Robert W. Lanum

Robert W. Lanum

Of Counsel

Jeffersonville, IN

Phone: 812-218-1704 Fax: 502-779-9840

Email: rlanum@stites.com

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Education

  • University of Louisville School of Law

    J.D. 1968

  • Indiana University

    B.S. 1959

Admissions

  • Indiana

  • U.S. Tax Court

Service Areas

  • Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
  • Corporate General Services
  • Taxation
  • Trusts & Estate Planning

Industry Experience

  • Banking / Financial Services
  • Educational Institutions
  • Entrepreneurism
  • Financing
  • Not For Profit

Memberships

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • American Bar Association
  • Indiana Bar Association
  • Clark County Bar Association
  • Southern Indiana Estate Planning Council, President, 1972
  • Indiana Probate Code Study Commission
  • Indiana Banking Association, Member
  • Who's Who in American Law, 1994
  • Sherman Minton American Inn of Court, Master

Community Involvement

  • Regional Leadership Coalition, member and the former chairman
  • Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc., Chairman
  • Louisville Public Library Foundation, Director
  • Junior Achievement, Board of Advisors
  • Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation, Board of Advisors
  • Indiana University Foundation, Board of Directors

Martindale Hubbell - Robert W. Lanum
Robert W. Lanum, formerly Partner in Charge of the Jeffersonville office, is active in corporate, trusts, estates and tax law. His recent clients include Paul Ogle Foundation Inc., PNC Bank, Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation, and the University of Louisville Foundation. He has practiced law for more than 35 years. Mr. Lanum is listed in the 2004 - 2009 Indiana Super Lawyers magazine. In April 2008, Mr. Lanum was certified as an Estate Planning and Administration Specialist by the Indiana State Bar Association's Estate Planning and Administration Specialty Board.

Recent Assignments

  • Largely tax and estate planning for high net worth clients of the firm.

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

  • Corporate and Tax Planning seminars, Indiana Small Business Center, 2003-04.

Before Stites & Harbison

Mr. Lanum was a CPA before entering law school. He was Managing Partner of Fifer, Lanum & Blau before it merged with Stites & Harbison in 1987.

More than Stites & Harbison

Mr. Lanum is a member and the former chairman of the Regional Leadership Coalition and chairman of the Paul Ogle Foundation, Inc. He is the director of the Louisville Public Library Foundation, serves on the Board of Advisors of both Junior Achievement and Jeffersonville Carnegie Library Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of Indiana University Foundation.

Besides Stites & Harbison

He enjoys fishing, golf and watching basketball games.