Biography

Richard W. Nenno is Senior Counsel with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Dick has over 40 years of estate-planning experience and is admitted to the practice of law in Delaware and Pennsylvania. He is a Fiduciary Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a member of the Advisory Committee of the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Bloomberg BNA Estates, Gifts, and Trusts Advisory Board, and a Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner. Dick was an attorney with Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware, from 1982 until 2021. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust Company, he was an associate in the Estates Department of the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll.

Dick is a cum laude graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He earned his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Dick is recognized as a national speaker and published authority on estate-planning issues. He has presented at the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, ACTEC national meetings, the Hawaii Tax Institute, the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, the AICPA Advanced Estate Planning Conference, and the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (former member of Council) and Section of Taxation; Delaware State Bar Association (former chair: Estates and Trusts Section); Estate Planning Council of Delaware, Inc. (former president); Philadelphia Bar Association.  He chaired the committee of the Delaware State Bar Association that updates Delaware trust legislation for many years and still participates in that committee’s deliberations.

Education

  • Harvard Law School  (J.D.)
  • Princeton University  (A.B., cum laude)
    • Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Bar Admissions

  • Delaware
  • Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Distinctions

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fiduciary Fellow;
  • American Bar Foundation, Fellow;
  • Bloomberg BNA Estates, Gifts, and Trusts Advisory Board, Member;
  • Advisory Committee of the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Member;
  • Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law (former member of Council) and Section of Taxation;
  • Delaware State Bar Association (former chair: Estates and Trusts Section and member of committee that updates Delaware trust legislation);
  • Estate Planning Council of Delaware, Inc. (former president).