Trusts & Estates
Estate planning, adminstration, and philanthropy.
Protecting You and Your Family From In-Laws, Outlaws, and Tax LawsTM
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Bob Napier has advised individuals, families, and foundations for over 25 years. His counsel has been described as conservative and creative.
Estate Administration
Together, Bob and his partners and paralegals have over 1,500 years of combined experience in estate planning and estate administration. This experience involved successfully resolving controversies and audits with state tax authorities and the IRS.
Philanthropic Planning
Bob has advised many families on maximizing tax deductions and in support of the needs of their families and communities. Philanthropy may benefit the world, save you significant taxes, and make your family ever closer.
About Robert T. Napier
Bob helps a wide range of clients protect their wealth through creative, yet conservative, estate planning. He represents individuals, families, foundations, closely-held corporations, and fiduciaries. Bob has administered countless estates, from amicable to complex and contentious.
Bob has received Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent® ranking and the Leading Lawyers' distinction.
Bob serves clients in Chicago, Florida, and throughout the country.
Bob publishes often and speaks frequently to civic and professional groups. His advice is easily understood, as evidenced by his widely-circulated newsletters.
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Summer 2024
Boys, Get Your Mother Out
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
We were halfway between Honolulu and Los Angeles on a night flight to Chicago. The jet was cruising at 35,000 feet with 189 passengers on board, most of them dozing. The cabin was dark and quiet. Without warning, the nose of the plane tilted sharply down and suddenly the jet was plummeting towards the ocean. […]
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Good Grief! You, As Trustee?
"The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths….Beautiful people do not just happen."
Aunt Mildred has died, a lovely woman in her 90s. As it turns out, you are in her estate plan – but not as a beneficiary. Shockingly, you have been given a starring role and you never even knew you were up for the part. She named you her trustee. What that means is that […]
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The Little Black Dress
"Keep your head, heels, and standards high."
As her husband was confessing his misdeeds on national television in June of 1994, Princess Diana took sartorial revenge at a gala in London. In a stunning display of royal moxie, she wore a form-fitting black silk dress with a plunging neckline and a thigh-high hemline. Behind her, a black chiffon train billowed like smoke […]
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