About Tracy E. Lyerly

Tracy Lyerly assists high-net-worth individuals —including closely held business owners, corporate executives and other professionals — transfer wealth in accordance with their personalized estate planning needs and tax planning objectives. She also advises individual and corporate fiduciaries administering trusts and decedents' estates and represents fiduciaries and others in probate matters.

Peace of mind at the crossroads of tax law and family dynamics

Tracy structures and implements complex estate plans that balance family, business and charitable interests and that also incorporate appropriate strategies for tax efficiency and creditor protection.

Practice Focus

  • Tax and estate planning
  • Preparing revocable and irrevocable trust agreements, nonjudicial settlement agreements and powers of attorney
  • Forming corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and charitable entities
  • Drafting and negotiating premarital agreements
  • Working directly with family offices

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Practices
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Education
  • The University of Chicago Law School, JD
  • The University of Chicago, MA
  • University of Pennsylvania, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
Community Involvements
  • The Chicago Bar Association