Thomas N. Tillery, inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame®

ATLANTA - Nov. 4, 2021 - PRLog -- Cleveland, Ohio - The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) is pleased to recognize Thomas N. Tillery as an inductee into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame^® and as a recipient of the Accredited Estate Planner^® (Distinguished) designation for 2021. This award was presented on Thursday, November 4, 2021, by NAEPC leadership during a special virtual award ceremony.

Tom is one of only nine estate planning professionals to receive this prestigious award in 2021, which is given annually in recognition of lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions to the practice and profession of estate planning within the professional disciplines of academia, accounting, insurance and financial planning, law, philanthropy, and trust services.

Thomas N. Tillery, CFP® AEP^® (Distinguished), CLU®, ChFC®, CRPC®, LUTCF® is Vice President & COO of Paraklete^® Financial, Inc. His firm provides integrated fee-for-service personal financial planning and virtual family office services, without asset management or product sales. Tom is also co-founder and VP of Financial Planning Advocate, LLC, a provider of continuing education for CPA's, financial advisers, universities, and colleges.  Mr. Tillery is the co-author of Essentials of Personal Financial Planning, a textbook used by universities in graduate programs in accounting, business, and law. Additionally, Tom has co-authored The AICPA Personal Financial Planning Certificate Program.

"We are honored to induct Thomas N. Tillery into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame^® (https://www.naepc.org/designations/estate-planners/hall-o...) Class of 2021.  Each member has excelled, not only in their respective professional disciplines, but by being recognized as an elite professional by other members of the estate planning community. In addition to Tom's own practice expertise, this honoree graciously shares knowledge of the discipline with others nationally.  We are grateful to all the inductees for their exemplary leadership and contributions to the profession," said NAEPC President William D. Kirchick, Esq., AEP^®.

NAEPC is a national organization of professional estate planners and affiliated local estate planning councils (http://www.naepc.org/search_councils.web) dedicated to the cultivation of excellence in estate planning.  NAEPC fosters the multi-disciplinary approach to estate planning by serving estate planning councils and their credentialed members and delivering exceptional resources and unsurpassed education. Furthermore, NAEPC awards and administers the Accredited Estate Planner^® (AEP^®) designation, the only graduate level, multi-disciplinary specialization in estate planning, obtained in addition to already recognized professional credentials within the various disciplines of estate planning.