James Laman

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James Laman, J.D., LL.M., is Vice President & General Counsel of The Stanley-Laman Group, which he co-founded in 1991 with William Stanley and David Eaton. Jim is also the founder and managing member of Laman Law, LLC, a boutique estate planning practice serving select high-net-worth clients, and a principal and the Chief Compliance Officer of Stanley Laman Group Securities, LLC, a limited broker-dealer under common ownership with the firm.

Jim began his career in accounting and audit before moving to law, and worked with several financial services firms in estate and tax planning roles, including estate planning and business analysis for institutional clients. At Capital Analysts, Inc., he designed estate plans for high-net-worth clients before leaving to co-found the firm.

Jim earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois-Chicago, his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 1983, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law in 1988. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New York.

At the firm, Jim leads estate planning, working with the portfolio managers and tax professionals on plans for multi-generational families and business owners. His work includes grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), family limited partnerships, and other wealth transfer techniques. Through Laman Law, he provides estate planning counsel to clients with complex trust structures and succession planning needs.

Legal services are provided by Laman Law, LLC, a separate law firm that shares office space and collaborates with The Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd. The Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd. and Stanley Laman Group Securities, LLC do not provide legal services; their services are not legal services and do not create an attorney-client relationship.

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