Melvin A. Warshaw
Mel is the General Counsel of Financial Architects Partners. His primary responsibility is to deepen the company's relationship with advisors including trusts and estates lawyers, CPAs, family offices, corporate trustees and trust companies involved in complex life insurance programs undertaken for super affluent individuals and families. He has been a frequent speaker at industry forums such as the International Forum and at national conferences sponsored by FAP's parent company, National Financial Partners (NFP).
Mel is currently the chair of the American Bar Association (ABA), Real Property Trusts & Estates Section (RPTE) Task Force on Policy Valuation. His article, "ILIT Trustees: Bridge Out Ahead... Lock in Your Navigation System," will be published in the ABA's Probate and Property June 2010 edition. He has been nominated to be Vice Chair of the ABA RPTE Insurance and Financial Planning Committee for 2010-2011. He is a member of the ABA (RPTE Section), the Boston Bar Association and the Boston Estate Planning Council.
Prior to joining the company, Mel was a senior wealth advisor at JP Morgan Private Bank in Boston, MA and Greenwich, CT. From 1997-2004 Mel was the head of the Boston office Private Client Department and a partner in the international law firm, McDermott, Will & Emery. Previously, from 1981 until 1997, he was a partner in the Boston, MA law firm, Burns & Levinson. His original legal position from 1977 to 1981 was as an attorney in the General Counsel's office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C.
Education:
LLM., in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
J.D., St. Louis University School of Law
B.A. with Honors, University of Rochester
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