Tucker Ellis LLP attorney Erica McGregor has been elected a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). ACTEC is a nonprofit association of over 2,600 trust and estate lawyers. Eligibility for election as an ACTEC Fellow involves a rigorous set of criteria including no less than 10 years of experience in active practice of probate and trust law or estate planning. According to ACTEC, the members must also demonstrate “the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence, and experience as trust and estate counselors.”

An Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law, Erica’s practice focuses on estate planning, charitable planning and annual reporting, federal wealth transfer taxation, estate and trust administration, fiduciary income taxation, and business succession planning.

Erica has been a frequent speaker on estate planning and estate tax-related topics. She was a presenter at the Ohio State Bar Association’s 2011 Marvin R. Pliskin Advanced Probate and Estate Planning Seminar in Columbus and at the 2004 and 2009 Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Estate Planning Institute. She has been published multiple times in the Probate Law Journal of Ohio. Erica received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law.

Erica, an avid golfer, is a member of the Board of Directors of The First Tee of Cleveland, an organization devoted to teaching core values and life skills to young people through golf.