About the Speakers

Russell James
ACGA Director

Russell James bio

Larry Katzenstein
ACGA Director

Larry Katzenstein practices in St. Louis in the Thompson Coburn LLP client services group. He is a nationally-recognized authority on estate planning and planned giving, is an advisor to charitable organizations both locally and nationally, and a frequent speaker around the country to professional groups. He has spoken at many other national tax institutes, including the Notre Dame Tax Institute, the University of Miami Heckerling Estate Planning Institute and the Southern Federal Tax Institute. Larry has served as an adjunct professor at the Washington University School of Law where he has taught both estate and gift taxation and fiduciary income taxation. He additionally serves on the American Council on Gift Annuities board of directors and its rates committee.  He is a former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section Fiduciary Income Tax Committee and is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Charitable Planning and Fiduciary Income Committees.  He has also served as a member of the advisory board of the New York University National Center on Philanthropy and the Law. Larry is also the creator of “Tiger Tables” actuarial software, which is widely used by tax lawyers and accountants nationwide, and has testified in United States Tax Court on actuarial valuations.  He received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree from Harvard.

Kevin McGowan
ACGA Director

Larry Katzenstein practices in St. Louis in the Thompson Coburn LLP client services group. He is a nationally-recognized authority on estate planning and planned giving, is an advisor to charitable organizations both locally and nationally, and a frequent speaker around the country to professional groups. He has spoken at many other national tax institutes, including the Notre Dame Tax Institute, the University of Miami Heckerling Estate Planning Institute and the Southern Federal Tax Institute. Larry has served as an adjunct professor at the Washington University School of Law where he has taught both estate and gift taxation and fiduciary income taxation. He additionally serves on the American Council on Gift Annuities board of directors and its rates committee.  He is a former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section Fiduciary Income Tax Committee and is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Charitable Planning and Fiduciary Income Committees.  He has also served as a member of the advisory board of the New York University National Center on Philanthropy and the Law. Larry is also the creator of “Tiger Tables” actuarial software, which is widely used by tax lawyers and accountants nationwide, and has testified in United States Tax Court on actuarial valuations.  He received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree from Harvard.