Emily J. Kuo

PARTNER

Speeches & Publications
TREATISES
  • Emily J. Kuo, “United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Returns,” Estate Administration: Business and Tax-Related Issues (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2022 edition, 2019 edition).
  • Louis S. Harrison and Emily J. Kuo, “United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Returns,” Illinois Estate Administration (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2014 edition, 2011 supplement, 2009 edition, 2006 supplement, and 2003 edition).
  • Louis S. Harrison and Emily J. Kuo, “Attorneys’ Fees: An Assessment of the Current Standards for Fee Awards,” Litigating Disputed Estates, Trusts, Guardianships and Charitable Bequests (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2020 edition, 2016 edition, 2012 edition, 2009 edition, and 2002 edition).
ARTICLES
  • “Duty of Loyalty: Hold on to Your Hat,” Estate Planning Course Materials Journal (ALI CLE, June 2017)
  • Louis S. Harrison and Emily J. Kuo, “Virtual Partners,” Trusts & Estates (Mar. 2010).
SPEECHES
  • “QPRT, Interrupted,” 45th Annual Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, South Bend, Indiana (Sept. 27, 2019)
  • “Forms 709 & 706: Practice Tips and Pitfalls,” Basics of Preparing and Understanding Tax Returns, Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Estate Planning Council, Jan. 25, 2017)
  • “Duty of Loyalty: Hold on to Your Hat” (presented as member of panel on “Ethics and Duty: From Investment Management Agreements to Trusts”), Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, Chicago, Illinois (ALI CLE, July 8, 2016)
  • “Common Problems on Gift and Estate Tax Returns,” Basics of Preparing and Understanding Tax Returns, Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Estate Planning Council, Jan. 27, 2016)
  • “FAQs in Gift Tax Return Preparation,” Basics of Preparing and Understanding Tax Returns, Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Estate Planning Council, Jan. 28, 2015)
  • “Form 706: The Federal Estate Tax Return,” Gift & Estate Tax: Forms 706 & 709, Palatine, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Dec. 9, 2014)
  • “Trouble-Shooting Federal Gift Tax Compliance,” Trouble-Shooting Federal Gift, Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Compliance, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois CPA Society, Dec. 3, 2014)
  • “Attorney’s Fees – What’s Reasonable and Who Pays?,” Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, Chicago, Illinois (ALI CLE, July 24, 2014)
  • “Lifetime Giving Techniques,” Estate Tax Planning for Experienced Practitioners, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Jan. 16, 2014)
  • “Gift Tax Compliance: The Hot List,” Basic Estate Planning Course – I, Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Estate Planning Council, Nov. 7, 2013)
  • “Form 706: The Federal Estate Tax Return,” Gift & Estate Tax Workshop: Forms 706 & 709, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Oct. 31, 2012)
  • “Form 706: The Federal Estate Tax Return,” Gift & Estate Tax Workshop: Forms 706 & 709, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Dec. 15, 2011)
  • “Attorneys’ Fees,” Contested Estates and Trusts, Springfield, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Nov. 5, 2010)
  • “Federal Estate Tax Considerations,” 6 Keys for Effective Illinois Estate Administration, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Feb. 26, 2010)
  • “Form 706: The Federal Estate Tax Return,” Gift & Estate Tax Workshop: Forms 706 & 709, Chicago, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Jan. 22, 2010)
  • “Federal Estate Tax Considerations,” Probate for the Taxable Estate, Champaign, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 18, 2008)
  • “Federal Estate Tax Considerations,” Illinois Estate Administration – Preventing Problems in Probate, Springfield, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 15, 2007)
  • “Federal Estate and Gift Tax Considerations,” Handling the Probate Maze: Illinois Estate Administration, Champaign, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 23, 2006)
  • “Federal Estate and Gift Tax Considerations,” Handling the Probate Maze: Illinois Estate Administration, Urbana, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 9, 2005)
  • “Fees in Estates and Trusts,” Estate, Trust, and Guardianship Litigation: the Course, Springfield, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Sept. 8, 2004)
  • “Federal Estate and Gift Tax Considerations,” Illinois Estate Administration: Process and Practice, Springfield, Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 12, 2003)

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