Paul Hood is presently Director of Gift Planning for The University of Montana Foundation. A former estate planning and tax attorney in Louisiana, Paul received his undergraduate and law degrees from LSU (he's a proud Tiger!) and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a frequent speaker, is widely quoted and his articles have appeared in a number of publications, including Bloomberg BNA Estates Gifts & Trusts Journal, The Value Examiner, CCH Journal of Practical Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Valuation Strategies, BV Alert, Digest of Federal Tax Articles, Loyola Law Review, Louisiana Bar Journal, Tax Ideas, Family Foundation Advisor and Charitable Gift Planning News.Paul has spoken at programs sponsored by a number of law schools, including Duke, Georgetown, NYU, Tulane, Loyola (N.O.) and LSU, as well as many other professional organizations. He taught estate and gift tax at the University of New Orleans for five years, and developed and taught a course on estate planning for the online masters in taxation program for Northeastern University. From 1996-2004, Paul served on the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, a three member board that has jurisdiction over all Louisiana state tax matters.Paul and Tim Lee have a book on business valuation, A Reviewer's Handbook to Business Valuation (John Wiley & Sons 2011), his second book (with Emily Bouchard) is Estate Planning for the Blended Family (Self-Counsel Press 2012) and his latest book is Buy-Sell Agreements (Self-Counsel Press 2013). A proud father of two teen-aged boys, he is a huge baseball fan. Paul resides in Missoula, Montana. He can be reached at 504.452.7574 or at paulhood@acadiacom.net or paul@paulhoodservices.com. His website is paulhoodservices.com.