Karen Van Meter is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Chicago office. Karen focuses her practice on all aspects of estate planning and estate and trust administration. She has significant experience in counseling families on the minimization of estate and gift taxes, sophisticated estate planning techniques, creation and operation of family partnerships and investment entities, planning for closely-held businesses, and charitable giving. She works extensively with several family offices on a wide variety of tax, securities and other matters.
Karen has frequently spoken at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Estate Planning Short Course. She is admitted to practice in Illinois.
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1991
- University of Virginia, B.A. (with highest distinction), 1985
