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A frequent speaker and writer on tax and estate planning, Louis S. Harrison has spoken before numerous groups nationwide. He has authored more than 100 published articles on a broad range of tax and estate-planning subjects in legal, accounting, tax and estate journals and periodicals, and is co-author of the books, "Sorting Out Life's Complexities: What You Really Need to Know About Taxes, Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorneys and Health Care Decisions" and "Illinois Estate Planning Forms and Commentary."

Louis S. Harrison is the Illinois State Chair of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel and has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, DePaul University College of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

As a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Lou has chaired the Estate and Gift Tax Committee and served on the Trust Law Committee and Probate Practice Committee.

Before joining Harrison & Held, LLP, Lou was the partner in charge of the Lord, Bissell & Brook Wealth Preservation Group.

Beth L. Fox joined Harrison & Held, LLP in 2016 after receiving her Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration and tax planning.

While in law school on a full academic scholarship, Beth interned at Harrison and Held, LLP, and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Chicago-Kent Law Review. As a student, Beth earned the CALI award for highest class mark in seven classes including Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates and Income Tax, and graduated in the top 1.6% of her class.