Adam M. Ansari
Adam M. Ansari
Adam M. Ansariis a Member at Clark Hill PLC in Chicago, where he serves as Deputy Member-in-Charge of the firm’s Chicago office and concentrates in tax, estate planning, and business structuring matters. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsels (ACTEC) and a Leadership Member in the American Bar Association, Real Property Trust & Estate Section. He has been recognized as among the Best Lawyers in America’s Ones to Watch for Tax Law (2022 – 2025) and Trusts and Estates (2021 – 2025), as a Rising Star in Tax Law by Illinois Super Lawyers (2016 – 2023), and as an Estate Planning & Probate Law Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine (2016 – 2023). Ansari received his BA from Boston University, his MBA from Dominican University, his JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, and his LLM in Tax from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Jared R. Cloud
Jared R. Cloud
Jared R. Cloud is a Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on estate and trust litigation. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council, and a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Trust Law Committee (2015 – 2016). He is rated Band 1 for Private Wealth Disputes in Chambers High Net Worth Guide. Cloud received his BA from the University of Chicago and his JD with honors from the University of Chicago Law School.
Stephen A. Frost
Stephen A. Frost
Stephen A. Frost is Of Counsel to Huck Bouma PC in Wheaton, where he focuses on business and estate planning. He is a member of the Illinois State, DuPage County, and Chicago Bar Associations. He teaches estate and gift taxation as an adjunct professor at DePaul University Graduate School of Business and trust and partnership law annually as a visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University Law School in Kaunas, Lithuania. Mr. Frost received his B.S. from Iowa State University and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Jeffrey D. Glickman
Jeffrey D. Glickman
Jeffrey D. Glickman is an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, in Chicago, where his practice is focused on private wealth, fiduciary litigation, and private client services. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Glickman received both his B.S. and M.A.S. with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Ryan M. Holmes
Ryan M. Holmes
Ryan M. Holmesis a Member at Clark Hill PLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on estate planning, estate and gift taxation, trust and estate administration, probate and guardianship matters, and fiduciary litigation. He advises clients on wealth transfer strategies, trust and estate administration, business succession planning, fiduciary representation, and contested probate and trust matters. Holmes has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. He received his BA from Knox College and his JD from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Kim Kamin
Kim Kamin
Kim Kamin is the Principal and Chief Wealth Strategist Member at Gresham Partners, LLC, in Chicago. She leads the development and implementation of estate, wealth transfer, philanthropic, educational, and fiduciary planning activities. Ms. Kamin is a Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Trusts and Estates Magazine, is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she was awarded the William M. Trumbull Lectureship, and is Past President of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. Ms. Kamin received her B.A. with distinction and departmental honors from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Stuart J. Kohn
Stuart J. Kohn
Stuart J. Kohn is a Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on trusts and estates. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and was ranked in Chambers High Net Worth Guide from 2018 to 2026. Kohn received his BBA from the University of Michigan and his JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
James M. Lestikow
James M. Lestikow
James M. Lestikow is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Springfield, where he concentrates his practice in estate planning, business transactions, and commercial real estate. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has served on its Asset Protection Committee. He is the Vice Chair and a member of the Board of Directors of IICLE®. He is also a member of the American, Illinois State, and Sangamon County Bar Associations and the standing Advisory Committee to IICLE® for estate planning programming and publications. Mr. Lestikow received his B.S. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Rita E. Luce
Rita E. Luce
Rita E. Luce is a Partner at Harrison & Held, LLP, in Chicago, concentrating her practice in estate planning and estate and trust administration. She is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is included in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, and she has given numerous speeches and presentations to bar association groups, continuing legal education programs, law schools, financial planners, brokers, and social clubs. Ms. Luce received her B.S. from Michigan State University and her J.D. cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Michael E. Morden
Michael E. Morden
Michael E. Morden is a Partner at Honigman LLP, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on private clients. Mr. Morden received his B.A. from the University of Michigan, his LL.M. from the New York University School of Law, and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Jason S. Ornduff
Jason S. Ornduff
Jason S. Ornduff is a Partner with Harrison LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on estate planning and administration. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is also Past President of the Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council and a member and Past President of the Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council. He has been recognized by the Best Lawyers in America in Trusts and Estates (2021 – 2023). Ornduff received his BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was Executive Editor of the Elder Law Journal.
Natalie M. Perry
Natalie M. Perry
Natalie M. Perry is a Partner at Harrison LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in estate, gift, and income tax planning; trust and estate administration; and business succession planning matters. She is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Her election to ACTEC resulted from and is in recognition of her professional reputation, extensive experience in the field of trusts and estates and continuing contributions to this field through speaking, writing, and bar activities. She is a frequent speaker on estate and tax planning matters and has been on the planning committee as well as a member of the faculty for the IICLE^® Estate Planning Short Course for over ten years. Perry received her B.S. in accounting from Indiana University and her J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Margaret E. Sanne
Margaret E. Sanne
Margaret E. Sanne is a Partner at McDermott Will & Schulte in Chicago, where she advises high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, family offices, private trust companies, and corporate fiduciaries on trust and estate planning, helping them navigate complex planning and administration matters with proactive, strategic guidance. She counsels clients on all aspects of estate, gift, and charitable planning, corporate governance, and business succession strategies. She has extensive experience advising family offices and private trust companies on their unique planning needs, including structure and governance matters, succession planning, fiduciary risk management, trust and estate administration, transfer and income tax planning, and internal operations. Sanne received her BA cum laude from American University and her JD magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
Stacy E. Singer
Stacy E. Singer
Stacy E. Singer is the National Practice Leader for Trust & Wealth Advisory for the Northern Trust Company in Chicago. She is a Fellow and Illinois State Chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a Past President of the Chicago Estate Planning Council, and the Secretary for IICLE^® Board of Directors. Ms. Singer received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Jennifer J. Thurswell
Jennifer J. Thurswell
Jennifer J. Thurswell is a member of the Trusts and Estates group at Harrison and Held LLP, in Chicago. She focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning, business succession, and asset protection. Ms. Thurswell also counsels individual and corporate fiduciaries regarding complex estate and trust administration and related tax issues.
Kaitlyn A. Wild
Kaitlyn A. Wild
Kaitlyn A. Wild is an associate at Rathje Woodward LLC in Wheaton, where she focuses her practice on estate planning and probate. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the DuPage County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section. Ms. Wild received her M.B.A. from Marquette University and her J.D. from Marquette University Law School.

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Adam M. Ansari

Jared R. Cloud

Stephen A. Frost

Jeffrey D. Glickman

Ryan M. Holmes

Kim Kamin

Stuart J. Kohn

James M. Lestikow

Rita E. Luce

Michael E. Morden

Jason S. Ornduff

Natalie M. Perry

Margaret E. Sanne

Stacy E. Singer

Jennifer J. Thurswell

Kaitlyn A. Wild

Postmortem Estate Planning (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)