Boxx, Karen
Karen Boxx
Professor, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Professor Karen Boxx joined the University of Washington School of Law faculty in 1997. She teaches in the areas of trusts and estates, community property, property law, conflicts of laws, cannabis law and professional responsibility. She was co-reporter for the Fifth Edition of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and is reporter for the Sixth Edition of the Commentaries. She is past Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and past Chair of the WSBA Elder Law Section. She has been active in legislative reform, including chairing a WSBA Task Force that drafted major revisions to Washington trust law enacted in 2011. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of its Professional Responsibility, Elder Law, and Legal Education Committees. She has run 17 marathons (so far).
How Washington Protects Unmarried Couples, October 31, 2:00pm
Boyd, Steven
Steven Boyd
Senior Vice President, Northern Trust
Seattle, WA
Steven Boyd is a Senior Vice President and Senior Wealth Advisor at Northern Trust in Seattle. For the past 25 years he has provided comprehensive planning strategies and administrative advice to high-net-worth individuals and families encompassing wealth transfer; income, gift, and estate tax planning; risk management; and charitable giving. He is passionate about helping people design strategies to build, sustain, and transfer wealth in a tax efficient manner based on their individual goals and priorities.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Steve was a principal with the Amicus Law Group and a senior manager with Deloitte Tax. He is a skilled lecturer and frequently asked to share his expertise. He has enjoyed presenting for various professional groups including the Society of Trust and Estate Planning professionals, the Oregon Planned Giving Counsel and the National Business Institute.
Steve has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Seattle for more than 20 years. He volunteers as a mentor for Seattle University’s Albers School of Business MBA program. In his spare time Steve enjoys running with his wife and sons. He also enjoys spending time with the dog that he adopted from the Guide Dogs for the Blind, who is blind herself and needs her own guide dog.
Brady, Matt
Matt Brady
Managing Director and Market Executive, Bank of America Private Bank
Palo Alto, CA
Matt Brady is a Managing Director and Market Executive at Bank of America Private Bank based in Palo Alto, California. Matt leads a team of Private Client Advisors, Private Client Managers, Portfolio Managers, and Trust Officers who support clients across the market. He is responsible for enhancing the client experience at Bank of America Private Bank by streamlining access to resources, augmenting advisor capabilities, fostering collaboration among team members, and intensifying client outreach. Matt plays an integral role with both clients and colleagues; he facilitates a more effective engagement with the services and strategies available through the bank, amplifying the client experience.
Matt understands the opportunities and challenges that can accompany significant wealth. He looks to channel the breadth of local resources and extensive capabilities of the bank, resulting in robust strategies that unify multiple disciplines: investment management, trust and estate planning services, credit and lending through Bank of America, N.A., executive services, family office services and philanthropy. Matt points to the fiduciary standard as a critical foundation of the bank’s value to clients.
Matt has worked in the financial services industry since 2000. Prior to joining Bank of America Private Bank in 2024, he served as regional market manager at Citi Private Bank, helping give him experience and insight into the wealth management needs of high-net-worth individuals and families. Previously, he was regional managing director of the Wells Fargo Private Bank in San Francisco. Matt began his career practicing law at the New York City firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine.
Matt obtained an A.B. degree, cum laude, in Politics from Princeton University and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, where he was a note editor on the Stanford Law Review. Matt also is an experienced speaker on of wealth management topics and has written extensively on a variety of tax and planning issues.
Matt has served as a trustee of Saint Francis Hospital in San Francisco and currently is board chair of Saint Francis Foundation, a charitable organization which supports the hospital and other groups promoting the health and well-being of San Francisco residents.
Cryptocurrency: You Can Run but You Can’t Hide, October 30, 12:45pm
Byers, Teresa R.
Teresa R. Byers
Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC.
Seattle, WA
Teresa R. Byers is a Member of the Trust and Estates group at Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC. Her practice focuses on all aspects of the estate planning process; probate/trust administration; and trust and estate litigation. For over twenty years, Ms. Byers has engaged in proactive estate planning with clients to manifest their values, including caring for family members, avoiding unnecessary taxes and protecting family wealth. She is a partner through the aging process assisting families with navigating transitions, engaging in end-of-life planning, and administering trusts and estates. An experienced litigator, she works to resolve trust and estate disputes and protect vulnerable adults. Ms. Byers is admitted in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. She is a regular speaker at events for both professional and lay individuals on estate planning and has been recognized in Chambers, Washington Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Byers is currently celebrating in the successful launch of her now adult children, both of whom were infants during her law school years, and neither of whom will be practicing law.
The Importance of CCRCs for Estate Planning Professionals, October 30, 3:00pm
Cain, Tandilyn
Tandilyn Cain
Senior Manager, RSM US LLP
Seattle, WA
Tandilyn is a Senior Manager on RSM US LLP’s Washington National Tax (WNT) team focusing on estate, gift, and trust planning for ultra-high net worth clients. Her focus has been primarily on business succession, generation-skipping transfer tax, complex estate administration and funding, and philanthropic legacy planning. She is passionate about helping individuals and families achieve their long-term legacy goals through tax efficient structuring. She is also an active member of multiple professional organizations, a former adjunct professor of accounting, and enjoys volunteering to assist professional organizations with trust and estate education (e.g., CPE/CLE courses, federal and state law comment letters). Tandilyn is a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland, Oregon, and Washington, a Certified Financial Planner, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Her professional affiliations include the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association, the Maryland Association of CPAs and Washington Society of CPAs, and the Seattle Estate Planning Council, where she serves on the Executive Committee.
Coppieters, Jade
Jade Coppieters
Manager, Wealth Transition Services, National Tax Office
Seattle, WA
Jade is an estate planning professional in the Seattle area, focused on helping clients navigate the complexities of tax-efficient planning, the administration of estates and trusts, and succession planning for closely-held family businesses. He was an experienced tax and estate planning attorney before joining the Wealth Transition Services team at Eide Bailly’s National Tax Office.
Step-up and Beyond: Deductions and Energy Incentives for Trusts and Estates, ON DEMAND SESSION
Donaldson, Samuel A.
Samuel A. Donaldson
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Administration, Georgia State University College of Law
Atlanta, GA
SAMUEL A. DONALDSON [J.D. University of Arizona; LL.M. (Taxation) University of Florida] is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Georgia State University in Atlanta, where he teaches a number of tax and estate planning courses, as well as courses in the areas of property, commercial law, and professional responsibility. Prior to joining the Georgia State faculty in 2012, he was on the faculty at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle for 13 years, where he served as the Director of the law school’s Graduate Program in Taxation as well as Associate Dean for Academic Administration. In addition to Georgia State and the University of Washington, Professor Donaldson has taught law school classes at Northwestern University, the University of Florida, and Emory University. He has won nine “professor of the year” awards at three different law schools.
He is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the Bar in Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. He currently serves as the Tax Editor for the Probate Practice Reporter, a monthly publication from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Among his scholarly works, Professor Donaldson is a co-author of the popular law school textbook, Federal Income Tax: A Contemporary Approach, and a co-author of the Price on Contemporary Estate Planning reference volume published by Wolters Kluwer.
An amateur crossword constructor, his puzzles have been published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. A perennial contender for People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” honor, Professor Donaldson was recently notified by email of his selection to receive substantial sums of money from high-level Nigerian business officials in exchange for his bank account information.
Federal Tax Update, October 31, 8:00am
Friedman, Bill
Bill Friedman
Everbridge Law Group PC
Seattle, WA
Bill Friedman is an experienced estate planning attorney who advises individuals, multi-generational families, family offices, and fiduciaries on a broad range of estate and tax planning matters. Bill counsels clients on their estate plans and tax-efficient transfers of family wealth through gifts, sales, and other sophisticated wealth transfer strategies, including drafting and implementing intentionally defective grantor trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, split-interest charitable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and spousal lifetime access trusts. Bill also advises on the creation and administration of perpetual purpose trusts and counsels trustees and other fiduciaries on trust administration and fiduciary duties.
Perpetual Purpose Trusts: Overview and Case Studies, October 31, 1:00pm
Gustafson, PE, CEM, Kristin
Kristin Gustafson PE CEM
Principal, Energy Incentives
Kristin leads the Energy Efficiency team at Eide Bailly and is a Professional Engineer licensed in 50 states. She is also a certified building energy modeling professional with over 20 years of consulting experience, and helps clients identify and pursue opportunities for specialty services including 179D, 45L, and Renewable Energy credits. Additionally, she helps clients with reporting requirements as they pursue their carbon accounting, sustainability, and ESG efforts.
Hansen, Dax
Dax Hansen
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Seattle, WA
J. Dax Hansen is a technology transactions and regulatory lawyer who has pioneered blockchain, digital currency, payments, and fintech law. Top industry publications have recognized him for his work at the forefront of the fintech and blockchain industries for over a decade. Dax has advised clients on industry “firsts,” including the first bitcoin exchanges and tokenized assets, the f irst public company adoption of bitcoin as a reserve asset, and the first mainstream non-fungible token (NFT) auction. He founded the firm’s Fintech industry group, which has served clients operating at the intersection of emerging technologies and financial services. He combines his technology experience with knowledge of complex financial services regulatory requirements, including money transmission, anti money laundering, prepaid access, unclaimed property, consumer credit, privacy and data security, and payment processing, to assist clients with product counseling, consumer and commercial contracting, business formation, and industry consortia. Much of Dax’s work is international, and he maintains a Japan related technology practice.
Cryptocurrency: You Can Run but You Can’t Hide, October 30, 12:45pm
Hecht, Devin
Devin Hecht
Principal and Wealth Transitions Services Leader, National Tax Office
Devin assists our clients in thoughtfully approaching their estate and succession planning. Prior to joining Eide Bailly, Devin worked as a tax attorney and partner in the Tax, Trusts and Estates practice group of a regional law firm. At Eide Bailly, he assists clients in the area of estate planning and advisory services in estate and gift tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, income tax and other tax matters.
Step-up and Beyond: Deductions and Energy Incentives for Trusts and Estates, ON DEMAND SESSION
Loomis-Price, Stephanie
Stephanie Loomis-Price
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Seattle, WA/Ustin, TX
Stephanie represents taxpayers in federal gift and estate tax litigation against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as in state fiduciary and probate controversy work. Stephanie Loomis-Price represents taxpayers in federal gift and estate tax litigation against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as in state fiduciary and probate controversy work. In her national practice, she has assisted clients in numerous federal tax cases in the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits. In addition, she regularly appears in probate courts in Texas. Stephanie advises clients regarding estate administration and helps them minimize litigation and audit risks. Her practice also includes counseling executors, trustees, and beneficiaries regarding funding, administration, taxation, distribution, and termination and wind-up of estates and trusts. She prepares, reviews, and files federal transfer tax returns and assists trustees and beneficiaries with judicial and nonjudicial modifications to irrevocable trusts. Stephanie also obtains private letter rulings from the IRS on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax matters. Finally, when tax disputes remain unresolved, Stephanie and her team defend taxpayers in trial. Experienced in helping business owners, Stephanie advises on tax-efficient succession planning with a focus on minimizing litigation and audit risk. She also assists families in designing, funding, and maintaining closely held businesses. A Fellow of both the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC), Stephanie regularly speaks nationwide on topics related to gift and estate tax matters.
Pearson, Katherine C.
Katherine C. Pearson
Professor of Law, Penn State University; Member, Ogden Murphy Wallace
Carlisle, PA
Katherine C. Pearson is a Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Her scholarship focuses on laws and policies connected to aging and she has frequently included age-related issues in her teaching of courses on contract law, conflicts of law and nonprofit organizations law. She is the author of articles and chapters on access to justice, senior living options including continuing care and life plan communities, long-term care financing and filial obligations, and is the co-author of a treatise, THE LAW OF FINANCIAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION (Bisel 2011). She authored chapters for the RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON LAW, SOCIETY AND AGEING, published in 2024 as part of a series on law and society handbooks offered by international publisher Edward Elgar. She is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar in Canada and was in residence at the University of Ottawa in the Fall of 2024 as the Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Her earlier experience as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar (based at the Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, and working in Ireland, Portugal, and the U.K. in 2009-10), resulted in publications, including an article with an international, historical perspective on ethical concerns for attorneys representing older adults, entitled “The Lesson of the Irish Family Pub,” published by Stetson Law Review. She is a frequent writer and co-editor for the Elder Law Prof Blog. For additional updates you can follow her work on http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/
The Importance of CCRCs for Estate Planning Professionals, October 30, 3:00pm
Potts, Tracy
Tracy M. Potts
Principal / Legacy Law Group
Sacramento, CA
Tracy M. Potts is the principal of Legacy Law Group®. She is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Tracy is an AV Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®. She is located in Sacramento and practices statewide. She practices in the areas of estate planning; business planning; trust and probate administration; special needs trusts; and limited conservatorships.
Tracy is an active Fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, formerly serving as Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force. She currently serves as a member of the Technology Committee and Digital Property Committee. She is a former chair of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section. Tracy has been listed by Thomson Reuters Northern California Super Lawyer® for twenty-one consecutive years since its inception in 2004. She is a member and a former chair of the Sacramento County Bar Association, Probate and Estate Planning Section. She is a member of the American Bar Association; State Bar of California; California Lawyers Association, Trusts and Estates Section; Sacramento Estate Planning Council and California Women Lawyers. She earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
Price, Terry J.
Terry J. Price
Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
Terry J. Price is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington School of Law. He has taught law courses for more than 20 years including Family Law, Administrative Law, Mental Health and Law, Beginning of Life: Rights and Choices, Legal Issues at the End of Life, HIV and Law, and Constitutional Law: Equal Protection. Additionally, Terry designed and implemented the two online courses for LL.M. bar exam takers: Professional Responsibility and Constitutional Law: Structures of Government. Terry is also an Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Social Work where he teaches Multigenerational Policy-making.
How Washington Protects Unmarried Couples, October 31, 2:00pm
Raafat, Sandra
Sandra Raafat
Senior Associate, Common Trust
New York, NY
Sandra Raafat is a Senior Associate at Common Trust, a leading firm specializing in alternative ownership transactions. She advises a wide range of businesses—across industries and sizes—on transitioning to innovative steward ownership models. Sandra supports clients throughout the full lifecycle of these transitions, from initial structuring through implementation and onboarding. With a background in public policy, Sandra regularly contributes to policy discussions on employee ownership. Her work includes advising state-level employee ownership centers and authoring policy briefs to support the broader employee ownership ecosystem. Most recently, she co-authored Our Policy Recommendations on Purpose Trust Ownership in partnership with the Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy Research Cluster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Sandra holds a B.A. in Public Policy from New York University and a Master of Public Administration from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.
Perpetual Purpose Trusts: Overview and Case Studies, October 31, 1:00pm
Rosen-Prinz, Michael
Michael Rosen-Prinz
Partner and Co-Chair, Family Office, Private Client at Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Rosen-Prinz is a partner in the Private Client Group and co-chair of the Family Office Group at Loeb & Loeb LLP in the Los Angeles office. Michael advises U.S.-based and international high-net-worth individuals and families on tax, trust, and estate planning matters. His clients include fund managers, real estate investors, entrepreneurs and business owners. Michael is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL) and the Immediate Past Chair (As of September 2025) of the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the California Lawyers Association (TEXCOM). He is ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide for Southern California Private Wealth Law. Michael received his B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley College of Law.
Every Parting Gives a Foretaste of Death: Planning to Leave the United States, October 30, 9:30am
Ruan, Lin
Lin Ruan
Associate, Perkins Coie
San Francisco, CA
Lin Ruan’s practice ranges from traditional estate planning, including the creation of revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and entity formation, to the structuring and implementation of sophisticated wealth transfer strategies taking into account gift and estate tax considerations, income tax impact, and California property tax issues.
Perpetual Purpose Trusts: Overview and Case Studies, October 31, 1:00pm
Singer, Stacy E.
Stacey E. Singer
Partner, Levenfeld National Practice Leader for Trust Services, The Northern Trust Company
Chicago, IL
Stacy E. Singer is a Senior Vice President, National Practice Leader for Trust Services at The Northern Trust Company, where she works closely with trust professionals on all aspects of the delivery of fiduciary services to clients nationally. She previously served as the National Director of Estate Settlement Services at Northern. Ms. Singer joined Northern Trust in 2003.
Ms. Singer is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, where she serves as Illinois State Chair. She is a professor in the University of Miami School of Law’s Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning. She served on the faculty of the American Bankers Association National Trust School for five years, as an adjunct professor in the LLM Program for Tax and Employee Benefits at The John Marshall Law School and is past chair of the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee. Ms. Singer is a regular speaker for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) and the American Law Institute (formerly ALI-ABA), and has previously spoken at the Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Chicago Estate Planning Council and a broad spectrum of other civic and professional groups, including the Internal Revenue Service. She has written extensive for numerous publications, including Trusts & Estates, Advancing Philanthropy, Estate Planning and numerous IICLE publications. She holds a B.A., with distinction, from the University of Michigan and received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
Planning to Meet One’s Maker: Religion Meets Estate Planning, October 30, 10:45am
Smith, Barbara Jo
Barbara Jo Smith
Lawyer / Heltzel Williams, P.C.
Salem, OR
Barbara Jo Smith is a shareholder at the Salem law firm of Heltzel Williams, P.C. She has served as chair of both the Estate Planning and Administration Section and Tax Section of the Oregon State Bar. She is active on a committee working on legislation to improve the estate tax relief legislation for natural resources property (farms, forests, and fishers). She has taught the Federal Estate and Gift Tax course at Willamette University School of Law as an adjunct professor and spoken several times at the Willamette Valley Estate Planning Council on a variety of topics such as the estate tax rules for non-citizen spouses and community property. She has also given presentations before the Oregon State Bar on disclaimer planning.
Oregon Law Update, ON DEMAND SESSION
Sugihara, Karen
Karen Sugihara
Regional Fiduciary Manager, Western Region/ BNY Wealth
San Francisco, CA
Karen Sugihara is the Regional Fiduciary Wealth Manager leading BNY Wealth’s fiduciary team throughout the Western Region. Karen is responsible for the management and administration of client trust relationships and collaborates with local and regional wealth management teams on existing and prospective investment management and fiduciary client relationships. Karen is also responsible for implementing strategic national fiduciary priorities in coordination with regional fiduciary needs. Karen joined BNY Wealth in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Karen was the Senior Regional Fiduciary Manager for Wells Fargo Private Bank, managing the San Francisco, North Bay, East Bay and South Bay regions for over three years. She was also a Senior Wealth Planning Strategist with Wells Fargo Private Bank in Southern California for over five years. Before entering the wealth management industry, Karen practiced law for over 20 years and has attained an AV-Preeminent Martindale Hubbell® Peer Review Rating . Karen frequently presents to bar associations and estate planning councils on topics related to fiduciary, estate planning and estate administration issues. Karen has presented at the Hawaii Tax Institute, California Lawyers Annual Estate & Gift Tax Conference, Kasner Symposium, Nevada Trust Conference, Washington State Bar Association, the Seattle and Beverly Hills Estate Planning Councils, and the San Francisco Bar Association. On a personal note, Karen is the proud mother of a son, Jonathan, who is a clothing entrepreneur in Los Angeles; and a daughter, Amanda, who is a recent graduate of U.C. Berkeley and second year medical school student. Karen is a former professional show dog handler of champion German Shepherd Dogs.
Cryptocurrency: You Can Run but You Can’t Hide, October 30, 12:45pm
Upton, Liberty
Liberty Upton
Attorney, KHBB LAW PLLC
Seattle, WA
Liberty Upton is an attorney with the firm KHBB Law PLLC. Her practice focuses primarily on the areas of estate planning, taxation, probate, and trust administration. She loves helping people get their estates organized and helping people wade through difficult decisions surrounding death and gift/estate taxes. Liberty received her JD from Seattle University School of Law, and earned her Masters of Law in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Liberty is on the executive committee of the WSBA Real Property, Probate & Trust Section; and she is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Seattle, Washington Women in Tax, and Seattle Philanthropic Advisors Network. She is a frequent lecturer on estate planning and probate issues. She has been nominated by her peers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2018 to 2024.
Washington Estate Planning and Probate Update, October 30, 8:30am
Walker, Blake
Blake Walker
Principal, Fixed Asset Services
Blake helps our clients take advantage of tax savings strategies made available through building, acquiring and renovating property. He leads organizations through fixed asset planning and provides value proposition assessments that lead to tax saving implementations. Tax saving strategies include Cost Segregation, 179D Energy Deduction, Tangible Property Regulations and Construction Tax Planning. Blake is a member of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP) and holds the Cost Segregation Professional (CSP) licensure.
Step-up and Beyond: Deductions and Energy Incentives for Trusts and Estates, ON DEMAND SESSION
Wolven, Lauren J.
Lauren J. Wolven
Partner/Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
Chicago, IL
Lauren J. Wolven is a partner in the Trusts & Estates Group of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC in Chicago. She concentrates her practice on estate planning, tax and succession for privately held businesses, charitable planning and fiduciary risk management. A Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a Regent and past Illinois State Chair for ACTEC, Lauren is a frequent lecturer and author on a variety of estate planning and trust administration topics. Lauren is a past president of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and a former Board Member of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She was named by Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of its “40 Under 40” in 2010, has been included in Chambers USA since 2015 and in Best Lawyers since 2012. Lauren has been listed by SuperLawyers as one of the Top 50 Women in Illinois and as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Illinois. Lauren is a 1996 graduate of Indiana University, and was part of the 3rd class of Wells Scholars. She earned her J.D. from University of Illinois College of Law. Lauren is actively involved with several charitable organizations, including as a member of the Board of Directors of Anti-Cruelty, one of Chicago’s oldest and largest animal welfare organizations.
Planning to Meet One’s Maker: Religion Meets Estate Planning, October 30, 10:45am