Kim Kamin's practice involves virtually all aspects of trust and estate planning, trust and estate administration, related dispute resolution, and not-for-profits.

Ms. Kamin has extensive experience in:

• Advising individuals, families and closely held businesses in wealth preservation, asset protection and succession planning issues
• Representing fiduciaries, beneficiaries and custodians in estate administration and contested trust and estate matters
• Providing counsel for the formation and operation of nonprofit entities, both private foundations and public charities

Publications

"Estate Planning's Most Powerful Tool: Powers of Appointment Refreshed, Redefined and Reexamined," (co-author) Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal, American Bar Association (Winter 2013)

"Opening the Probate Estate and Alternatives to Probate," chapter in Illinois Estate Administration, IICLE (June 2009 and supplement 2011)

"Asset Protection During Estate and Trust Administration," chapter in Asset Protection Planning, IICLE (March 2007) and Post Mortem Estate Planning, IICLE (2010)

"Six Steps for Handling Discounts in Funding Testamentary Gifts," ABA Trust and Investments (September/October 2008)

"Ex Post # Ex Ante: Determining Liability in Hindsight," (co-author) 19 Law and Human Behavior 89-104 (1995)

Speeches and Presentations

Ms. Kamin has presented with:

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Chicago Estate Planning Council
• Family Office Exchange
• CLE International Visual Arts and the Law Conference
• IICLE Annual Estate Planning Short Course
• Chicago Bar Association
• American Banker's Association Trust School
• McGladrey & Pullen LLP Annual Tax Conference
• U.S. Trust Private Wealth Management Family Wealth Conference
• Lyric Opera House in Chicago
• Institute for Paralegal Education
• UBS women's breakfast seminar series
• "You and the Law" television show

Topics on which Ms. Kamin has spoken include:

• "Counseling the 50%: Select Divorce Issues for the Estate Planner"
• "Estate Planning Basics for the Young Professional"
• "How to Be Smart While Collecting Art"
• "Advanced Issues in Illinois Probate"
• "Planning for Life Insurance with Irrevocable Trusts"
• "Charitable Giving Strategies"
• "Planning for Nontraditional and Blended Families"
• "Asset Protection Planning"
• "Pre-liquidity Event Planning for Family Businesses"
• "Planning for Aging Parents"
• "Planning Without Descendants"
• "Business Succession Planning"
• "Preparing Fiduciary Income Tax Returns"
• "Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples"
• "Trust Integration for FDIC-Assisted Transactions"
• "Civil Unions In Illinois: Love, Life, Death, Taxes and Philanthropy"
• "Duties and Powers of the Trustee"

Pro Bono Activities

Ms. Kamin previously served as pro bono legal counsel for the Medical Research Junior Board Foundation of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She has prepared estate plans for HIV patients with the Howard Brown Legal Clinic and currently works with Lawyers for the Creative Arts to assist artists and entertainers.

Previous Experience

Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Kamin was a certified mediator with the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.

Awards and Honors

Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates; Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)

Illinois Super Lawyers — Estate Planning and Probate

Leading Lawyer – Trust, Will & Estate, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network

AV Rated — Martindale-Hubbell

"40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch," Law Bulletin Publishing Company (2008)