Good fiduciaries, like good scouts, are always prepared. Amy B. Beller, Vice-Chair of the Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee of the RPPTL Section, Florida Bar, will discuss emergency scenarios that should be in the minds of fiduciaries and plans and tips for preparing and responding to these crises. Darby Jones will share some personal experiences based on her fiduciary practice.
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Friday - March 27, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - VIRTUAL
$50.00 - Non-Members
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Applied for CEU, CLE, CTFA AND PARALEGAL CREDIT!!!
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About Amy Beller, Esq.
Ms. Beller is a founding member of Beller Smith, P.L., a full-service trusts and estates firm located in Boca Raton, Florida. A 1992 graduate of Hofstra Law School, Ms. Beller began her legal career in New York with firms such as White & Case and Chadbourne & Parke. Ms. Beller relocated to Florida in 2004 and was associated with Kaye Scholer’s West Palm Beach office. Ms. Beller founded Beller Smith with fellow New York attorney Yoshimi O. Smith, Esq., in late 2009.
Ms. Beller is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, and is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the South Palm Beach County Bar Association, and the New York Bar Association’s Trusts and Estate’s Section. She is Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates, and is a certified Circuit Civil Mediator. Ms. Beller’s primary focus within the trusts and estates practice is in litigation and dispute resolution.
A prolific speaker and author, Ms. Beller has published in the New York State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section Newsletter, the Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section’s Actionline, the Florida Bar’s Litigation Under the Probate Code (Eleventh Ed.), and the American Bar Association’s book, The Road to Independence: 101 Women’s Journeys to Starting Their Own Law Firms. Ms. Beller has lectured for ACTEC, the New York State Bar, the Florida Bar, the City Bar (New York), and the Heckerling Institute, among others, on topics including Florida homestead, beneficiary rights, privity and malpractice, estate planning to avoid disputes, multistate estate planning, and mediation.
