Joseph Nunzio Du Canto

Background

DuCanto, Joseph Nunzio was born on March 18, 1927 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Joseph and Martha (Purchine) D'Acunto.

Education

Antioch College (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1955).

Career

Worked at Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Family Law, including all phases of Matrimonial Litigation, Financial Discovery and Analysis, Tax Considerations and Retirement Benefits, Negotiation and Mediation, Custody and Visitation and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1955, Illinois. 1958, United States. Tax Court.

1960, United States. Supreme Court. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, by Neifeh and Smith, 1987-1996. Author: "Use of Short-Term Trust Income for College Education Expenses," Illinois Bar Journal, May, 1966.

"Reply to a Judge: What The Court Should Do When Faced with a Property Settlement Agreement Which It Does Not Wish To Approve," Chicago Bar Record, March-April, 1967. "The Interrelationship of Tax and Estate Planning to Matrimonial Matters," American Bar Association Law Notes, January, 1968. "Mental Illness and Child Custody in Matrimonial Matters," Journal of Family Law, University of Louisville, June, 1968.

"Tax Benefits of Paying Lump Sum Alimony Settlements Per Installments," Chicago Bar Record, June-July, 1969. "The Case for More Frequent Use of Installment Payment of Lump Sum Alimony in Divorce Settlement Agreements and Judgments," American Bar Association Law Notes, January, 1970. "Law as a Career," 1971, World Topics Yearbook.

"Negotiating and Drafting Property Settlement Agreements In the Reflected Light of the Davis and Lester Cases," Volume XIX, De Paul Law Review 717, 1971. "Tax Planning Considerations in Connection with Divorce Matters," Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods, Prentice-Hall, 1971. "Divorce and the High Cost of Leaving: Three Modern Tax Tales," Taxes, The Tax Magazine, December, 1973.

"Determination of Issue of Property Settlement as Opposed to Periodic Payments," Volume 55, Chicago Bar Record 130, 1973. "The Federal Tax Treatment of Transfers of 'Marital Property' under the New Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act," Volume 59, Chicago Bar Record 286, 1978. "Federal Tax Law: Where You Divorce Does Make a Difference," 9 Loyola University Law Journal 397, 1978.

"The Cunning Calculator: A Family Lawyer's Guide to Figuring Support Problems," American Bar Association Press, 1980. "Joint Tax Liability and the ‘Innocent Spouse' Doctrine in Common Law and Community Property Jurisdictions," Vol 17, Family Law Quarterly 65-87 (Spring, 1983). "The Strange and Untimely Death of Lester," 63, Taxes, The Tax Magazine, September, 1985.

"A New Deal in Divorce Taxation: Negotiating a Tax-Wise Divorce Settlement in Light of the 1984 and 1986 Tax Acts," (ALI-American Bar Association National Video Presentation, 1988). "Navigation Map Through the Rocks and Schoals of Divorce Taxation (1985). Du Canto Alimony Discount Chart (1986).

Calculation of Effective Federal Tax Rates (1980-1995). "New Federal Encroachments in Asset Allocation, of What's a QDRO Anyway?" (CLESEN, N.Y., March, 1989). "A Divorce Lawyer's View of Antenuptial Agreements" (Chicago Bar Ass'n.

Trust Law Comm. Seminar, March 1989). "Gifts to Children; Whose Money Is It Anyway?" (Volume 130, Trusts & Estates No. 9, September 1991); "Taking Your Lawyer to the Altar: A Different Perspective on Premarital Agreements" (Volume 4, No.

1, Probate & Property, pp. 46-50, 1990); "A Modern Divorce Tale: Splitting the Blanket in the 1990's" (Trusts & Estates, p. 58-64, Volume 130, No.

3, March 1991); "Passing Your Wealth On to Others: How to Avoid Financial Pitfalls," USA Today, Volume 119, p. 82 (March, 1991); "Formatting & Presenting Tax & Financial Information For Domestic Relations Trials," CH VII, p.89-162, The Valuation Expert In Divorce Litigation, Moriarty & Zaumeyer, American Bar Association SEC Family Law (1992). " Divorce among the Graying Generation," Volume 12 #12, Fairshare, pp.

13-18 (1992); "Conversion of Property to Alimony: Working with the Original Issue Discount Rules & Du Canto Alimony Charts," 10 J of AAML pp. 15-37 (Summer 1993); Goldberg & Du Canto, Valuation of Divorce Assets, West Public Company, 1994. Contributing Editor, American Family Law.

Illinois Family Law Report. Board of Editors of the following publications: Family Law Quarterly (American Bar Association). Fair Share (Newsletter of Divorce, Alimony and Division of Marital Property).

Equitable Distribution Reporter (EDR). Matrimonial Lawyer Strategist. Author and Editor, Tax Financial and Estate Planning Developments in Connection With Divorce and Family Law (1970-1983).

Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 1954-1955. Visiting Lecturer in Family Law, Loyola University, 1968-1992. Member, Scribes. Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Crime Commission, 1994—.

Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1976-1978 and Chairman, 1972, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1989) and American (Chairman, Family Law, Taxation Committee, 1982-1984) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (National President, 1977-1979). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1970-1994).

Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck is the largest law firm in the country to devote its practice exclusively to matrimonial law. The firm was founded in 1981 by Chicago attorneys Donald C. Schiller and Joseph N. Du Canto. Charles J. Fleck, former presiding judge of the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, joined in 1982.

Firm members are nationally recognized experts in all aspects of matrimonial law, and many are current and past leaders of local, state and national bar associations.

Membership

Member, Scribes. Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Crime Commission, 1994—. Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1976-1978 and Chairman, 1972, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1989) and American (Chairman, Family Law, Taxation Committee, 1982-1984) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (National President, 1977-1979).

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1970-1994).

Connections

Married Connie Davis (divorced May 1990). Children: Anthony D. DuCanto, James C. DuCanto. Married Patricia Naegle, 1995.

Children: 1 adopted child, William P. Heiman-DuCanto.

Father:

Joseph D'Acunto

Mother:

Martha (Purchine) D'Acunto

Spouse:

Connie Davis

Spouse:

Patricia Naegle

child:

William P. Heiman-DuCanto

child:

James C. DuCanto

child:

1 adopted child DuCanto

child:

Anthony D. DuCanto