Karen Van Meter advises clients on all aspects of estate planning and estate and trust administration. She has significant experience counseling families on the minimization of estate and gift taxes, sophisticated estate planning techniques, the creation and operation of family partnerships and investment entities, planning for closely held businesses and charitable giving. Karen works extensively with several family offices on a wide variety of tax, securities and other matters. She also has spoken frequently at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Estate Planning Short Course.