Carol A. Harrington

Carol A. Harrington


McDermott Will & Emery

Recognized since 1997

Chicago, Illinois

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

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Carol A. Harrington advises clients on a variety of matters, including estate, gift and generation-skipping tax issues, closely held businesses and succession planning, family office structures and issues, private trust companies, private foundations, trust and estate administration, and contested trust and tax matters. Carol is the former global head of McDermott’s Private Client Practice.

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Location
  • 444 West Lake Street
    Chicago, IL 60606-0029
Education
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, J.D., graduated 1977
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, BS, graduated 1974
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • McDermott, Will & Emery LLC - Partner

McDermott Will & Emery
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois

215 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

125 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Trusts and Estates, Chicago (2015)
  • Trusts and Estates, Chicago (2010)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Special Focus:
  • Corporate
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • Family Businesses
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Generation Skipping
  • Gift Planning
  • Litigation
  • Planning for Closely Held Businesses
  • Private
  • Succession Planning
  • Tax
  • Transfer Tax
  • Trust Administration
  • Trust Companies
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America - 2010 Chicago Trusts & Estates Lawyer of the Year
  • The National Law Journal 2011 – One of the three Most Influential Lawyers in Trusts & Estates

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