Lesley Kagan

Before joining Northwestern s faculty, Kagan was an associate in the Private Client Department at McDermott, Will & Emery. As a practicing attorney, she drafted complex estate planning instruments for high net worth individuals, oversaw the administration of decedents estates, counseled family members, prepared estate tax returns and appeared before the Illinois probate court. Kagan also assisted in drafting a complaint challenging the constitutionality and retroactivity of the Illinois Estate Generation Skipping Transfer Tax and represented clients in various pro bono matters, including the start-up of an Illinois nonprofit organization, the creation of special education programs for students in the Chicago Public School system and school expulsion hearings.

Kagan received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Spanish at the University of Michigan. She also studied Spanish art history, Spanish literature, and political science at the U-W Platteville Spanish American Institute in Seville.