Best & Flanagan LLP - John Burton

PRACTICE AREAS
Private Wealth Planning

Asset Ownership and Beneficiary Designations

Business Succession

Charitable Remainder and Lead Trusts

Counsel to Personal Representatives, Trustees and Beneficiaries

Estate and Trust Accounting

Estate and Trust Income Tax Returns

Estate and Trust Litigation

Estate Tax Returns

Family Limited Partnerships

Family Trusts

Generation-Skipping Trusts

Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Returns

Gift and Wealth Transfer Programs

GRATs

Internal Revenue Service Audits

International Planning

Irrevocable Insurance Trusts

Probate

Retirement Distributions

Trust Administration

Will Contests

Wills and Revocable Trusts

John Burton
612/341.9703
jburton@bestlaw.com

John Burton is a member of the firm's Private Wealth Planning practice area. He serves individuals with personal estate planning needs, individuals acting as trustees or personal representatives, and corporate trustees. He works extensively with families to develop multi-generational wealth transfer plans.

John has been named a Fellow by the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and one of the Best Lawyers in America. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1970-1978 in the Transportation Corps, Judge Advocate General.

Active in a range of community activities, John currently serves on the Church Council of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church and is a member of the Minnesota Valley Country Club.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association (Probate and Trust Law Section)
Hennepin County Bar Association (Probate Committee)

HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
Named "Best Lawyer" by Minnesota Monthly, 2008

EDUCATION
M.B.A., University of Iowa, 1976
J.D., with distinction, University of Iowa, 1972
B.B.A., University of Iowa, 1969

BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Illinois, 1973
State of Minnesota, 1977