Background
Hellige, James R. was born on April 24, 1951 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States.
Hellige, James R. was born on April 24, 1951 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States.
Saint Mary"s College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude. 1973); University of Notre Dame (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). Associate Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1975-1976.
Worked at Hopkins & Sutter (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Estate Planning Law, Probate Law, Estates Law, Trusts Law, Charitable Organizations Law, Related Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Illinois and United States. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
1977, United States.
Tax Court. Associate Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "The Right of A Creditor of an Heir to Contest the Will," 50 Notre Dame Law Review, 309, 1974.
"Coping With the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax," 69 Illinois Bar Journal, 166 and 228, 1980 and 16 Law Notes, 103, 1980 and 52 The Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2510, 2829 and 3093, 1981. "Strategies to Use While Awaiting Possible Repeal of the Generation-Skipping Tax," 125 Trusts & Estates, Number.
2, 42, February, 1986.
"An Overall Look at Planned Giving Options," 16 Fund Raising Management, Number. 12, 74, February, 1986. "A New Secretariat of Complexities," 126 Trusts and Estates, Number.
3, 8 and Number.
4, 10, March and April, 1987. "The New Generation-Skipping Tax: Analysis, Planning and Drafting," Northwestern University Estate Planning Advisory Council Press, June 1, 1987. "Temporary Regulations Help to Answer Some Questions," 128 Trusts & Estates, Number.
2, 55, February, 1989.
"Sophisticated Charitable Giving: Techniques and Problems," 41 Major Tax Planning 1100 Matthew Bender & Company, Incorporated., 1989. "Charitable Giving and the Generation-Skipping Tax," 130 Trusts & Estates, Number.
5, 34, May, 1991. Member: Chicago (Member, Probate Practice Committee, Company-Chair, Division C, 1994-1995, Chair, Executive Legislative and Committee of Probate Practice Committee, 1996-1997), and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Taxation) Bar Associations. Chicago Estate Planning Council.
Director, Chicago Council on Planned Giving. Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Member: Chicago (Member, Probate Practice Committee, Company-Chair, Division C, 1994-1995, Chair, Executive Legislative and Committee of Probate Practice Committee, 1996-1997), and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Taxation) Bar Associations. Chicago Estate Planning Council.
Director, Chicago Council on Planned Giving.
Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.