Katrina Crafton Fluet (Katy) is a partner in the Private Client group of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Silicon Valley office. Katy advises high net worth individuals, families and charities on all aspects of federal and state estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters, charitable planning and succession planning for closely held companies. Katy frequently counsels clients on the structure and implementation of complex, leveraged wealth transfer techniques. In addition, she has extensive experience in lifetime and post-death estate and trust administration, including representation of individual and corporate fiduciaries, and individual and charitable trust beneficiaries. Katy also advises gay, lesbian and unmarried couples regarding their unique estate and tax planning issues.

Katy has lectured to regional and national audiences on a broad variety of topics in estate planning, tax reporting, the effect of spousal rights for property law and tax purposes and the impact of state legislation specific to same-sex couples for federal and state transfer and income tax purposes. Katy also dedicates a significant portion of her time to pro bono and community service efforts. She is an active member of the Firm’s Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, and was a recipient of the Firm’s Pro Bono and Community Service Award in 2010. She also served on the Ambassador’s Board of the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago and supports a number of local civil rights organizations.

Katy received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law where she was an editor of The Elder Law Journal and a Harno Scholar. Katy received her B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001.

Katy is admitted to practice in California, Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.