Family Businesses, Beneficiaries, Wealth Management

Evolving Estate Planning for Family Business Owners: Adapting to Life Stages and Growth

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/30/2025

On April 30, 2025, Katten hosted Loyola University Chicago's Family Business Center for the "Family Business Through a Legal Lens" program. Private Wealth Partner Adam Damerow and Loyola University Chicago School of Law...more

Q&A With Anne Paape, Managing Director and Senior Fiduciary Counsel at Cresset

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/20/2024

The Spotlight had the pleasure of sitting down with Anne Paape, managing director and senior fiduciary counsel at Cresset and Cresset Trust Company, to talk about the historic transfer of wealth many countries are undergoing,...more

Legacy Planning for the Farm and Agriculture Community

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/26/2023

Farmers and their families face unique challenges when they are planning for the succession of their businesses and the real estate associated with their farms. Oftentimes, farms are successively held and then given to...more

Illegitimate Heirs – Trust Language: “Hi, I Think Your Dad is also My Dad” – Part 2

Gray Reed on 5/9/2023

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Cash Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Cash died, and to no one’s surprise after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood family business was plastered on the...more

[Webinar] Ripped from the Case Law - October 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/29/2020

Producers, writers, and reporters have long been fascinated with high-stakes wealth, estate and trusts, and shareholder disputes. Whether tragic or comic, the drama between clients, families, business partners, as well as the...more

[Webinar] Panel: The Influence of News and Other Media on Client Expectations - October 1st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/17/2020