Private Client Practice Partner Kenneth Goldstein Joins Honigman in Chicago

CHICAGO – Honigman LLP announced today that Kenneth (Ken) Goldstein is joining the firm as a partner in the Private Client Practice Group and Corporate Department in its Chicago office. Goldstein joins the firm from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.

He focuses his practice on wealth preservation, advising individuals and business owners on nearly every aspect of their estate and tax planning needs. Goldstein works with clients to develop income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning strategies; craft plans for businesses with diverse interests, including real estate and non-cash assets; as well as to maximize the impact of charitable efforts, including forming and administering foundations.

“With Ken’s hire to the firm comes an opportunity to substantially expand our private client offering in Chicago,” said Grace Trueman, leader of Honigman’s Private Client Practice Group. “His distinctive background in partnership tax will be advantageous in helping clients maximize the value of their estates. We look forward to adding his skillset to our bench of experience, which will not only benefit our private client practice group, but also the entire firm.”

Additionally, Goldstein is skilled when it comes to preparing wills and trusts, taxpayer representation in income, estate, and gift tax audits; operating and shareholder agreements, buy and sell agreements as well as succession planning; multi-generational wealth planning, including creditor protection; charitable planning, including charitable trusts and donor advised funds; utilization of non-profit vehicles; and art law.

Goldstein earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Illinois Chicago and his B.B.A. from the University of Iowa.

About Honigman

Honigman LLP is an Am Law 200 full-service, general business law firm with more than 350 attorneys counseling clients on complex issues across the country in Chicago, Michigan (Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Lansing), Washington, D.C. and Israel. Honigman lawyers counsel clients on complex issues in more than 60 areas of law. For more information, visit www.honigman.com.

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