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Gary H. Kline / Retired Partner
Professional Experience
Gary Kline is a retired partner with Quarles & Brady LLP. He specialized in the area of federal income taxation, and as a tax lawyer he was involved in large numbers of transactions. In recent years, his practice has been very varied and has included the following:
  • Estate and trust administration.
  • Tax planning and advice relating to complex transactions.
  • Extensive representation in the tax-exempt organization area.
  • Negotiating and drafting contracts with respect to various types of transactions.
Education and Honors
  • Harvard Law School (J.D., 1965)
  • University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1962)
Bar Admissions
Illinois, 1966

Professional Recognition
  • Selected by his peers as a “Leading Lawyer” in Illinois.

  • Selected for inclusion in the 2006 Illinois Super Lawyers® list (Non-Profit).

  • Received award as the outstanding citizen of Northfield, Illinois, 1994.

  • Palliative Care Center of the North Shore (Paul S. Wise Award for Distinguished Community Service, 1997).

  • Attended The University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Professional and Civic Activities
  • Cook County District 29 School Board, Northfield, Illinois (President, 1985-1989).

  • Cook County District 29 (School Board Member, 1981-1989).

  • North Suburban Special Education District (Governing Board, 1983-1985).

  • Palliative Care Center of the North Shore (President, 1986-1989; Board Member, 1982-present).

  • Northfield School and Park Board Caucus (Chair, 1989-1998).

  • District 29 Foundation (Vice President and Board Member, 1994-present).

  • Hospice of the North Shore Foundation (Board Member, 1994-present).

  • Schweppe Foundation (Treasurer and Board Member, 1988-present).

  • Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc. (Secretary, 1985-present).

  • First Analysis Institute (Board Member, 1990-present).

  • National Schools for Effective Schools Research and Development (Board Member, 1988-1993).

  • DuSable High School Foundation (Board Member, 1998-present).
Selected Presentations/Publications
  • “How to Exercise Expenditure Responsibility,” Family Matters, Spring 1998.

  • “When Is Expenditure Responsibility Necessary,” Family Matters, Winter 1997.

  • “Advocacy Activities of Charitable Organizations,” The National Conference of Bar Foundations’ Foundations Forum, Fall 1992.

  • “Build a Solid Foundation,” American School Board Journal, November 1992.

  • “Establishment of a Supporting Foundation to Raise Funds for a School District,” American School Board Journal, November 1992.