of Law Governors to serve on the first ever Audit Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association.
  • Mr. Donahoe has been elected Chairman of the Taxation Section of the Indiana State Bar Association for 2006.
  • Mr. Irvin and Mr. Donahoe successfully defended an appeal of the dismissal of claims brought against a public charitable trust in In re Pub. Benev. Trust of Crume, 829 N.E.2d 1039 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), aff’d on reh’g, 834 N.E.2d 705 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), trans. denied, (Ind. Jan. 20, 2006). The decision of the Court of Appeals clarified Indiana law regarding the standing of members of the general public to maintain litigation against public charitable trusts, and also addressed the applicability of the cy pres and equitable deviation doctrines to such trusts.
  • Mr. Gilday has been elected for a three-year term on the Board of Directors by the members of the Lockerbie Glove Company Town Home Owners Association, Inc., and to the office of Treasurer by its Board of Directors.
  • Mr. Donahoe has been elected Chair-Elect of the Board of the Humane Society of Indianapolis, Inc. for 2006.
  • Mr. Irvin has been re-elected as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Deerfield Civic League, Inc., of which he is also the acting Treasurer, for 2005-2006.
  • Mr. Gilday was recently elected Chairman of the Finance Committee by the Parish Council of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Mr. Donahoe was elected Chair of the Estate Planning Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and appointed to the Planned Giving Advisory Board of both the Indianapolis Zoo and Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, for 2005.
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