Katten Adds Top Tax Strategist to Private Wealth Practice in Dallas

(DALLAS) Katten announced today that John Collins III has joined its Dallas office as a partner in the distinguished Private Wealth practice, bolstering this multipronged offering that regularly draws key honors, including one that named Katten, "Law Firm of the Year."

"A world-class private wealth practice requires an unerring combination of discretion, depth of knowledge and extensive experience," said Joshua Rubenstein, national chair of Katten's Private Wealth department. "John checks those boxes and then some, making him a great fit for our team."

Collins has more than 20 years of experience working extensively in estate tax planning, designing and implementing strategies that traverse traditional estate and wealth transfer planning to create complex generation-skipping and family dynasty trusts spanning multiple generations. This helps ensure preservation and efficient transfer of wealth. Chief among his well-regarded know-how is his ability to create plans geared toward tax optimization and fulfilment of various non-tax goals.

Collins has assisted prominent families in multiphase estate planning, executing advanced trust and gift strategies, often working through complex tax, wealth transfer and business planning needs across a range of asset mixes, industries and stages of development.

An accomplished public speaker particularly regarding individual, estate and gift tax matters, who has been an adjunct university professor, Collins formerly led a tax consulting and compliance team in the Dallas office of one of the world's largest accounting firms. Prior to that, he offered similar services at a preeminent professional service network and afterwards was at a Denver law firm as tax counsel in the corporate and estate planning practice.

"John's demonstrated ability to deftly handle the wide range of laws, regulations and competing considerations often involved in wealth management combined with his impressive network of social and professional contacts across the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond ensure that he will hit the ground running here," said Mark Solomon, managing partner of Katten's Dallas office. "I am pleased to add his name to our ever-growing roster of top-notch attorneys."