Vol. 70, No. 3, March
1997
Benjamin G. Porter
Personal
- Born: Dec. 23, 1940, Evanston, Ill.
- Residence: Seattle, Wash.
- Married; two grown daughters
Education
- Georgetown University National Law Center, LL.M. Taxation (1971)
- U.W. Law School, J.D. with honors (1966)
- U.W.-Madison, B.B.A. (1963)
Practice
- George, Hull, Porter & Kohli P.S., 1977-present; business and tax
planning with emphasis on real estate, business organization, estate planning
and probate
- Helsell, Fetterman, Todd, Martin & Hokanson, 1971-77
- U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1966-70 (Colonel, J.A., USAR,
ret.)
Professional activities
- State Bar of Wisconsin: President, founding member, Washington
State Chapter, Nonresident Lawyers Division; treasurer, Nonresident Lawyers
Division
- American Bar Association: Legal Management, Taxation and Business Law
sections
- Washington State Bar Association: Taxation Section, Gift and Estate
Tax Committee
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- Seattle Estate Planning Council
- Bar admissions: Wisconsin, 1966; Illinois, 1967; Washington, 1971;
U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
Comment
As a current officer of the Nonresident Lawyers Division and president
of a local chapter, my goal has been to increase the value of continued
State Bar of Wisconsin membership to the nonresident Wisconsin lawyer. This
value takes the form of developing greater networking potential among other
local nonresident Wisconsin lawyers. It also takes the form of building
stronger relationships between practicing Wisconsin lawyers and those of
us who have affection and appreciation for Wisconsin traditions, but who
practice outside the state of Wisconsin. One of my goals
Candidate for Young Lawyers Division president-elect is to make continued
Wisconsin Bar membership "user friendly" by identifying and removing
barriers that might discourage nonresident Wisconsin Bar members from continuing
their Wisconsin Bar membership. |