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Provided by Susan T Bart
Susan helps clients transfer their wealth in meaningful, tax-efficient ways. Her practice focuses on estate and gift tax planning, trust and estate administration, charitable planning, and fiduciary counsel., and her clients include wealthy individuals and families, family business owners, corporate executives, banks and trust companies, trustees and executors, and private foundations. Susan is a fellow, former regent, and former Illinois state chair of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC), the leading national association for trust and estate lawyers. She was the Reporter of the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, which has been enacted in many states. She has also been active in Illinois trust law legislation and co-chaired the committee that drafted the Illinois Trust Code (enacted in 2020). Susan has written extensively on trust and estate law topics, with more than 30 published articles and several books.
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Susan Bart is highly regarded nationally for her private wealth practice, with clear expertise in gift tax planning, estates and trusts administration, and charitable planning.
Susan Bart focuses her practice on estate, gift tax and charitable planning, trust and estate administration, and fiduciary counsel.
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Susan is a recognised leader in her field and I can attest why. Her knowledge and interests are exceptionally broad. She always has a humorous, upbeat attitude and is a delight to work with.
Susan is one of the strongest estate planners in Chicago. I have worked with her in a variety of situations, always with large and highly complex families.
Susan's brain comprehends huge, complex facts and issues, pursues the answers to questions I haven't considered, and proposes simple, understandable solutions. She excels in cutting-edge situations.
Susan somehow thinks of every issue in advance and follows up with timely updates and ongoing client communications. I have full confidence in her technical skill and ability to handle anything.
Susan is a recognised leader in her field and I can attest why. Her knowledge and interests are exceptionally broad. She always has a humorous, upbeat attitude and is a delight to work with.
Susan is one of the strongest estate planners in Chicago. I have worked with her in a variety of situations, always with large and highly complex families.
Susan's brain comprehends huge, complex facts and issues, pursues the answers to questions I haven't considered, and proposes simple, understandable solutions. She excels in cutting-edge situations.
Susan somehow thinks of every issue in advance and follows up with timely updates and ongoing client communications. I have full confidence in her technical skill and ability to handle anything.
