Eric Kaplan

Overview

Eric Kaplan is senior counsel in the International Wealth and Asset Planning group at Greenspoon Marder LLP. He focuses his practice on estate planning, asset protection and taxation.

Mr. Kaplan brings with him almost two decades of extensive knowledge and experience with comprehensive estate planning, domestic-based asset protection as well as offshore asset protection.

Mr. Kaplan has written extensively and been published in the areas of estate planning, asset protection and integrated estate planning. He was a contributing author to the third edition of Asset Protection Planning Guide, published in 2014 by CCH Incorporated, after also having significantly contributed to the second edition in 2005. His other published works can be found in Estate Planning, Insights and Strategies; Journal of Practical Estate Planning; Journal of Financial Planning; and Journal of International Taxation.

After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in United States History in 1995 from the State University of New York at Albany, Mr. Kaplan earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1998 from Quinnipiac University School of Law and then moved to Colorado to practice. He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association.

Bar Admissions

Colorado

Education

J.D., Quinnipiac University School of Law, 1998
B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1995

Experience

Professional and Community Involvement

Colorado Bar Association, Member
Adams County Bar Association, Member
Master networks, Member, 2019-2020
Firestorm – Lone Tree Chapter, Member, 2017-2019
Centennial Estate Planning Council, Member, 2011-2016

Speaking Engagements

Presenter, “Asset Protection and Comprehensive Estate Planning in Today’s Environment,” Webinar, American Academy of Attorney-CPAs 2024 Fall Education Conference, November 7, 2024

Publications

Co-Author, “Asset Protection for High-Risk Professionals” Wealthcounsel Quarterly, Fall 2024
Author, “Tax Compliance for Integrated Estate Planning Trusts,” Estate Planning, a Thomson Reuters publication, August 2023
Author, “Why Foreign Limited Liability Companies are Ultimately More Protective than Domestic Limited Liability Companies,” Estate Planning, a Thomson Reuters publication, July 2023
Author, “Why Foreign Asset Protection Trusts are Ultimately More Protective than Domestic Asset Protection Trusts,” Estate Planning, a Thomson Reuters publication, April 2023
Co-Author, “Complex Estate Planning Strategies for High Net Worth Clients,” Estate Planning, a Thomson Reuters publication, February 2023
Co-Author, “Using Third-Party Trusts for Asset Protection” Wealthcounsel Quarterly, Winter 2022
Author, “Alabama Supreme Court Remands Case Back To Trial Court To Determine Whether A Limited Liability Company Member Should Be Held In Contempt Of Court For Failure to Abide By The Terms Of A Charging Order” GM International Wealth & Asset Planning Blog, January 3, 2022
Author, “Amendments To The Tennessee Investment Services Act And Tennessee Uniform Trust Code” GM International Wealth & Asset Planning Blog, June 2, 2021
Co-Author, “Irrevocable Trusts,” Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, October 2020
Co-Author, “Irrevocable Trusts,” Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, Seventh Edition, February 2019
Contributing Author, “Asset Protection Planning Guide: A State-of-the-Art Approach to Integrated Estate Planning,” Third Edition, CCH Incorporated, January 2014
Co-Author, “Recent Developments in Asset Protection,” Estate Planning, April 2013 (Part I) and May 2013 (Part II)
Co-Author, “Domestic Asset Protection Trusts and Implications of the Mortensen Case,” Insights & Strategies, August 2012
Co-Author, “Exercise of Jurisdiction by U.S. Courts Over Foreign Defendants Based on Internet Presence: Implications for Foreign Asset Protection Trusts,” Insights & Strategies, January 2011
Co-Author, “You Created a Trust—So Now What?” Journal of Practical Estate Planning, June-July 2009
Co-Author, “Recent Developments in Contempt Law Involving Offshore Trusts,” Insights & Strategies, April 2009
Co-Author, “Third Party Trusts: Tax Benefits and Asset Protection,” Journal of Financial Planning, November 2007
Co-Author, “A Guide to Foreign Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts,” Journal of International Taxation, February 2005
Co-Author, “Incorporating Offshore: A Tax and Asset Protection Guide,” Journal of International Taxation, June 2003
Co-Author, “Protecting the Dental Practitioner’s Assets,” Colorado Dentistry, May 2002

News & Videos

News

Videos

Asset Protection and Comprehensive Estate Planning in Today’s Environment