Mary E. Vandenack, J.D., ACTEC, CAP®, COLPM®, AEP® (Distinguished) is a private wealth tax planning attorney. Mary serves the private family wealth client in the areas of tax, trusts and estates, asset protection planning, business exit planning, and philanthropic strategies. Mary’s practice serves entrepreneurs, CEOS, athletes, real estate developers and investors, philanthropists, health care providers, and tax-exempt organizations. Mary currently serves as the state chair for ACTEC in Nebraska. Mary has served in numerous roles in the American Bar Association Real Property Trust and Estate section as well as the Law Practice Division. Mary is an AI Evangelist and has been named to ABA LTRC Distinguished Women of Legal Tech, received the James Keane award for e-lawyering, and serves on ABA Standing Committee on Information and Technology Systems as well as the Standing Committee on Cybersecurity. Mary is a frequent writer and speaker on tax, benefits, asset protection planning, and estate planning topics as well as on practice management topics including improving the delivery of legal services and technology in the practice of law. automation.