Wilmington Trust Estate Planning Attorney Appointed to American Bar Association Council

Richard W. Nenno, Esquire, elevated to two leadership posts

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wilmington Trust, one of the nation’s leading wealth management companies, announced that Richard W. Nenno, managing director and trust counsel, has been appointed to the Council for the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA). Mr. Nenno will serve as Supervisory Council Representative to the Non-Tax Estate Planning Considerations Group, which he formerly chaired, and as a member of the Corporate Sponsorship Committee.

Mr. Nenno has advised high-net-worth individuals and families throughout the United States and abroad since joining Wilmington Trust’s Wealth Advisory Services (WAS) business in 1982. A nationally recognized expert in estate planning law, Mr. Nenno was selected in 2007 for the Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner award and designation from The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC); he also holds the Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner designation. Mr. Nenno, who is blind, has also served on the ABA’s Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law. He is the author of several books, including Delaware Trusts 2010 (Thomson Reuters/West, 2010) and speaks regularly at exclusive professional meetings across the country.

“Dick Nenno is widely and rightly acclaimed as one of our nation’s foremost estate planning attorneys,” said Kemp C. Stickney, senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer for WAS. “We congratulate Dick on this well-deserved and prestigious appointment, which speaks to the expertise of our staff and the wise counsel he has brought to our clients for almost 30 years.”

The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the ABA is a leading national forum for lawyers and currently has more than 30,000 members. The Real Property Division focuses on legal aspects of property use, ownership, development, transfer, regulation, financing, taxation, and disposal. The Trust and Estate Division focuses on all aspects of trusts, estate planning, employee benefits, insurance, and probate and trust litigation.

Mr. Nenno is a cum laude graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and earned his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. He holds many professional affiliations, including memberships in the Delaware State Bar Association, where he is a past chair of the Estates and Trusts Section; the Estate Planning Council of Delaware, Inc., where he is a past president; and the Philadelphia Bar Association. Early in his career, Mr. Nenno was an associate in the Estates Department of the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll.

Wilmington Trust’s WAS business offers a comprehensive array of personal trust, wealth planning, fiduciary, asset management, and family office services that help clients grow, preserve, and transfer wealth. WAS maintains 20 offices in many key high-net-worth markets throughout the United States.

Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE: WL) is a financial services holding company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the mid-Atlantic region, Wealth Advisory services to high-net-worth clients in 36 countries, and Corporate Client services to institutional clients in 89 countries. Its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company, which was founded in 1903, is one of the largest personal trust providers in the United States and the leading retail and commercial bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates have offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam. For more information, visit www.wilmingtontrust.com.

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