Joseph (Joe) Higgins is a business lawyer and partner with 麻豆传媒 in its Estate Planning Practice.
Joe focuses his practice primarily on estate planning and administration, representing owners of closely held businesses, private equity fund principals, and other ultra-high net worth individuals and their families across the country in connection with tax-efficient wealth transfers, charitable giving, and business succession planning. Joe has extensive experience using sophisticated estate planning strategies and structures for these purposes.
Awards and Recognition
- Recognized, Forty Under Forty, Business Madison (2026)
- Recognized, Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide, Private Wealth Law (Wisconsin) (2025)
Affiliations
- President, Madison Estate Planning Council
- Member, Wisconsin State Bar, Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section(RPPT)
- Member, Leadership Greater Madison
- Member, Madison Estate Planning Council
- Member, Wisconsin Association of Charitable Gift Planners
- Former member, The Young Professional Advisory Committee for The Chicago Community Trust
- Former member, New Practitioners Committee for Trusts & Estates Magazine
Presentations and Publications
- Author & Presenter 鈥45th Annual Estate Planning Update 2024: Recent Developments in Estate Planning,鈥 State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
- Author & Presenter 鈥淓merging Trends: The Flexible Estate Plan,鈥 RBC Red Crown Lodge Planning Summit 2024
- Author & Presenter 鈥44th Annual Estate Planning Update 2023: Recent Developments in Estate Planning,鈥 State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
- Author & Presenter 鈥43th Annual Estate Planning Update 2022: Recent Developments in Estate Planning,鈥 State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
- Presenter, “Business Succession Planning and Philanthropy,” Wisconsin Association of Charitable Gift Planners (2022)
- Presenter, 鈥42nd Annual Estate Planning Update 2021: Recent Developments in Estate Planning,鈥 State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
- Presenter, 鈥41st Annual Estate Planning Update 2020: Recent Developments in Estate Planning,鈥 State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
- Presenter, “Tax Fundamentals for Estate Planning Attorneys, Course,” National Business Institute (2020)
- Presenter, “Step-Up Basis in Trusts, Estates & LLCs, Course,” National Business Institute (2020)
- Presenter, “Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council” (2018)
- Presenter, “Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute” (2017)
- Author, 鈥淏DIT 2701: Avoiding Section 2701 by Selling Carried Interest Directly to Beneficiary Defective Inheritor鈥檚 Trust,鈥 Estate Planning Magazine
- Author, 鈥淭ransfer Tax Playbook,鈥 Trusts & Estates Magazine
- Author, “Tricky GST Issues,” Bloomberg BNA
- Contributor, “Year in Review” and “E-Newsletter” Trust & Estates Magazine
- Contributor, “The Complete Estate Planning Sourcebook,” Wolters Kluwer
- Author, “Monthly Tax Law Update,” Hennepin County Bar Association
Joseph Higgins Named to In Business Madison's Forty Under 40 Class
麻豆传媒 partner Joseph Higgins is recognized among the 2026 Forty Under 40 class by In Business Madison.
麻豆传媒 Earns Recognition in 2025 Chambers High Net Worth Guide
麻豆传媒 is pleased to announce its recognition in the聽2025 Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide.
麻豆传媒 Recognized in Chambers High Net Worth 2024 Guide
麻豆传媒 is pleased to announce four of its attorneys are recognized in the 2024 edition of the聽Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide.
44th Annual Estate Planning Update 2023
麻豆传媒 Elects 20 New Partners
麻豆传媒 is pleased to announce the election of 20 lawyers to its partnership, effective February 1, 2022.