Edward Perkins

Mr. Perkins has been practicing as a transactional attorney for over twenty-five years.

Mr. Perkins is a member of the faculty of the Graduate Tax Program of the Villanova University School of Law. In that program, he has taught The Drafting Fundamentals of Estate Planning Documents — a course that he developed for the program and which is now required for all those seeking the Program’s Certificate in Estate Planning — and also: Comparative Taxation of Business Entities, Federal Estate and Gift Tax, Estate Planning, Tax Research, Taxation of Individual Taxpayers, Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships, Advanced Tax Accounting, and State and Local Taxation.

Mr. Perkins is the author of Drafting Wills that Work in Pennsylvania and numerous continuing professional education programs for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and various other local organizations, and is the founder and president of YourOnlineProfessor, LLC, a Web-based provider of CLE for attorneys and CPE credit for CPAs.

Experience

Partner : Gibson & Perkins, P.C. - [2001-05 to Current]
I am a principal shareholder in the firm of Gibson&Perkins, PC, which is a multi-practice law firm with offices in Pennsylvania (Media) and Delaware (Wilmington).

We provide corporate, business transactional, tax, estate and litigation legal services to business organizations and individuals.

Our firm has expanded from its founding in 2001, into a vibrant and growing law firm dedicated to serving an ever expanding and sophisticated client base.

Adjunct Professor : Villanova University - [1980-08 to Current]
He currently teaches “The Drafting Fundamentals of Estate Planning Documents” – a course that he developed for the program and which is now required for all those seeking the Program’s Certificate in Estate Planning. In the past, he has taught “Comparative Taxation of Business Entities”, “Federal Estate and Gift Tax”, “Estate Planning”, “Tax Research”, “Taxation of Individual Taxpayers”, “Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships”, “Advanced Tax Accounting”, and “State and Local Taxation.”

Senior Accountant : KPMG Peat Marwick - [1976-07 to 1978-08]

Education

Juris Doctorate, Taxation, Business : Villanova University