Mr. Covey has focused on Trusts and Estates planning matters for more than forty years. He has lectured and written widely in the field during the past thirty-five years. Mr. Covey has acted as special tax counsel to the American Bankers Association for more than twenty-five years. He is the originator, editor and primary author of Practical Drafting, the basic periodical for new ideas in the field, and also the author of The Marital Deduction and the Use of Formal Provisions. Mr. Covey received a Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Miami.
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