Hobie Hotard, an associate in the Tax Practice Group and a member of the trusts and estates team in the New Orleans office, presented at The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel's 2026 Southern Regional Meeting on April 11, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hobie led the "SLAT Planning and Reciprocal Trusts" presentation, which discussed strategies for structuring spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), the tax benefits they provide, and estate asset distribution. The presentation also explored the strategies and rules estate planners must follow when creating reciprocal trust arrangements.