Nina B. Stillman

Nina B. Stillman, JD, LLM

Senior Counsel Chicago

Advanced Planning & Family Office Practice Group

Introduction

Nina B. Stillman is a veteran business and estate planning attorney, serving as senior counsel in the Advanced Planning & Family Office Practice Group at Handler Law. She has a variety of experience which includes standard wills, domestic and international complex estate plans, drafting opinions as an Expert Witness and working with business owners on agreements and resolving employee issues.

Ms. Stillman has over 30 years’ experience, focusing on the areas of domestic and international estate planning, charitable giving, wealth transfer, income and estate tax planning, asset protection and reorganization, entity governance and management, business succession planning, estate administration and litigation.

She received a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin. She received her Master of Laws in Taxation degree (LL.M.) from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. 

Ms. Stillman is admitted to practice in the states of Illinois and Minnesota. Before practicing law, Ms. Stillman served as Trust Officer at U.S. Bank National Association with the focus of trust account administration.

Presentations

  • Selling Discounted Assets to an Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust: Giving you heirs more and taking credit for less!
    2026 Estate Planning Short course for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education - Chicago May 19, 2026
  • Selling Discounted Assets to an Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust: Giving you heirs more and taking credit for less!
    2026 Estate Planning Short course for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education - Champaign May 05, 2026
  • Estate Planning for Mixed-Nationality Couples - Managing Estate & Gift Taxes, Residency Issues, and Cross-Border Trusts
    MyLawCLE Webinar May 15, 2025 Learn More

Honors & Awards

  • Leading Lawyer

    2025
  • Finalist for The Top 50 Women Leaders in Law

    2023

Contact

Location: Chicago

Phone: (312) 641-2100

Email: nstillman@handler.law

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/handlerlaw-llp/