Kirk Hoopingarner on Helping Advisors Help Their Clients

As a trusts and estates attorney at Quarles & Brady, Kirk Hoopingarner finds deep satisfaction in counseling high-net-worth families on their charitable giving strategies.

Outside of work, Hoopingarner has served as chair or president of organizations such as the Corporate Responsibility Group of Greater Chicago (now Social Responsibility Chicago), McGaw YMCA in Evanston, and Evanston Community Foundation. Some of his current commitments include the planned giving advisory councils for Lincoln Park Zoo and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation. He also has written and spoken extensively about charitable giving.

Through both his volunteering and law practice, Hoopingarner has enjoyed a variety of touchpoints with the Trust. Recently, he worked with the Trust’s team of philanthropic advisors to help one of his clients convert their small private family foundation to a donor advised fund at the Trust. The conversion enabled his client to keep their own investment advisor while handing off the lion’s share of the administrative burden to the Trust.

“The Trust provides a clear roadmap, education on how the various funds work, and ongoing support to make sure donors feel comfortable, which is extremely important.”

Kirk Hoopingarner
Trust & Estates Attorney
Quarles & Brady