Katarinna McBride

Partner

Katarinna McBride concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business transactions. Ms. McBride focuses on designing estate plans to meet the diverse family and financial needs of her clients. Ms. McBride also advises business owners and individuals on the creation and administration of private foundations and charitable trusts. Focusing on wealth preservation, Ms. McBride regularly prepares prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Ms. McBride's business transactional practice includes counseling individuals as well as families with closely-held corporations on issues ranging from tax-savvy methods of transferring stock to subsequent generations to defining the obligations of family business owners. Ms. McBride serves as General Counsel to several corporations and regularly prepares shareholder and partnership agreements, employment agreements and other corporate documentation.

Education

• J.D., University of Dayton School of Law, 1998, cum laude
• M.B.A., University of Dayton School of Business, 1998, summa cum laude
• B.A., Wilkes University (Bucknell), 1994, summa cum laude

Court Admissions

• Illinois, 2005
• District of Columbia, 2002
• North Carolina, 2000

Professional Activities

• Editor, Illinois State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Newsletter
• Appointed, Illinois State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Council
• Chicago Estate Planning Council
• Chicago Bar Association Trust, Asset Protection, and Probate Committees
• DC Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association

Publications and Presentations

• Featured financial & tax expert: FOX News, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News
• Speaker:  IICLE Estate Planning Short Course, 2009
• Illinois Bar Journal Columnist - Estate Planning
  
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Contact

kmcbride@beermannlaw.com