Background
Strauss, Jerome Manfred was born on November 7, 1934 in Milwaukee. Son of Emanuel and Loraine (Goetz) Strauss.
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Strauss, Jerome Manfred was born on November 7, 1934 in Milwaukee. Son of Emanuel and Loraine (Goetz) Strauss.
Indiana University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1956). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1959). Listed in Who’s Who in America, 1989-1990.
Root-Tilden Scholar, 1956-1959. President, Indianapolis Estate Planning Council, 1971. Adjunct Professor of Law, Indiana University, School of Law, 1977.
Lawyer Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, 1959—1993, partner, 1969-1993. Senior vice president and regional trust manager Merrill Lynch Trust Company, 1993-1995. With Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, Palm Beach, Naples, 1995-1996.
Established Wollman, Strauss & Associates, P.A., 1997. Founder Midwest Tax and Estate Planning Institute, Indianapolis, since 1976. Law practitioner Naples, Florida.
Counsel Grant, Fridkin Pearson Athan & Crown, since 2008.
Board directors Orton Society, Indianapolis, 1970-1972, Indianapolis, 1970-1972, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 1979-1985, Planned Giving Group of Indiana, Indianapolis, 1988-1995, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1989-1994. Development committee Collier County, Florida Community Foundation, 1995-2002. Member Planned Giving Committee of Lee County, Florida, 1995-2002, Florida Planned Giving Council, since 1995.
Estate planning council Naples, Florida, since 1996. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel (charitable committee, estate and gift tax committee 1996-2001), American College Tax Counsel. Member American Bar Association (vice-chairman marital deduction committee real estate property, probate and trust section 1988-1990), International Academy Estate and Trust Law (academician since 1987), Indiana State Bar Association (secretary 1979-1980, chairman probate, trust and real property section 1970-1971), Indiana Estate Planning Council (president 1970-1971), Florida State Bar Association, International Association of Finance Planners of Southwest Florida, Collier County Bar Association.
Married Susan Jean Kauffman, December 30, 1967. Children: Martha Lynn, Jared Lee, David Aaron.