TrustProtector LLC's principal, Gregory Herman-Giddens, J.D., LL.M., TEP, CFP, is an attorney with over 18 years of experience in estate planning, trust and tax law.  He is certified as a Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, and is licensed in North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee.  He is also a Certified Financial Planner.

In addition, Mr. Herman-Giddens is licensed as a solicitor in England and Wales, and is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

For more information about Mr. Herman-Giddens' credentials, see his law firm website.

Mr. Herman-Giddens is also the founder of TrustCounsel, an estate planning, asset protection, probate and tax law firm in North Carolina. TrustCounsel, is the publisher of the North Carolina Estate Planning Blog, the only North Carolina specific blog on estate planning and related topics.

Mr. Herman-Giddens was selected as a 2011 and 2007 North Carolina "Super Lawyer" in Estate Planning and Probate Law, and elected to the 2007 North Carolina "Legal Elite" in Tax and Estate Planning. In 2008, he was named one of 28 Impact Finance Leaders in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina by Triangle Business Leader magazine.

He has a perfect 10 rating of "Superb" by avvo.com.