About the Authors

James E. Hughes Jr., Esq.

A retired attorney and resident of Aspen, Colorado, Jay is the author of Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family, Family: The Compact Among Generations, and numerous articles on family governance and wealth preservation as well as a series of “Reflections” that can be found on the Articles section of his website, jamesehughes.com.

Jay is the founder of a law partnership in New York City and has spoken frequently at numerous international and domestic symposia on the avoidance of the shirtsleeves-to-shirtsleeves proverb and the growth of families’ human, intellectual, social, and financial capitals toward their families’ flourishing.

Jay is a member of various philanthropic boards and a member of the ...

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