Floyd D. Perkins

Floyd concentrates his practice on counseling businesses and charities on financial and compliance matters, litigating business and financial disputes, and representing clients in contested probate and chancery matters.

Prior to joining Ungaretti & Harris, Floyd was Bureau Chief of the Illinois Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Division for 14 years, where he was responsible for many of the office complex financial and business litigation matters concentrating in chancery and probate practice. He was most recently the supervising attorney in the Charitable Trust Bureau and was responsible for all litigation related to estates, trusts, or foundations initiated or defended by the Attorney General. His experience there included numerous trials of complex accounting issues, including multi-million dollar will contests and construction. He has an extensive background in working with trust and probate matters and in the laws and operations of charitable organizations.

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Distinctions

Illinois Super Lawyers – Estate Planning/Trusts (2005-2012)
30 Tough Lawyers, Chicago Magazine (March 2002)
Distinguished Service Award, John Marshall Law School Alumni Association (2000)

Presentations

Presenter, “Issues Relating to Transactions Between Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Healthcare Providers,” Healthcare M&A & Corporate Development Conference, April 2004
Presenter, “Charities Regulation after September 11, 2001 – Overturning Riley,” Charitable Trusts and Solicitations Conference, National Association of Attorneys General/National Association of State Charities Officials, October 2002
Presenter, “Challenges Facing Not-for-Profits in Uncertain Times,” Annual Conference on Not-for-Profit Organizations, Chicago-Kent College of Law, June 2002
Presenter, Annual Council Meeting, Illinois Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Advisory Council, May 2002 and March 2001
Presenter, “How States are Affecting Your Ability to Raise Funds,” 39th International Conference on Fundraising, Association of Fundraising Professionals, April 2002
Presenter, “Update on Public Policy Issues,” Third Annual Conference on Healthcare Transactions, March 2002
Presenter, “Role of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office – Fiduciary Duties of Directors of a Charitable Corporation,” Third Annual Symposium, Chicago Council on Planned Giving, September 2001
Presenter, “Trends in Charitable Giving in Illinois,” Chicago Council on Planned Giving, June 2001
Presenter, “Serving on the Board of Directors of a Not-for Profit Organization,” Young Lawyers Sections of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations, April 2001
Presenter, “Challenges, Threats and Opportunities – The Future of Registration in the Information Age,” Annual Conference, National Association of Attorneys General/National Association of State Charities Officials, October 2000
Presenter, “Healthcare Joint Venture: What do Regulators Think?” Eighteenth Annual Health Law Symposium, Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, September 2000
Presenter, “Report from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office,” Annual Conference on Not-for-Profit Organizations, Chicago-Kent College of Law, June 2000

Accreditations

Certified Public Accountant
Master of Law Taxation

Memberships

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Former Member, Government Lawyers Committee, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors of the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Board Member and Former President, John Marshall Law School Alumni Association
Advisory Board, Chicago-Kent College of Law Annual Not-for-Profit Conference
Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago

Civic

100 Club of Cook County
Former Board Member, National Association of State Charity Officials