Robert S. Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished) is a partner with Keebler & Associates, 
LLP and is a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Accredited Estate Planners (Distinguished) award 
from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.  He has been named by Forbes as 
one of the 2024 America’s Top 200 CPAs, by CPA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most 
Influential Practitioners in the United States, and one of the Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know 
During a Recession.  His practice includes family wealth transfer and preservation planning, 
charitable giving, retirement distribution planning, and estate administration.  Mr. Keebler 
frequently represents clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 
the private letter ruling process and in estate, gift, and income tax examinations and appeals, 
and he has received more than 350 favorable private letter rulings including several key rulings 
of “first impression.”  He is the author of over 100 articles and columns and is the editor, author, 
or co-author of many books and treatises on wealth transfer and taxation.  Mr. Keebler has been 
a speaker at national estate planning and tax seminars for over 30 years including the AICPA’s: 
Estate Planning, High Income, Advanced Financial Planning Conferences, ABA Conferences, 
NAPEC Conferences, The Notre Dame Estate Planning Conference, and the Heckerling Estate 
Planning Institute. He also served as chair of the AICPA’s Advanced Estate Planning 
Conference from 2014-2020. Mr. Keebler received an award from CPAacademy for Top 
Presenter 2022.  This award honors those who are committed to the education of accounting 
professionals and shares their knowledge in an open and easily accessible format. He also 
received an award for Top Tax Educator of the Year for 2021-22 from myCPE for outstanding 
contributions in the field of tax education and exceptional dedication to the field. 

Martin M. Shenkman, CPA, MBA, PFS, AEP (distinguished), JD, is an attorney in private practice in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and New York City, New York, with Shenkman Law. His practice focuses on estate and tax planning as well as planning for closely-held businesses and estate administration. Throughout his career, Mr. Shenkman received awards and acknowledgments from the New Jersey Bar Association, Worth Magazine, CPA Magazine, the American Cancer Society, and the AICPA. Mr. Shenkman holds a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the University of Michigan, a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey, and Washington D.C.