HAROLD APOLINSKY, Esq., EPLS, is a board-certified estate planning attorney with the law firm Sirote & Permutt, PC, in Birmingham, Alabama. He served for over twenty-five years as an adjunct professor of estate planning at both the Cumberland School of Law and The University of Alabama School of Law.

STEWART H. WELCH III, AEP, CFP®, is a nationally recognized financial advisor who is widely quoted in the press. He has been listed as one of the top financial advisors in the country by several magazines, including Worth, and Medical Economics. Welch's company, The Welch Group, LLC, is a fee-only, wealth management advisory firm in Birmingham, Alabama.