James H. Cundiff (Jim) advises clients on family wealth and business planning, federal estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning, and estate and trust administration. Jim represents entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and other business leaders and wealthy individuals on estate and tax planning matters.
Counseling closely held businesses and family members, Jim is actively engaged in the structuring of family businesses as well as business control and succession planning, multi-generational wealth transfer planning, and estate plan design and implementation. Jim works with several single-family offices on the creation and administration of private investment pools and private trust companies. As a certified public accountant, Jim bridges the gaps between financial, tax and legal issues. Jim frequently writes and speaks on a variety of tax and estate planning subjects.
Education
Southern Illinois University School of Law, JD / MAcc, 1995
Southern Illinois University, BS, magna cum laude, 1992
Admissions
Illinois
Wyoming
On the Subject / June 24, 2019
Trust & Estates / February 2019
Chicago, Illinois / McDermott Event / May 14 - 16, 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / McDermott Event / June 5 – 7, 2017
WealthManagement.com / November 21, 2014
The Evolving Landscape of State Income Taxation of Trusts
On the Subject / March 31, 2014
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Chicago / Worth Magazine / June 22, 2017
Financial Advisor / Private Wealth / November 16, 2016
McDermott Will & Emery Partners Elected To Professional Counsel Organization
Chicago / Press Releases / November 14, 2016
McDermott Partners Bobbi Bierhals and James Cundiff elected Fellows of the Prestigious ...
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