Bimonthly Meeting | May 2018

Bimonthly Membership Meeting

Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 7:30 am - 9:15 am
Highland Park Country Club
1201 Park Avenue, Highland Park, IL, 60035 | map
(847) 433-4000

• Speakers: Joe Higgins - Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Topic: The Generation-Skipping Transfer Minefield: Persistent Traps, Elections and Pitfalls
• Doors open at 7:30 A.M. for a buffet breakfast and networking.
• Presentation Begins at 8:00 A.M., and adjournment will be by 9:15 A.M.
• To receive MCLE credit, please supply your ARDC number
• For CFP credit please provide your CFP ID

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Speaker Bios:
Joe Higgins is a senior associate in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Mr. Higgins counsels owners of closely-held businesses, principals of private equity and venture capital funds, individuals and their families and family offices in connection with tax-efficient wealth transfers, charitable giving, multi-generational planning and business succession planning.  He is the co-author of "Tricky GST Issues" (published in Bloomberg BNA in March 2017) and a contributor to an e-book on estate planning, The Complete Estate Planning Sourcebook (published by Wolters Kluwer).  He is a member of the Young Professional Advisory Committee of the Chicago Community Trust and the New Practitioners Committee of the Editorial Advisory Board of Trusts & Estates Magazine.  He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and received a degree in Accounting from Carthage College.