Jerome M. Hesch,Esq.

Jerome M. Hesch practices law in Miami, Florida and is a tax and estate planning consultant for lawyers and other estate planning professionals throughout the country.  He is a member of ACTEC, has published numerous articles, several Tax Management Portfolios, and co-authored a law school casebook on Federal Income Taxation, now in its third edition.  He has appeared for groups such as the AICPA, the University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the University of Southern California Tax Institute and the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation.  He has participated in several bar association projects, such as the Drafting Committee for the Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act and preparing the ABA’s comments on the IRS’s proposed private annuity regulations.  He received his BA and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan and a JD degree from the University of Buffalo Law School.  He was with the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1975, and was a full-time law professor from 1975 to 1994.  He is currently an adjunct professor of law at the Florida International University and the University of Miami law schools and teaches a course as part of the ABA’s annual, week-long Skills Training for Estate Planners program.