Attorney Profiles

John R. Latourette 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
phone (215) 575-7044
fax (215) 575-7200
email Email Me

Areas of Focus:

Chairman, Trusts & Estates Group and Member; Executive Committee, the Firm's governing body; Partner, Middle Market/Emerging Company Group. Mr. Latourette engages in tax planning for high net worth individuals and for philanthropic foundations, and serves as General Manager of two major private charitable foundations. Utilizing his thirty four years of experience, Mr. Latourette's practice includes:

  • Gift and estate taxes
  • Individual income taxes
  • Durable powers of attorney for health care decisions and for financial decisions
  • Estate administration
  • Corporate shareholder agreements
  • Preparation of revocable (living) and irrevocable trusts
  • Trusts for minors
  • Wills
  • Life insurance trusts
  • Charitable trusts
  • Charitable foundation executive employment agreements
  • Charitable foundation governance
  • Charitable excise taxes
  • Premarital and post-marital property agreements
  • Custodianships, conservatorships and guardianships
Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1976
L.L.M.
Major:  Taxation


Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1973
J.D.


New York University, 1970
B.S.


Professional Activities:
Member, Dilworth Paxson LLP Executive Committee


Law Clerk, Honorable John J. Kitchen, United States District Court


Member, Rutgers Camden Law Journal


General Manager, two major private charitable foundations


Editorial Board, Philadelphia Orphans Court Newsletter


Executive Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, Probate Section


Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1973
Pennsylvania, 1974
Honors and Awards:
Mr. Latourette is "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest peer review rating provided by the national legal directory.


Designated a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer", 2005 - 2008

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