Practice Areas:

• Estate Tax and Family Business Planning
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Charitable Tax Planning
• Business Succession Planning

Education:

• University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
• Calvin College, A.B.

Professional Activities:

• Chicago Bar Association
• Chicago Estate Planning Council
• American Bar Association
• Christian Legal Society
• Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estate Council
• Lawyers Advisory Committee of the Chicago Community Trust

Civic Activities:

• Alban Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
• Barnabas Foundation, Tinley Park, Illinois
• Chicago Legal Clinic, Chicago, Illinois
• Center for Public Justice, Washington, D.C.
• Chicago West Side Christian School, Chicago, Illinois
• Goodcity (formerly MidAmerica Leadership Foundation), Chicago, Illinois
• Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, Oak Park, Illinois
• Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE), Chicago, Illinois
• Timothy Christian Schools Foundation, Elmhurst, Illinois

Honors & Awards:

• DePaul Law School John Courtney Murray Award (1999)
• Barnabas Foundation Stewardship Award (1995)
• The Chicago Bible Society Gutenberg Award (2000)

Publications:

• Author of a number of published articles on the general topics of tax planning, law reform, law and ethics, and law and religion.

Presentations:

• Frequent speaker on estate and tax planning topics for professional, educational and law audiences, including speeches on behalf of the Chicago Bar Association Probate Practice Committee and its annual seminar, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the Christian Legal Society.
• Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School's Annual Tax Conference.