David M. English

David M. English
  • Estates and trusts
  • Will and trust drafting
  • Estate planning and taxation
  • Elder law and basic federal income taxation
  • Aging issues
  • Guardianship systems of United States and Japan
  • Organ donation and health care decisions for the elderly
William Franklin Fratcher Professor of Law

BA (1974), Duke University
JD (1979), Northwestern University

  • Phone Number: (573) 882-6854
  • Room Number: 210 Hulston Hall
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  • Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Professor English joined the MU law faculty in 1999, following a career as an estate planning and tax partner with the Chicago law firm of D'Ancona & Pflaum and teaching at the Universities of South Dakota and Santa Clara.\

Professor English, who was the Reporter for the Uniform Trust Code, is a Uniform Law Commissioner, a former member of the Supervisory Council of the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and a Commissioner of the ABA Commission on Legal problems of the Elderly.

Professor English is co-author of a three-volume treatise, Tax, Estate & Financial Planning for the Elderly, and has published numerous articles on tax, estate planning, elder law and related topics in law reviews and professional publications. He teaches Estates and Trusts, Will and Trust Drafting, Estate Planning and Taxation, Elder Law and Basic Federal Income Taxation.

Recent Publications

Professional Journals

Disclose. Disclose! Disclose? Longmeyer Distorts the Trustee's Duty to Inform Trust Beneficiarieswith Turney P. Berry and Dana G. Fitzsimmons, 24 PROBATE AND PROPERTY 12 (2010).
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Longmeyer Exposes (Or Creates) Uncertainty About the Duty to Inform Remainder Beneficiaries of a Revocable Trust with Turney P. Berry and Dana G. Fitzsimmons, 35 ACTEC Journal 125 (2009).
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Additional Publications

Case Law Under the Uniform Trust code: 2008-2010 with Scott W. Boulton, Katerine R. Jones, and Sara L. Kelly, JULY 15-16 2010 SS004 ALI-ABA 63 (2010).
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