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John H. Lhost / Partner
Professional Experience
John Lhost’s practice includes estate planning and trust administration, planning for ownership and transfers of interests in closely held businesses and planning for acquisition, sale, development and preservation of real estate. His work experience includes:
  • Service as trustee of various trusts benefiting clients’ families.

  • Structural planning for intergenerational transfers or retention of interests in family-owned businesses.

  • Assistance of fiduciaries and beneficiaries with fiduciary tax and accounting issues in connection with administration of estates and trusts.

  • Planning for retention and preservation of tracts of family-owned land, including representation of several
    nonprofit land trusts.
Education and Honors
  • William and Mary School of Law (J.D., 1974)
    Articles Editor, College of William and Mary Law Review.
  • Carroll College, Wisconsin (B.A., 1971)
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin, 1974

Professional Recognition
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2007-present: Trusts and Estates).

Selected for inclusion in the 2005 Wisconsin Super Lawyers® list (Estate Planning).

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated.

Professional and Civic Activities
Member: Milwaukee Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); State Bar of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Estate Planning Council. Assistant Group Coordinator, Quarles & Brady LLP Trusts and Estates Group.

The Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin (Trustee serving on Executive and Finance Committees and as Chair of the Conservation Committee); The Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Inc. (Former Director and current Legal Counsel); Gathering Waters, Inc. (Former Director); City of Mequon Open Space Preservation Commission (Commissioner).

Selected Presentations/Publications
  • Conservation Gifts in Estate Planning, Instructional seminar, October 2006.

  • Environmentally Friendly Development, State Bar of Wisconsin 2006 Environmental Law Update Seminar, September 2006.

  • Tax Planning for Conservation-Minded Property Owners, Seminar, April 2004.

  • Conservation Options for Landowners, Gathering Waters, Inc. Instructional Seminar, March 2001.

  • Planning for Land Protection; Tax and Planning Considerations; Ozaukee Land Trust, Inc.  Conservation Forum for Business, February 1997.

  • Issues Concerning Real Property Held in Trusts and Estates, State Bar of Wisconsin Mid-Winter Convention, January 1997. 

  • Split Dollar Insurance, The Basics, Quarles & Brady Trusts and Estates Group, August 1996. 

  • Perspectives on Problems Facing Fiduciaries, Milwaukee Bar Association, Sections on Probate and Real Property, June 1996. 

  • Land Trusts on the Urban Fringe: The Increased Interaction of Land Trusts and Government in Land Use Planning, American Planning Association Mid-West Regional Conference, October 1995. 

  • Succession Planning for Closely-Held Businesses, Quarles & Brady Closely-Held Business Group Breakfast Seminar, March 1995.

  • A series of presentations on fiduciary income tax and accounting issues presented to the Quarles & Brady Trusts & Estates Group in 1995 and 1997, including An Overview of Fiduciary Income Taxation; Income in Respect of a Decedent; Marital Deduction Trusts with Charitable Remainders; The Separate Share Rule Under I.R.C. §663 (c); Bond Premium Amortization; The Basics of Wisconsin’s Marital Property Act; Subchapter S Issues Confronting Trustees and Personal Representatives; Tax and Accounting Issues in Connection with “Phantom Income” Assets. 

  • Basic Estate Planning, Grinnell College Estate Planning Seminar, November 1994. 

  • Discounts and Premiums in Valuing Interests in Closely-Held Businesses, Quarles & Brady Family Law Group, October 1994. 

  • Revocable Living Trusts, Milwaukee Estate Planning Council, September 1994. 

  • Business Succession Planning, Quarles & Brady Legal Issues Seminar presented to the Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee, Inc., September 1994. 

  • Succession Planning for Businesses, Quarles & Brady Business Law Training Session, August 1994.