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James M. (Mack) Trapp is of counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's Chicago office. As a member of the Private Client Department, Mack's practice focuses on wills and trusts, family wealth transfer, and probate matters. He also has substantial experience in family partnerships, partnership freezes, corporate recapitalizations, holding companies, executive benefits, federal income taxes, and charitable transfers.
Mack has written extensively on estate planning subjects and related tax matters. He has lectured at most of the nation's major tax institute programs, including those of the University of Chicago, University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame, New York University, University of Miami, and the Southern Federal Tax Institute.
He was president of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is an academician and executive Council member of The International Academy of Will and Trust Law. He was president of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and was a director of the Japan America Society of Chicago. He also was chairman of the board of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and in 1980 he received its IICLE Distinguished Service Award.
Mack has served on the Firm's Recruiting Committee, Executive Committee and Management Committee. He is a director of a number of major privately owned business companies. Mack and his wife, Carol, live in Chicago, Illinois.
Education
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1961
Knox College, B.A., 1956 | 