Welcome to the 2011-2013 Class of RPTE Fellows!
Real Property Fellows: Timnetra Burruss of Chicago, IL; Troy Rule of Columbia, MO; and Minming Wu of Oakland, CA.
Trust and Estate Fellows: Anne Kelley Russell of Hilton Head Island, SC; ;Karen Steinert of Minneapolis, MN; and Javier Tapia of Rochester, NY.
The Section sends a huge thank you to all leadership members who reviewed the record-breaking 33 applications!
The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Fellows Program encourages the active involvement and participation of young lawyers in Section activities. The goal of the program is to give young lawyers an opportunity to become involved in the substantive work of the RPTE Section, while developing into future leaders.
As a RPTE Fellow, you will:
- Be assigned to work with a substantive Committee Chair, who will serve as a mentor and help expose you to all aspects of committee membership
- Get involved in a substantive project, which could include writing for a RPTE publication
- Become a Section liaison to the ABA Young Lawyers Division or your local bar association
- Become an active member of the Membership Committee
- Attend important Section leadership meetings
Download the Fellows memo here
The Fellowship appointment is for two years. To be considered for selection, a person (1) must have practiced in the trusts and estates or real property area for at least one year (and be younger than 36 years of age or have been admitted to the bar less than 10 years), and (2) should have demonstrated leadership at the state or local bar level or in the Young Lawyers Division of the ABA. As part of the Section's commitment to diversity, three of the six Fellows selected will be minority applicants.
The 2010-2012 Class of RPTE Fellows
Real Property Fellows - Cynthia A. Alexander of Los Angles, CA; Christina Jenkins of Dallas, TX; and Margaret (Peggy) Sullivan of Cincinnati, OH
Trust and Estate Fellows - Scott Andrew Bowman of Boca Raton, FL; Amber Quintal of Seattle, WA; and Ryan A. Walsh of Chicago, IL
The Fellows program encourages the active involvement and participation of young lawyers in Section activities. The goal of the program is to give young lawyers an opportunity to become involved in the substantive work of the RPTE Section, while developing into future leaders. The Fellows gain a considerable amount of knowledge about the work of the Section, as well as the real property and trust and estate law practices.
The Fellowship appointment is for two years. To be considered for selection, a person (1) must have practiced in the trusts and estates or real property area for at least one year (and be younger than 36 years of age or have been admitted to the bar less than 10 years), and (2) should have demonstrated leadership at the state or local bar level or in the Young Lawyers Division of the ABA. As part of the Section's commitment to diversity, one half of the Fellows selected will be minority applicants. Each Fellow will receive an expense reimbursement budget and invitations to certain leadership events.
Scott Bowman
