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Private Wealth Law

Illinois

8 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Richard L Dees

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Richard advises owners of privately and publicly held companies and wealthy families on control, tax, and business planning issues. Richard helps clients save estate taxes and develop succession plans targeted for S corporations, and regularly consults with other lawyers, accountants, financial planners, insurance consultants and trust officers on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) litigation and structuring business transactions. He also has experience on the farm estate tax valuation rules under Code Section 2032A and advises farmers, landowners, and real estate professionals on a variety of tax, leasing and business-planning issues.

Richard is nationally known for his experience in using partnerships to save estate and income taxes and is one of the foremost authorities on the special estate tax rules under Chapter 14 affecting family businesses. He is the author of numerous tax-related articles on subjects that include estate planning techniques and its applications, family limited partnership (FLP) litigation and the court’s often flawed analysis, and estate tax benefits for farmers.

View further details here: https://www.mwe.com/en/team/d/dees-richard-l

Professional Memberships

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association; American Agricultural Law Association.

Personal

Education

University of Illinois College of Law, JD, magna cum laude

Southern Illinois University, BS

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