Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate & Trust Administration, Real Estate, Charitable Planning, and Tax LawPartner, Dunn Law Firm, LLP Bloomington, IL, and Pontiac, ILAs a third-generation lawyer, Thomas E. Herr has the privilege of representing multiple generations of families, farmers, and businesses throughout the State of Illinois. His goal is to simplify sophisticated estate planning, tax, real estate, and transactional concepts, educate clients, and formulate plans and strategies for tax savings and wealth transfer. Tom has handled virtually every type of estate and trust matter, from simple estates and trusts to complex planning and administration of estates in excess of $65 million. Tom provides guidance on the variety of estate planning techniques that allow clients to avoid probate, minimize estate taxes, reduce estate and trust settlement costs and make tax-advantaged gifts to charities. Tom has assisted clients in creating lifetime and testamentary charitable remainder trusts and private foundations. In addition, he reviews and prepares fiduciary tax returns, private foundation returns, and estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns. Tom received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, his J.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1992. He has practiced in numerous Illinois Circuit Courts, Illinois Appellate Court, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Tax Court. He is a member of the McLean County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Tom is the recipient of the American Cancer Society’s 2021 National Professional Advisor of the Year award, the American Cancer Society’s 2017 Illinois Advisor of the Year award, and a member of the American Cancer Society National Professional Advisor Network. He lives in Bloomington with his wife Serena, who is a top producing real estate broker.Tom is also recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law, Closely & Privately Held Business Law and Real Estate Law. Leading Lawyers have been recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in their areas of practice. Less than 5% of all lawyers licensed in each state have received the distinction of Leading Lawyer.