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John R. Cummins Chair, Estate Planning, Health and Insurance Practice Group
John is Chair of the firm's Estate Planning, Health and Insurance Practice Group. John focuses on estate, trust, family business and disability planning, and the administration of estates and trusts. John also has an active health law practice focused on representing physicians in business and regulatory matters. John is also the Wealth Transfer Team Chair.
Education
A.B., Brown University, 1972
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1975
Admitted to Practice
Kentucky, 1976
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Louisville Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association (Sections of Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust)
Achievements in Areas of Concentration
Member, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Member, Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises
Member, ABA Estate & Gift Tax Committee, 1983-; Chairman, Valuation Subcommittee, 1986-1991; Chairman, Employee Benefits Subcommittee, 1984-86; Chairman, Liquidity Subcommittee, 1983-84
Editor-in-Chief, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Law Letter, 1985-1998
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Health Letter, 1990-1998
Leadership Louisville, 1989-90
Honors and Awards
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007
Listed in Best Lawyers in America Woodward/White, in both Trust and Estates and Health Law for more than 10 years
Listed as Estate Specialist in J.K. Lasser's New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning
Selected for American Medical Association National Physician Advisory Network
Selected for National Directory of Healthcare Consultants and Attorneys by American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Included in 2004 SEAK, Inc. National Directory of Physicians' Counsel
Phi Beta Kappa
Included in the 2005 Legal Media Group Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers
Civic and Charitable Involvement
Planned Giving Committee, Louisville Zoo
Planned Giving Committee, Caritas Hospital Foundation
Past Director, Louisville Ballet
Past Director, Intervention Resource Center
Past Director, Jewish Hospital Foundation
Past Director, Louisville Jaycees
Past Director, Family & Children's Counseling Centers
Past Trustee, University of Louisville Hospital
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Recent Developments in Estate Planning," University of Kentucky Annual Estate Planning Seminars, 1981-1985, 1987
"Handling Distributions from Qualified Plans," Midwest Tax & Estate Planning Seminar, 1985
"Retained Power to Substitute Corporate Trustees," 119 Trusts & Estates 42, Co-Author, April 1982
"The Active Business Requirements for Estate Tax Deferral; How Little Activity Qualifies?" 59 Taxes 647, September 1981
"Tax Planning for the Coal Miner's Daughter's Father," 120 Trusts & Estates 55, October 1981
"Making a Timely Section 754 Election after a Partner's Death," Taxation for Accountants, August 1982
"The Equine Partnership Freeze: How to Win the Estate Tax Stakes," Kentucky Bench and Bar, October 1982.
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