Dennis N. Whitmer is Special Counsel with the firm of Hamilton Faatz, PC. His practice concentrates on representing fiduciaries, and he has recently served as an expert witness in a number of cases involving complex fiduciary administration issues. He is a retired corporate trust officer with over 31 years of experience. He was most recently a vice president and trust officer with Colorado State Bank and Trust N.A. from 1987 through 2011. He is a member of the CBA and is a past chair of the Trust and Estate Section. He has served as the chair of the Statutory Revision Committee and as a member of the Orange Book Committee (CLE in Colo., Inc. - Estate Planning Forms). He has also recently served as the chair of the Statutory Revision Subcommittee, which reviewed the Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act, which was adopted in Colorado in 2011. He has made numerous presentations for CLE in Colorado, Inc. He received his J.D. from Kansas University in 1979 and an M.S. from Kansas State University in 1972. He has also been admitted to the Kansas and Minnesota bars.