Jarriot L. Rook
Partner
Jarriot Rook is an experienced member of a multi-office team that advises trustees and international families and family offices on planning for U.S. beneficiaries, U.S. investments, pre-immigration tax planning for foreign individuals who plan to become a U.S. tax resident, expatriation from the U.S., and FATCA and CRS compliance matters.
Jarriot also assists U.S.-based clients in designing and implementing plans to minimize income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes through the use of irrevocable trusts (including irrevocable insurance trusts, intentionally defective irrevocable grantor trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, and instalment sale transactions to grantor trusts), lifetime gifting, and closely-held business succession planning.
Jarriot is an adjunct professor for the LL.M in Taxation program at Washington University School of Law, teaching advanced estate planning.
Jarriot L. Rook and Doug Stanley, “Issues to Consider in Nonjudicial Settlement of Fiduciary Disputes,” St. Louis Bar Journal (Spring 2016)
Missouri
Illinois
Washington University, LL.M., 2010
Washington University, J.D., cum laude, 2010
Washington University, B.A., 2003
American Bar Association – Real Property, Probate and trust Section; Taxation
Missouri Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Chair – St. Louis Chapter
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (2023-2025)
The Best Lawyers in America® (2021-2022)
Rising Leader, Private Client Global Elite Directory (2022/2023)
Elizabeth A. Garlovsky has been appointed Membership Recruitment Director for the state of Illinois by the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). In this esteemed role, Elizabeth will oversee key responsibilities related to membership recruitment, including strategic planning, outreach, relationship development, and collaboration across internal and external networks.
Chicago Partner, Jonathan E. Strouse was named in the Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers. This guide recognizes the top global tax attorneys based
Partners Elizabeth Lindsey and Kim Martin will kick off the 2025 Family Law Institute on May 30, leading a session titled, “Expedition Everest, Post Majority Support for Disabled Children.” The annual institute brings together top professionals in the family law sector and covers significant developments in the field.
