Experience

Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Trust Fiduciaries
Defense of lawsuit to 'bust' two trusts
Schiff Hardin attorneys represented a trustee and several members of trust "advisory committees" in connection with two lawsuits filed by a beneficiary who sought to "bust" two trusts created for her benefit.

Successful Defense of Corporate Trustee
Defense of Suit for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Schiff Hardin successfully defended a fiduciary liability claim against a large corporate trustee in a nine-day bench trial in DuPage County, Illinois.

Charitable Organization
Tax advice
Schiff Hardin’s Tax-Exempt Organizations team assisted a client in obtaining IRS recognition of its tax-exempt status.

Personal Jurisdiction in Estate Litigation
Estate litigation
Schiff Hardin won a bench trial in DuPage County, Illinois involving a decedent who died shortly before signing change of beneficiary forms for multiple IRAs.

Illinois Appellate Court Victory in Trust Case of First Impression
Defense of Lawsuit by Fellow Beneficiary
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled in our clients' favor on a question of first impression concerning the application of a Trusts and Trustees Act provision.

Newly Created Boarding School Saved from Competitor's Lawsuit
Defense of Suit for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
In 2007 Schiff Hardin successfully concluded its representation of the trustees of the Conserve School, an innovative new boarding school, in a lawsuit that threatened the entire trust corpus.

Facility of Payments and Trust Termination
Estate Litigation
Schiff Hardin represented a corporate fiduciary in the Circuit Court of Cook County in connection with a financially fragile beneficiary of a trust whose termination date had arrived.