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Wichita, KS 67206 (map) 316-631-3138 hgill@hinklaw.com     vCard
Hugh W.  Gill   Member
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Estate Planning • Family Business Planning • Probate • Trust Services
Business & Corporate Law • Business Valuations • Taxation

As a member of Hinkle Elkouri’s trusts and estates practice group, Mr. Gill uses his extensive experience in business and tax matters to lead the probate and trust administration needs of the group. He is primarily responsible for guardianships and conservatorships, disability planning, post-mortem tax planning, and marital agreements. He also assists clients with estate planning, asset protection, business entity formation, and business succession planning.

While a student at the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law, Hugh was the recipient of a number of awards, including the Payne & Jones Award and the Wall Street Journal Award for the top M.B.A. student in finance. Today, he frequently lectures on estate planning and estate administration topics. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Kansas/Missouri Super Lawyers.



•    University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1995
•    University of Kansas, M.B.A., Finance Emphasis, 1995
•    University of Kansas, B.S., Business Administration, 1991
•    Kansas Supreme Court
•    United States District Court, District of Kansas
•   “Roth Conversions and Tax Law Changes in 2010” Society of Financial Service Professionals, March 2010
•   “Asset Protection & Estate Planning” University of Kansas Medical School, October 2009
•   “Premarital Agreements: Defining the Rules After the Engagement” WBA's "Probate: Probate, Estate and Succession Planning" Seminar,
     February 2009
•   Choose to Plan - Selected Topics, Presented to: Upward Bound Math Science Regional Center at Wichita State University, February 2009
•   “No Place Like Home: Keeping Charitable Gifts in the Community” Sponsored by the Heartland Community Foundation, Hays, KS,
     December 2008
•   “Estate Planning Update: Planning Opportunities in a Down Market” Smith Barney - Business Building Workshop, December 2008
•   “Business Valuation: What Is It Worth and Why Is It Important?” Wichita Estate Planning Council (Wichita, KS), March 2007
•    American Bar Association
     o    Sections: Real Property, Probate and Trust
•    Central Kansas Planned Giving Round Table
•    Kansas Bar Association
     o    Committees: Elder Law and Disabilities Law
     o    Sections: Real Estate, Probate and Trust
•    Wichita Bar Association
     o    Board of Governors, 2009 to present
     o    Young Lawyers Section, past president
     o    Continuing Legal Education, past chairman
     o    Probate Committee, past chairman
•    Wichita Bar Foundation
     o    Former secretary-treasurer
•    Wichita Estate Planning Council
     o    Past president
     o    Multiple presentations
•    Wichita Estate Planning Forum
•    American Heart Association
     o    Past chairman of the board
•    Delta Chi Alumni
     o    Board of trustees
•    KU Alumni Board, Wichita, KS Chapter
     o    Chair: Jayhawk Round-Up 2008
•    United Way
     o    Planned Giving Committee
•    University of Kansas Alumni Association
•    Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers Honoree
•    “Estate Planing for Clients in Different Life Stages: Where to Spend the Time." Agent's Sales Journal (October 2008 Edition).
•    Probate & Trust Administration After Death, Seventh Edition, Part 5–Chapter 1, "Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation Skipping Tax."
     Kansas Bar Association; Kansas
•    “Estate Planning for the Second Marriage (or Third... or Fourth).” Journal of Taxation of Investments (Summer 2007).

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