Thomas Ahrens, JD is the President and CEO of Legal Directives. A former estate planning attorney and former WealthCounsel member, Thomas has spent more than 20 years helping estate planning attorneys improve client engagement, elevate the client experience, and build sustainable practices. 

Thomas previously served as Director of Education at WealthCounsel, where he developed estate planning curriculum and trained thousands of attorneys. Today, he consults with estate planning firms across the country on client experience, ongoing engagement, and practice growth.

He founded Legal Directives in 2007 after seeing firsthand that clients often could not locate their healthcare directives when they were needed most. Legal Directives now works with hundreds of estate planning law firms and nonprofit organizations nationwide.

Jeffrey Williamson is the founder of J. L. Williamson Law Group, LLC. The firm specializes in elder law, asset protection, tax planning, and tax controversy. Prior to starting his own firm, Jeffrey served as in-house counsel to two mid-sized accounting firms, but he began his career as an Internal Revenue Agent where he became well versed in the audit policies and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service.
A frequent lecturer, Jeffrey has presented many seminars on taxation and estate planning issues to various civic groups and investment professionals. In addition, he has also been a featured speaker, at both the state and national levels, for various continuing education courses for attorneys and certified public accountants.

Jeffrey is a member of the taxation sections of both the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. He is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Mercer University in 2000 and both his Juris Doctor and Master of Accountancy from the University of Georgia in 2003 and 2005, respectively.