Jim Lamm

Attorney-at-Law


Contact Jim Lamm

Jim Lamm

Lathrop GPM LLP

500 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: (612) 632-3404

Fax: (612) 632-4404

Blog: DigitalPassing.com


Jim Lamm’s Biography

Jim Lamm is a third-generation Minnesota estate planning and tax attorney. Jim Lamm is a partner in the Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning practice group at the Minneapolis office of Lathrop GPM LLP. Jim Lamm focuses his practice on estate planning, tax planning, family business succession planning, probate and trust administration, and charitable giving. Jim Lamm works with executives, entrepreneurs, professional athletes, high-net-worth families, and family offices to achieve family goals, pass on family values, and plan for family businesses.

Jim Lamm is nationally known for his speaking and writing on advanced estate planning and tax topics, and he has been interviewed and quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Star Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, Forbes magazine, Intellectual Property Magazine, Barron’s, Bloomberg, InvestmentNews, Kiplinger’s, Morningstar, Pew Research Center, Twin Cities Business, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, MSNBC, KSTP television, KMSP television, National Public Radio, and more. Jim Lamm is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and he is a member of ACTEC’s Board of Regents. Jim Lamm is a past chair of ACTEC’s Technology in the Practice Committee, a past chair of ACTEC’s Digital Property Committee, and a past co-chair of ACTEC’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Jim Lamm also has been an adjunct associate professor teaching an Estate Planning and Drafting seminar at the University of Minnesota Law School.

Jim Lamm plans and prepares foundational estate planning documents for families including wills, revocable trusts (living trusts), financial powers of attorney, health care directives (living wills), and beneficiary designations for life insurance and retirement plans. Jim Lamm also works with families and family business owners to plan and implement trusts for children or grandchildren, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), dynasty trusts, installment sales, split-dollar life insurance agreements, private foundations, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, prenuptial agreements, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, and buy-sell agreements.

Jim Lamm also works with families, family offices, and other professionals to help them through the probate and estate settlement process, administer trusts, prepare tax returns, and resolve trust, estate, and tax disputes.


Jim Lamm’s Practice Areas
  • Estate Planning
  • Family Business Succession Planning
  • Probate and Trust Administration
  • Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning

Jim Lamm’s Education
  • St. John’s University, B.A., summa cum laude with All-College Honors and Distinction in the Field of Management
  • University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum laude

Jim Lamm’s Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 1997
  • North Dakota, 1998
  • South Dakota, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1999
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1999

Jim Lamm’s Honors and Distinctions

ACTEC Fellow

  • “The Best Lawyers in America©,” Woodward/White, Inc., 2010–2021
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell
  • “Top Rated Lawyers in Trusts & Estates,” American Lawyer Media & Martindale-Hubbell, 2013
  • “Minnesota Rising Star®,” Thomson Reuters, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011
  • “Minnesota Super Lawyer®,” Thomson Reuters, 2013–2021
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow

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