Kirk A. Hoopingarner

Kirk Hoopingarner is a partner in the Business Transactions Department of Wildman Harrold. For over twenty years, Kirk has concentrated his practice on all facets of wealth planning and philanthropy for high-net worth families and individuals. Kirk has counseled his clients on a broad range of matters involving the management and transfer of wealth including charitable gifting techniques, all types of trusts used in family wealth management and transfers, business succession planning, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, asset protection, and federal and state estate and gift tax planning. Kirk also has extensive experience in sophisticated charitable planning, both for individual donors and for substantial charitable organizations. He is also particularly skilled at leveraging wealth and estate planning devices to financial products.

Well recognized in his field, Kirk was an adjunct professor in trusts and estates at John Marshall Law School, wrote commentary on gift tax and fiduciary income tax for Kleinrocks, a national tax publication, and continues to participate in an estate planning study group whose members are considered leaders in the Chicago estate planning field.

Publications And Presentations:

Speaker, "The Effect of the Economic Downturn and 2009 Federal Tax Legislation on Charitable Planning Techniques," sponsored by Chicago Botanic Garden and JP Morgan Chase, October 28, 2009.
Panel participant, "The Rise of the Family Foundation, Association of Fundraising Professionals," Chicago chapter, September 2009.
Speaker, "Estate Planning Considerations for Parents of Disabled Children," Center for Independent Futures, June 2009.
Speaker, "The Effect of the Economic Downturn on Charitable Planning Techniques," McGaw YMCA, June 2009.
Speaker, "Aging Donors: Capacity vs. Incapacity – Best Practices for Professional Advisors, sponsored by Chicago Council on Planned Giving," March 2009.
Panel participant, "Dealing with Aging Clients: Capacity vs. Incapacity," sponsored by Advocate Health Care, October 2007.
Author, “Commentary On Trust And Estate Income Taxation,” Kleinroch’s Tax Library, February 1999.
Author, “Family Limited Partnerships” chapter for IICLE Business Law Series, 2005, Updated 2007.
Author, "The Estate Collar: Help Estates Profit from the Market," Trusts and Estates, December, 2008.
Panel participant, Gift Acceptance Policies for Not-For-Profit Conference of Illinois CPA Society, 2004.

Professional Associations:

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Chicago Estate Planning Council

Donors Forum

Corporate Responsibility Group of Greater Chicago, President

Evanston Community Foundation, Past Chair

Children's Memorial Foundation, Professional Advisors Council

Chicago Zoological Society, Planned Giving Advisory Committee

McGaw YMCA, Board Member

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1984

Personal Information:

Kirk is married and is the father of four daughters. He is very involved in his community, including serving as the President of the Corporate Responsibility Group of Greater Chicago, an organization addressing issues of ethical and socially responsible corporate conduct, and working toward advancing the civic involvement of area businesses. He is also very active in his daughters’ activities, including acting as girls’ registrar for the Evanston Soccer Association.

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