Attorney Hugh Drake, Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, Springfield, Illinois

Hugh F. Drake
Springfield, Illinois

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phone	888-763-9594 217-280-4271
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HUGH F. DRAKE practices in the areas of estate planning, business planning, estate administration, and real estate. He is a frequent lecturer both nationally and locally, has published several articles on tax and estate planning, and has been quoted in such national publications as the Wall Street Journal.

Primary Industries Served:

Estate Planning, Probate & Trust; Real Estate Law; Business Organizations; Business Planning.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association Real Property, Trusts and Estate Section
- Vice Chair, Business Planning Group
- Chair of Membership Committee
- Chair of the Fellows Program

Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Sangamon Valley Estate Planning Council Executive Committee

Litigation Percentage:: 30% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1999; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2000; U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2000; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2000

Education:: University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1999
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1995
M.A.
Major: Anthropology; University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1992
B.A.

Published Works:: Post-Mortem Access to Funds From Closely Held Business Interests, The Practical Tax Lawyers, ALI-ABA, Fall 2009; Post Death Market Decline and Alternative Valuation., Probate and Property, submitted 2008; Comments to the 20.2032-1(f) Alternate Valuation Proposed Regulation., ABA-RPTE Business Planning, 2008; The New IRS Appraiser Penalties., Probate and Property, Sept/Oct., 2007; Lawyers' Group Protests the Appraiser Penalties, Trusts and Estates, March, 2007; Found Treasure: A Primer on Unclaimed Property in Illinois (co-author), Illinois Bar Journal, August, 2003

Pro Bono Activities:: Springfield Ball Charter School Board President; Sangamon County Community Foundation, Young Philanthropists Steering Committee; Q5 Commercialization Advisory Team; Sangamon County Continuum of Learning Steering Committee

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