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Robert
I. Ury
Partner
Mr. Ury is a partner and chair of the Tax group at Arnstein & Lehr, where he has practiced since 1964. He
is actively involved in such areas as estate planning, trust
and estate administration, charitable giving, family
business succession matters, employee benefits, nonqualified
deferred compensation, structuring joint ventures, limited
liability companies, partnerships, tax-exempt organizations
and corporate and personal tax planning. Mr. Ury also has a
broad tax and business practice which includes counseling
corporations, tax-exempt organizations and individuals on
their business and personal transactions. He has substantial
expertise in counseling closely held businesses, for which
he structures and negotiates shareholder buy-sell
agreements, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and
other business transactions. Mr. Ury regularly represents
clients in matters before the Internal Revenue Service, the
U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court.
Professional Activities and Achievements
Mr. Ury is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association;
Chicago Bar Association (Member of its Employee Benefits and
Trust Law Committees and former Chair of the Committees on
State and Municipal Taxation and Employee Benefits);
American Bar Association (Member of its Section of Taxation
Committees on Closely-Held Business and Employee Benefits
and Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Committee; Chicago Estate Planning Council; Profit Sharing
401(k) Council of America; Business Valuation Association;
and Chicago Council on Planned Giving. Mr. Ury was named a
Leading Lawyer in Tax Law and Business. He was also named an
Illinois Super Lawyer in Estate Planning and Trusts.
In 2007, the Chicago
Estate Planning Counsel awarded Mr. Ury the Austin
Fleming Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding
contributions to the advancement of professional estate
planning.
Recent Publications
He is the author of numerous tax-related articles published
by Taxes, The Journal of Taxation, The CLU Journal, The
Chicago Law Bulletin, Profit Sharing In Action, Profit
Sharing, Pension Management, Lorman Education Services, Bank
Administration Institute Handbooks, Tax Management, Estates,
Gifts and Trusts Journal, and Journal of Tax Practice &
Procedure. He also speaks regularly at seminars sponsored by
various financial institutions, the Bank Administration
Institute, the American Management Association, the Illinois
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Chicago Bar
Association, the Chicago Estate Planning Council, the Profit
Sharing Council of America and Lorman Education Services.
Education
Northwestern University College of Law (J.D., 1964)
DePaul University (B.A. cum laude, 1960)
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois;
U.S. Supreme Court;
U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Judicial
Circuits;
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois;
U.S. Tax Court |
