Alan Acker is the Franklin County Probate Court judge. Formerly, a solo practitioner in Columbus, Ohio, who focused his law practice in the areas of estate planning, income taxation of trusts and estates, and probate. Alan is a frequent lecturer for Ohio Continuing Legal Education and other professional groups. Alan previously practiced in Virginia and Illinois.
Alan has prepared trust and will forms for several law firms.
Alan has authored a book, The Estate Planners’ Guide to Income in Respect of a Decedent, published by CCH, and has authored five BNA Tax Management Portfolios, the most recent of which is Accounting for Trusts and Estates.
Alan has published numerous articles (his first appearing in the Journal of Taxation in 1978) that have appeared in numerous tax and legal publications, and such articles have included the Flexible Irrevocable Trust, Fixing the Broken Trust, and Death Bed Tax Planning.
Alan was named by his peers as one of the 100 Super Lawyers® in Ohio for the past several years, was named one of the top 100 estate planning lawyers in the country by Worth Magazine in its December 2005 issue, was named Distinguished Author by Tax Management Inc., and was awarded the Outstanding Discussion Leader by the Virginia Society of CPAs back in 1991.
Alan is a member of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association, a member of the Ohio Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Specialty Board for Ohio, and a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Alan is a past chairperson of the Columbus Estate Planning Group. He was the chairperson of the lawyers and medical professionals who drafted Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney Forms available to lawyers from the OSBA.
Lastly, Alan is an adjunct professor income taxation of trusts and estates and of drafting estate planning documents at Capital University Law School.
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