James Koday

James Koday focuses his Indiana and Florida practices in the areas of estate planning and administration.  Services in estate planning range from simple wills and trusts to the most sophisticated estate tax savings techniques.

Publications:  Practical and Tax Aspects of the Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, Res Gestae, March and April 1980; “Federal Estate Tax Return,” ICLEF, 1982; “Federal Income Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling Real Estate,” ICLEF, 1983; “Claims,” ICLEF, 1984; “Living Will Act,” ICLEF, 1986; “Tax Reform Act of 1986,” ICLEF, 1987; “Estate Planning,” ICLEF, 1988; “Estate Planning for the Aging Client,” ICLEF, 1989, Chairman; “How to Plan a Lawyer's Estate,” ICLEF, 1990; "Uniform Rule Against Perpetuities Act,” ICLEF, 1991; “Generation Skipping Tax,” ICLEF, 1992; “Estate Planning for Larger Estates,” ICLEF, 1993, Chairman; “Basic Will Drafting,” ICLEF, 1995, Chairman; “Hot Estate Planning Techniques,” ICLEF, 1997; “Recent Developments in Probate/Estate Law,” ICLEF, 1999; “Discounted Gifts,” ICLEF, 2000; “Charitable Lead Trusts,” ICLEF, 2001; “Estate Tax, Valuation, & IRS,” ICLEF, 2002, Chairman; "Fiduciary Income Tax," ICLEF, 2006, 2007 & 2008. Presentation "State and Federal Trust and Estate Law Update", Allen County Bar Association, 2014

Awards:   Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" published by Woodward/White, each for more than ten years; named Super Lawyers (top 5% of Indiana lawyers) in the area of Estate Planning and Probate; selected to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a select group of experienced estate planning lawyers; and named by the Indiana Trust and Estate Specialty Board of the ISBA as a Certified Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyer.