Sigmund J. Chavis
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Sigmund J. Chavis focuses his practice on estate planning, with an emphasis on taxation and the owners of closely held businesses. His over 30 year experience includes providing tax-wise solutions to business succession planning, multi-generational estate planning, and "non-traditional family" planning. He helps clients implement charitable giving programs, and has supervised attorneys and other professionals in trust and estate administration.
Sig counsel businesses in optimum structuring, and assists physician groups in structuring relationships with hospitals and other health care entities. He counsels physicians, physician groups, medical laboratories and bio-detection firms. Practice AreasEstate Planning Business Succession Planning Business and Corporate Law Trust and Estate Administration Health Care Professional OrganizationsChair, Trust Law Committee Division II, Chicago Bar Association EducationLL.M. Taxation, DePaul University, 1982 J.D. Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1968 B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1965 Bar AdmissionsIllinois Supreme Court United States Supreme Court United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit United States Court of Claims United States Tax Court Awards and DistinctionsDistinguished Speaker Award, Chicago Estate Planning Council Representative Publications"Handbook for Professionals," participating author, published by Jewish Federal of Metropolitan Chicago, 1992 "Federal Estate Tax Techniques," chapter, published in 27th and 30th Annual Estate Planning Short Course materials of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Eduction, 1984-1987 "Special Assets," chapter, published in Basic Estate Planning Handbook of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983, updated and republished in 1986 and thereafter "Planning for Multiple Marriage Situations," chapter, 25th Annual Estate Planning Short Course materials for the Illinois Instiute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983 Representative Presentations"New Life Insurance Products and the Estate Plan," January 1984 "Federal Estate Tax Techniques," 27th & 30th Annual Estate Planning Short Course, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1984 and 1987 "Special Assets," Basic Estate Planning Short Course, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 1983 "Planning Opportunities for the Use of Trusts Under New S Corporation Rules," Chicago Bar Association, Trust Law Seminar, April 1983 "Planning for Multiple Marriage Situations," 25th Annual Estate Planning Short Course, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1982 "Crown Loans and Other Intra Family Transactions," Chicago Bar Association, Trust Law Seminar, May 1981 |