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Washington, D.C., partner Edward Beckwith, who serves as counsel to affluent families across the country and is the national leader of Baker Hostetler's Tax-Exempt practice, is featured in a series of videos for professional advisors on the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving's website.

Beckwith discusses: (Video links courtesy of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving)

• The most underutilized charitable planning technique and how he approaches charitable planning with his clients
• Charitable remainder trusts and the situations in which they are best used for charitable planning
• Charitable lead trusts, how they're different from remainder trusts, and situations in which they might be most useful