Practice Areas:

• Estate, Financial and Tax Planning
• Estate, Trust, and Guardianship Administration
• Estate, Trust, and Tax Litigation
• Business Law
• Employment Law
  
• Not-For-Profit Corporation Law

Mr. Harbaugh is a member of the firm's estate planning and business practice groups. He has been in private law practice since 1985, concentrating his practice in all aspects of estate planning, in the administration of trusts, probate estates, and guardianships, in estate and trust litigation, and in a wide range of business and not-for-profit corporation matters. He also has extensive experience in retirement distribution planning, taxation, and the role of charitable giving in financial and estate planning.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Harbaugh was a member of the tax department of the national accounting firm, Arthur Young & Company, for nine years, where he served a variety of publicly-held companies and private business. He also served as a planned giving consultant at Northwestern University for three years, where he conferred with the University's donors in structuring major gifts to that institution.

Education:

• Northwestern University School of Law (JD)
  
• Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois (BA)

Admission and Professional Designations:

• State of Illinois Bar
  
• United States Tax Court
  
• Certified Public Accountant

Professional Activities:

• Illinois State Bar Association
  
• Chicago Bar Association

Civic Activities:

• Member of the Saint Ignatius College Prep Estate and Tax Advisory Council 
• Former member of the board of directors of Christian Blind Mission International
  
• Former board member and chairman of the Lakeview Academy
  
• Former member of the Ravenswood Elementary Local School Council