Ms. Elizabeth Anne Faist Related Seminars and Products

Duncan Spratt P.A.

Elizabeth Faist is a shareholder at Djuric Spratt, and she serves clients in the areas of trusts, estates, and charitable planning. She manages a variety of matters, including gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, preparation of estate-planning documents, administration of estates, and tax advice regarding private foundations and public charities. Elizabeth also counsels clients on tax and succession planning for their businesses. Prior to joining Djuric Spratt, Elizabeth practiced with Eversheds Sutherland in Atlanta and Williams Parker in Sarasota, Florida.

Ms. Christa Rae Boyd Related Seminars and Products

Duncan Spratt PA

Christa’s practice focuses on estate planning, transfer tax planning, and charitable giving.  In particular, she advises clients regarding sophisticated wealth transfer strategies, business succession planning, and the formation and taxation of private foundations and other charities.

Christa was a member of the inaugural 2022-2023 class of the Southeast Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the 2022-2023 class of the Philanthropic Advisor Leadership Institute.  She has previously served as the Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia Fiduciary Law Section Code Revision Committee and currently sits on the boards of two Atlanta charities.

Christa received her B.F.A. from New York University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Mr. John Thompson Turner Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Duncan Spratt PA

Thompson has practiced as an estate planning attorney for over a decade with a particular focus on complex estate and wealth transfer planning, wealth preservation planning, and estate and trust administration. His diverse experience includes advising clients on a range of issues, including business succession planning, charitable planning, educating next generation family members, and family office planning.

Mrs. Rebecca Godbey Cummings Related Seminars and Products

Rebecca Godbey Cummings LLC

Rebecca Cummings is an expert in wills, trusts and estates.  For more than two decades, she has given clients the peace of mind that their estate planning is in perfect working order, and she has counseled families through the process of administering the estate of a loved one.  Rebecca spent a decade as an entrepreneur and founder of a small law firm before becoming a partner in one of the most respected estate planning groups in Atlanta.  In 2015 she established her current firm, Legacy Studio, which has now grown to four lawyers. In 2016 Rebecca began offering professional fiduciary services for Georgia estates and trusts and she now spends the majority of her time facilitating difficult conversations about family and money and delivering tough love.

Previously a full-time law professor at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and an adjunct professor at Georgia State College of Law, Rebecca is known for her exceptional ability to explain complex ideas and systems in simple terms; she has repeatedly been named one of the state’s “most effective” lawyers and one of the Top 100 lawyers in Georgia.  Rebecca also serves as an expert witness in estate and trust disputes and is the author of “The Case Against Access to Decedents’ Email: Password Protection as an Exercise of the Right to Destroy.”

Rebecca is also a dynamic speaker, facilitator, and business development coach.  She is past president of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) and she has given hundreds of workshops, presentations and keynote speeches to companies and organizations such as Coca Cola, the CDC, Emory, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), the Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA) and the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, on topics as diverse as Georgia’s trust code, running effective meetings, and successful negotiation strategies.   Rebecca returns year after year to facilitate strategic planning retreats for organizations that value her ability to create fun and productive multi-day planning sessions for their employees and volunteers. 

Rebecca earned her B.A. at Emory University and her J.D. at William & Mary Law School.   She lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, Chris, and dog, Nola, but not with her self-sufficient young adult step-daughter, Alex (of whom she is extremely proud).  An avid world traveler, Rebecca has been to surfing school in Bali, volunteered in a dental clinic in Tanzania, stepped into North Korea at the DMZ, and spent many nights on Frenchman Street in New Orleans.

Ms. Abbey Sarynne Flaum Related Seminars and Products

Homrich Berg

Mr. Nikola R. Djuric Related Seminars and Products

Bessemer Trust

Mr. Djuric is Principal and Fiduciary Counsel at Bessemer Trust. In this role, he is responsible for working with clients and their advisors to develop practical and efficient wealth transfer plans, and for guiding the firm on fiduciary issues.

Prior to joining Bessemer in 2025, Nick was a shareholder and Chairman of Djuric Spratt P.A. Before that, he was an associate and partner at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP. Previously, he was a law clerk for Chief Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), where he is Georgia State Chair and serves as a member of the State Laws Committee. He has served as Chair of the State Bar of Georgia Fiduciary Law Section and is currently chair of its Code Revision Committee. He previously served as Chair of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and as President of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council.

Nick earned a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard University and an A.B., magna cum laude, in public policy studies and history from Duke University.

Mr. Timothy Kyle King Related Seminars and Products

Hodges McEachern & King

         T. Kyle King is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).  He is the senior partner at the firm of Hodges, McEachern & King in Peachtree City, and his practice has focused on trust and estate matters since 1997.  Kyle received his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Georgia, he co-chairs the Fiduciary Law Section’s Legislation Committee, and he was the recipient of the Georgia Council of Probate Court Judges’ 2022 Friend of the Council Award.  

Mr. Blake Neisler Melton Related Seminars and Products

The Family Office at Synovus

Blake Melton is a Senior Wealth Strategist with The Family Office at Synovus and a fellow in The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is a past Chairperson of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and currently serves on its Code Revision and Legislative Committees. He is also active in his local community and is the founder and chair of Standing Boy, Inc., a nonprofit that has constructed nearly 35 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails on the Standing Boy property in north Columbus.

Blake met his wife Jensen while both were attending the University of Georgia School of Law. They have two daughters, Finley and Asher.

Ms. Catherine Land Wiegand Related Seminars and Products

Duncan Spratt, P.A.

Cathy specializes in multigenerational estate planning, trust administration, and charitable giving.  In her practice, Cathy believes that estate plans must be carefully tailored to reach a family’s goals and that such goals may reach beyond tax efficiency.  

Cathy joined Duncan Spratt, P.A. in May of 2025. Prior to joining Duncan Spratt, Cathy brings over 10 years of experience as a Wealth Strategist at a Family Office and Trust Company, where she worked with multi-generational families to build greater understanding of their estate planning structures and to continue their estate planning objectives.  In 2024, Cathy’s contributions were recognized by the Family Wealth Report Awards when the Family Office won the Wealth Planning category.  In addition, the Family Wealth Alliance recognized Cathy as an outstanding young professional in 2022 and 2024.

Cathy is a member of the Fiduciary Section of the State Bar of Georgia, has spoken at the Fiduciary Section’s continuing legal education seminars, is published by the Georgia Bar Journal, and has volunteered with various nonprofits hosting financial literacy and estate or charitable planning seminars. Cathy earned her B.B.A in Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 2011 and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 2014, where she received the Verner F. Chaffin award for the study of Fiduciary Law.

Sarah DeKreek Related Seminars and Products

Bennett Thrasher

Sarah DeKreek, ASA

Sarah is a Director within the Disputes, Valuation & Forensics department at Bennett Thrasher. She has over twenty years of experience providing valuation and related advisory services to clients seeking assistance with gift and estate tax planning and compliance, strategic planning and financial reporting.

Ms. DeKreek received a B.S. degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University. She is an Accredited Senior Appraiser, has taught several valuation related courses to C-Suite executives through the American Management Association (AMA) and has served as an expert witness in litigation. Sarah lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with her husband, Criss, and their three daughters.