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Kristin Bagull

Partner at Arnstein & Lehr
Chicago, Illinois
Kristin G. Bagull is a partner in the Chicago office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP. She is a member of the Estate Planning Practice Group.

Kristin is a skilled estate planning and taxation lawyer who advises clients on all aspects of asset protection, disability planning, business succession planning and corporate matters. She regularly assists clients on a wide range of trust and guardianship litigation matters; and prepares complex estate and gift tax returns as well as income tax returns for estates. Kristin counsels both individual and corporate fiduciary clients and other professional advisors on a wide range of complex trust and estate administration issues. She also assists with individual, estate and business audits at both the state and federal level. In addition, Kristin is experienced in representing clients in the formation and reformation of legal entities, and in drafting buy-sell, employment and partnership agreements as well as sophisticated operating agreements and phantom stock plans.
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Kristin G. Bagull is a partner in the Chicago office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP. She is a member of the Estate Planning Practice Group.

Kristin is a skilled estate planning and taxation lawyer who advises clients on all aspects of asset protection, disability planning, business succession planning and corporate matters. She regularly assists clients on a wide range of trust and guardianship litigation matters; and prepares complex estate and gift tax returns as well as income tax returns for estates. Kristin counsels both individual and corporate fiduciary clients and other professional advisors on a wide range of complex trust and estate administration issues. She also assists with individual, estate and business audits at both the state and federal level. In addition, Kristin is experienced in representing clients in the formation and reformation of legal entities, and in drafting buy-sell, employment and partnership agreements as well as sophisticated operating agreements and phantom stock plans.

Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Kristin was senior counsel at Tressler LLP. Previously, she practiced in boutique law firms located in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs while also earning an LL.M. in Taxation from Northwestern University School of Law in May 2009.

About Me

What is your background experience?
Drafting sophisticated estate plans that included lifetime qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trusts, generation skipping trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, private foundations and prenuptial agreements.
Preparing complex trust accountings, estate and gift tax returns, and income tax returns for estates, trusts and individuals on an annual basis.
Developing strategies for negotiating with the IRS during individual audits.
Counseling non-U.S. citizens on various international planning needs.
Assisting in tax controversies before the United States Tax Court.
Handling probate administrations.
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

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Associations

Association Position
Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce Member
Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club Member
uPage County Estate Planning Council Member

Contact Information

Arnstein & Lehr

140 South Riverside Plaza
Suite 1200

Chicago, IL 60606