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Suzanne Shier is a partner in the Trust and Estate Department and has been with Chapman and Cutler LLP from 1985 through 1991 and from 1994 to the present. Ms. Shier represents individuals, charitable organizations, and corporate fiduciaries in a wide variety of estate planning and fiduciary administration matters. Her practice includes general estate planning; income tax planning; gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; retirement account and life insurance planning; estate and trust administration; probate practice; and advising corporate fiduciaries regarding matters of will and trust administration, risk management and litigation. Representative projects in which Ms. Shier has lead or been significantly involved include: Representation of corporate fiduciaries in will and trust construction and reformation proceedings and fiduciary fee litigation Representation of corporate fiduciaries in regulatory review of fiduciary activities and the disposition of retirement planning service and investment advisory affiliates Representation of individual clients in obtaining private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service on income, estate, gift and generation-skipping issues Representation of individual clients in forming and operating limited partnerships and limited liability companies to manage family assets Comprehensive review, update and drafting of additional will and trust agreements for corporate fiduciary form book Representation of individual clients in connection with foreign trust tax issues. | 