PRACTICE

Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association - the largest professional membership organization in the world with over 400,000 members. In this capacity he manages an organization with over 2,000 entities, a budget of approximately $120 million and a staff of 800.

Prior to his tenure at the ABA, Mr. Stein was a professor of law and served as Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School; he also served as Vice President of the University during his career. Mr. Stein has taught and written in the areas of Property Law, Decedents Estates, and Estate Planning. While Mr. Stein was a law professor, he also practiced law Of Counsel and developed a national reputation as a leading estate planning attorney.

ORGANIZATIONS

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

International Academy of Estate and Trust Law

American College of Tax Counsel

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Executive Committee

American Law Institute, Council, Executive Committee

Advisor, Restatement of the Law Second, Property (Donative Transfers)

Advisor, Restatement of the Law Third, Trusts

Past-Chair, ABA Section of Legal Education

Past-Governor Minnesota State Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS (partial listing)

Books

HOW TO STUDY LAW AND TAKE LAW EXAMS IN A NUTSHELL, (co-authored with Professor Ann Burkhart) with West Publishing, 1996.

ESTATE PLANNING UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976, 2ed., (co-authored with Professor A. James Casner) West Publishing 1978.

STEIN ON PROBATE, 2 vols. Michie, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions, 1976, 1986, 1996. (Including annual supplements).

THE PROBATE EXPLOSION OF 1985, National Practice Institute, 1985 (co-authored).

ADMINISTRATION OF A MINNESOTA DECEDENT`S ESTATE, 1994, (co-authored) National Practice Institute.

PROBATE AND INHERITANCE TAX, (co-authored) National Practice Institute, 1979

Articles

Executive Director`s Column, appears monthly in the American Bar Association Journal.

Probate Reformation: the Impact of the Uniform Laws, 23 THE PROBATE LAWYER 1 (Summer 1997).

An America Without Lawyers, 32 INTL. SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS` QUARTERLY 365 (1997).

From Tax-Favored to Tax-Penalized: The Challenge of Estate Planning for Qualified Plan Benefits in the Face of Shifting Federal Tax Policy, 79 IOWA LAW REVIEW 1127 (1994).

The Future of Legal Education, 75 MINN. L. REV. 945 (1991)

The Demography of Probate Administration, 15 BALT. L. REV. (1985).

The Role of the Attorney in Estate Administration, 68 MINN. L. REV. 1107 (1984).

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

L.L.D (Honoris Causa), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1993

J.D. summa cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1961

B.S.L., University of Minnesota, 1960