Kenneth D. Krier is a principal of Cummings & Lockwood and since 1975 has focused his practice on estate and tax planning, charitable giving and estate and trust administration.

Ken was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and attended Phillips Academy (Andover) and Wesleyan University.  He received his law degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Laws (in Taxation) from New York University.

After practicing law for four years with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling in New York City, Ken joined Cummings & Lockwood in 1979.  Ken moved to the firm’s Naples office in 1984 and was the partner-in-charge of the Estate Planning and Probate Department in that office for twelve years.

He is certified by The Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts and Estates.  He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and Florida and is a member of the Taxation and the Real Property and Probate Sections of The Florida Bar.

Ken is an author and frequent speaker on estate planning topics and has served on the faculty of the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program.

In addition to his professional activities, he is a Director of the Culinary and Hospitality Education Foundation of Southwest Florida, Co-chairman of the Planned Giving Committee of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and a member of the Endowment Committee of North Naples United Methodist Church.  He is a past president of the Park Shore Association, The Naples Players and the Naples Better Government Committee.  He is a past director of the Naples Community Hospital, the Operating and Endowment Boards of the YMCA of Collier County, the Collier County Arts Council, the United Arts Council of Collier County and the Cooper Institute for Advanced Studies in Medicine and the Humanities.  Ken is a past trustee and past member of the Administrative Council of North Naples United Methodist Church.