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Daniel F. Rahill

Daniel F. Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM, CGMA

Wealth Strategist

Wintrust Wealth Management

Daniel F. Rahill is a Wealth Strategist and personal financial planner at Wintrust Wealth Management, where he works with affluent individuals, business owners, and multi-generational families to develop income tax, estate planning, investment, and business succession strategies. His expertise focuses on working with privately held businesses on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, executive compensation, and wealth transfer planning. Dan works closely with his clients to design and implement a comprehensive personal wealth plan, with an emphasis on estate planning solutions and financial modeling. As a JD and CPA, Dan has an established network of professional advisor relationships that he works closely with to assist his clients in their wealth plan implementation.

Dan joined Wintrust in 2019 as a Managing Director after a distinguished career in public accounting and law. Dan spent 28 years with KPMG LLP where he held numerous leadership roles, including Chicago Office Tax Managing Partner and Partner-in-Charge of the Midwest Middle Market and Structured Leasing Practices. Dan was a Trustee of the KPMG US Foundation and served as the lead partner on many of KPMG’s high-profile multinational, privately held, and family office accounts. Prior to KPMG, Dan practiced law and spent five years with Ernst & Young as an auditor and tax manager.

Dan frequently lectures to family office organizations, trade and industry groups, CPA and bar associations, and at investment conferences. He is frequently published and interviewed in the media, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, ABC7, NBC5, WGN TV and Radio, and is a frequent contributor to WBBM Radio’s Noon Business Hour.

Dan is currently a state chapter president and board member of the American Academy of Attorney-CPAs, where he is a frequent speaker. He is a member of the Illinois CPA Society, where he is a past Chairman and recipient the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member of the Estate and Gift Tax and Federal Tax committees and is a regular contributor to the Illinois CPA Society’s quarterly Insight Magazine, sharing tax and estate planning advice. Dan is an active member and instructor for the Financial Planning Associations of Illinois and Florida, and belongs to the Chicago Estate Planning Council, the Economic Club of Chicago (past Membership Chair), the AICPA (past National Governing Board), Notre Dame Monogram Club (past board member), and Metropolitan Family Services (20-year Board Member and Finance Committee Chair). He also serves on academic advisory boards at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Illinois, and Northeastern Illinois University.  

Dan graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was awarded the 2008 Accounting Alumni of the Year. He received his law degree and his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the DePaul University College of Law and is licensed to practice before the United States Tax Court. Dan earned the AICPA’s Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) accreditation and is an Investment Advisor Representative.

 

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