Hugh F. Drake, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, Springfield
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Our May FLASHPOINTS Author Spotlight recognizes Hugh F. Drake, one of the two most recent members to join the IICLE® Board of Directors.
Drake first became familiar with IICLE when he was new to estate planning as an attendee at the IICLE Estate Planning Short Course in Champaign. When it comes to Illinois law, “IICLE has been the most reliable resource” for Drake’s practice. “Over the past 25 years, IICLE has stayed in the mix for me — through its publications and programs, and later through my own work as an author and presenter. I was grateful to be invited to serve on the IICLE Board of Directors, and I’m honored to be a small part of IICLE’s work to help Illinois lawyers.”
Drake practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, and business planning. He advises clients on all aspects of wealth transfer, as well as trust and estate administration matters. Drake is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. In addition to the IICLE Board of Directors, Drake serves on the Board of Directors for the Springfield Memorial Hospital Foundation. He has also served in various leadership positions with the Illinois State Bar Association, the Sangamon Valley Estate Planning Council, and the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln and was the 2023 Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law. He is a frequent lecturer, both nationally and locally, has published numerous articles on tax and estate planning in such publications as Trusts and Estates, The Practical Tax Lawyer, and Probate & Property, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal.