SHAWN M. MCCULLOUGH

PARTNER, CPA
Speeches & Publications
  • “Basis Planning: Maximizing Tax Efficiency for Estates and Transfers,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – 2025 Estate Planning Short Course (May 2025)
  • Panelist, Utilizing Your Team of Advisors to Guide a Client Through the Sale of Their Business, Exit Planning Institute Chicago Chapter (March 2025)
  • “Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries”, Co-presenter, ALI-CLE webinar (April 2024)
  • “Estate Tax Planning for Beginners,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – Estate Planning for the 99% (December 2023)
  • “A New Generation of Estate Planning: Beyond Electronic Wills,” Co-presenter, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – 2023 Elder Law Short Course (October 2023)
  • “Secure Act 2.0,” The Admiral at the Lake Foundation (July 2023)
  • “How to Leverage the Internet to Ethically Market Your Practice and Improve Client Relationships,” Co-presenter, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – 2023 Estate Planning Short Course (May 2023)
  • Co-author, “Revocable Grantor Trusts,” (IICLE, 2023)
  • “Multistate Jurisdiction over Trustees and Beneficiaries,” Co-presenter, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education – 2022 Estate Planning Short Course (May 2022)
  • Author, “Ch. 1, Managing Decedent’s Operating Business and Related Problems,” Estate Administration: Business and Tax-Related Issues (IICLE, 2022)
  • Co-author, “Ch. 10, Tax Issues,” Limited Liability Companies (IICLE , 2022)
  • “Introduction to the Illinois Electronic Wills Act,” Lake County Bar Association Trusts & Estates Committee (October 2021)
  • Co-author, “Estate Planning During COVID-19: Current Law and Restrictions and Some Proposed Solutions,” IICLE Estate Planning & Probate Law Flashpoints (April 2020)

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