Handler, Thayer & Duggan

Domestic and International Asset Protection and Creating the "Family Office." 2nd Annual Asset Protection Society Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada (October 6-7, 2008).

Introduction to Life Insurance & Annuities. The Southpac Offshore Planning Institute Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (September 18-19, 2008).

Advantages (and Disadvantages) of a Charitable Remainder Trust. SageAdvisers Teleseminar Series: "Charitable Remainder Trust - Support a Noble Cause" in Chicago, Illinois (March 19, 2008).

Asset Protection Seminar: What Estate Planning Lawyers Need to Know. Chicago Bar Association, Trust Law Committee (March 13, 2008).

Promote Integration of PPLI through Clear Understanding of Tax and Estate Planning Principles. Alternative Investing through Life Insurance & Annuities Conference in Miami, Florida (February 25-27, 2008).

Integrated Domestic and International Asset Protection Strategies. Axa Financial EARC Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida (February 7, 2008).

Family Limited Partnerships/Family Limited Liability Companies: Still the Foundation of Any High Net-Worth Plan.  Society of Financial Service Professionals: Greater Chicago Chapter in Oakbrook, Illinois (January 8, 2008).

Asset Management for Small Businesses: Benefits, Equity and Retirement. Ci07 Club Industry Conference: The Conference and Exposition for Health & Fitness Facility Management in Chicago, Illinois (October 10-13, 2007).

Domestic Asset Protection Strategies & Captive Insurance Companies (CICs). First Annual Asset Protection Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada (October 1-2, 2007).

Integrated Domestic & International Asset Protection Strategies. Foster & Dunhill Advanced Planning Conference in Freeport, Bahamas (August 20, 2007).

Managing Security Issues and Health Care for Family Offices. IIR Family Office Forum in Chicago, Illinois (June 5-7, 2007).

Asset Protection. American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists Mid-Year Conference in Chicago, Illinois (March 18, 2007).

"Private Placement Life Insurance from the Family Office and Private Banking Perspective." IIR Alternative Investing Conference in Miami, Florida (February 26-27, 2007).

• Director, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
• Founder, Asset Protection Society
• Member, DePaul University Financial Advisory Board
• Former Chairman of the Associate Board, the Mid-Day Club of Chicago
• Former Director and Officer, Upsilon Alumni Corporation
• Former Director, Society of International Planners

• University of Illinois Scholarship Foundation Loyalty Circle Award, 2007

James M. Duggan. "If Offshore Trusts Scare you, Consider an Offshore LLC." The Asset Protection Society. 2007.

James M. Duggan. "In re Lawrence, not Exactly Shawshank Redemption, but Another Great Tale of Practice and Hope." The Asset Protection Society. 2007.

James M. Duggan. "An Ounce of Prevention...Can you Identify the Single Largest Threat to Accumulating your Wealth." Business Week. December 27, 2004-January 3, 2005.