Estate Planning: Principles and Problems, Fourth Edition

Wayne M. Gazur

After spending five years in private practice, Wayne Gazur first joined the faculty of the University of Colorado as a lecturer in business and law. He became an associate professor in a joint position between the College of Business and Administration and the Law School in 1990. In 1999 his joint position was converted to that of an associate professor of law and tax program liaison to the College of Business and Administration. He is now a full professor appointed to the Law School. He was named a Charles Inglis Thomson Fellow in 1999. His educational background and research efforts are concentrated in the area of taxation, including estate and business planning. His articles have appeared in a variety of law reviews, and have been cited extensively in the field. His current research interests include taxation and alternatives to the individual income tax, and he has recently completed an estate planning textbook.

Robert M. Phillips

Robert Phillips received his undergraduate degree from Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado Law School in 1993 and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he received numerous awards and recognitions, including the William O. DeSouchet Award and the Don W. Sears Award, and was a published member of Law Review.

Following graduation, Mr. Phillips completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Steve C. Briggs on the Colorado Court of Appeals. He began his legal practice as a sole practitioner, focusing on estate and trust planning, real estate and business law. From 1995 through 2008, Mr. Phillips was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, teaching Wills and Trusts and more recently Estate Planning. He has published dozens of articles on estate planning, estate administration, trusts and taxes, and has been an instructor and speaker in numerous professional and public education classes and seminars. His private practice is located in Louisville, Colorado, where his practice focuses on estate and trust planning, estate administration (probate and trust), asset protection strategies, business law and commercial real estate.