Overview
John Luchristt is a partner and member of Chapman’s Trusts and Estates Department and serves on the firm's Employment Committee. His practice focuses on the representation of individuals, families, banks, trust companies, and other institutions in traditional and complex estate planning matters. His work with individuals includes planning to minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes through the drafting of a variety of wills, trusts, business succession documentation, and premarital agreements. John represents and advises fiduciaries regarding trust and estate construction and tax compliance and administration issues, as well as on the administration of probate matters.
He also serves as a resource to the firm’s finance practices on trust structures in lending transactions, advising deal teams on proposed structures and on restructuring alternatives, and working directly with credit officers and in-house counsel. He presents to trust officers and internal counsel at banks and trust companies on trust structure and the Illinois Trust Code and has co-authored two chapters in an Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education publication.
He integrates artificial intelligence and other legal technology into his practice to model complex trust structures and perform multi-scenario fiduciary risk analyses.
John started his legal career in Chapman’s Corporate Finance Department in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the financial services industry as a banker and trust administrator.
Practice Focus
Admitted
Illinois
Education
American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2013
American University, Kogod School of Business, M.B.A, 2013
Rutgers University, B.A., Economics and Sociology, 2006
Insights
Publications
- Co-Author, “Are You Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act in 2024?” Client Alert, January 4, 2024
- Chapter Co-Author, “Obtaining Assistance from the Court,” Trust Administration, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2023
- Chapter Co-Author, “Handing Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies,” Estate Administration: Business and Tax‑Related Issues, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2022
- Co-Author, “New Rules Impacting Your IRAs: An Update on CARES Act and SECURE Act,” Client Alert, October 2020
- Co-Author, “The New Illinois Trust Code: What It Means for Trustees and Trustmakers, Part V,” Client Alert, February 3, 2020
- Co-Author, “How the SECURE Act Will Impact Your IRA and 529 Plan,” Client Alert, January 7, 2020
- Co-Author, “The New Illinois Trust Code: What It Means for Trustees and Trustmakers, Part IV,” Client Alert, December 2, 2019
- Co-Author, “The New Illinois Trust Code: What It Means for Trustees and Trustmakers, Part III,” Client Alert, October 1, 2019
- Co-Author, “The New Illinois Trust Code: What It Means for Trustees and Trustmakers, Part II,” Client Alert, August 19, 2019
- Co-Author, “The New Illinois Trust Code: What It Means for Trustees and Trustmakers,” Client Alert, July 15, 2019
- Co-Author, “Highlights of New Tax Reform Legislation to Individual Taxpayers,” Client Alert, January 3, 2018
- Co-Author, “Will Trustees Fees Still Be Deductible? How Tax Reform Impacts Trusts and Estates,” Client Alert, December 22, 2017
- Co-Author, “Estate Planning Options for Married Couples,” Client Alert, November 13, 2017
