NORTHERN VIRGINIA ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Lisa M. Hughes, Esq. with Hughes & Leighton PLLC will review highlights of the 2026 60th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning.

The educational programming, presented by the nation’s leading experts, offers comprehensive coverage of today’s most important tax and non-tax planning issues, and offers practical guidance on planning effectively in an unpredictable economic and legal environment.

Lisa Hughes, Founder, Hughes & Leighton PLLC.

From estates with French jewelry collections and prized stallions, to estate planning for ordinary people like us and our loved ones, Lisa can and has handled it. She brings her seemingly inexhaustible supply of legal knowledge—and her customary charm and calm—to bear for every client. Lisa’s training as a business lawyer, tax lawyer and trust/estate lawyer allows her to “think outside the box” for those clients whose affairs are complex or have competing goals.

Over her 30+ years practicing trusts and estates law, she has developed extensive knowledge of planning for assisted reproductive technology, same-sex couples, closely-held businesses, incapacitated beneficiaries, and non-citizens.

Thank you to our event sponsor, TCV Trust & Wealth Management:

Thank you to our 2026 annual sponsors, Commonwealth Savers and PNC Private Bank:

Registration for this event will close at noon (12PM) ET on Friday, February 13, 2026. 

REQUEST: Should you need to cancel your registration, please email nvepc@ascent-management.com before registration closes.  NVEPC provides food and beverages at events based on registration numbers.  In order to keep costs down for our members, we request that you cancel your registration if you find you are unable to attend.

Registration fees are non-refundable.