Mr. Knudson embarked on his legal journey after graduating from the University of Illinois in 1969 and initially working at Argonne National Laboratories, and thereafter studying law at Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, Mr. Knudson was not only a dedicated, academically, successful student who served as a Judge on the Honors Moot Court, but he was also elected by his fellow law school classmates to serve as Senior Class President, graduating in 1973. Demonstrating his unparalleled dedication to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Knudson, in addition to his legal studies, worked his way through law school. After his first semester in law school, he was hired to serve as a Law Clerk assisting attorneys at a nationally, renowned personal injury law firm in New Orleans where he would go to work at the end of each day’s classes. That employment as a Law Clerk provided Mr. Knudson with extremely valuable, “real world” personal injury experience and learning at the law firm, supplementing the legal knowledge he was also obtaining from his legal education while attending law school.

Prior to forming ILG Private Wealth, John’s professional career was focused as the director of the estate, retirement and business planning departments of several law firms in Florida and Pennsylvania. Today, John brings over 35 years’ experience of providing sophisticated legal and financial advice to the high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients of ILG Private Wealth. He founded the firm with the belief that high-net-worth families deserved access to conflict-free financial planning and investment advice. John’s expansive experience includes sophisticated estate and retirement planning, executive compensation and advanced benefits planning, asset protection planning and multi-generational legacy planning. As a licensed life and health producer, John is a noted author and lectures on the design and various uses of life insurance and annuities including: premium finance arrangements; corporate-owned life insurance; key man insurance arrangements; non-qualified retirement plan alternatives; captive insurance; private placement insurance; and proprietary multi-generational insurance strategies. John earned his Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law and went on to earn an L.L.M in Federal Taxation from the University of Florida. John has been an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since 1983 and The Florida Bar since 1984. John currently holds a Series 65 registration and is a licensed life and health insurance agent.

John Iannucci, J.D., LL.M., CEPA™, is a nationally recognized Author, Speaker, Attorney and Wealth Preservation Specialist, whom you may have seen in Yahoo, Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, Morningstar and others. Iannucci is the Author of The Peace of Mind Retirement Planner; and Co-Author of RETIRE ABUNDANTLY and RETIRE Like A Shark, with Kevin Harrington, original Shark on ABC TV's hit series, Shark Tank. He received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Duquesne University, his Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in Federal Taxation from the University of Florida and is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor™. He is a member of the Pennsylvania (1983) and Florida (1984) Bar Association and a Continuing Professional Education Instructor to attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors.

JUAN L. ICAZA, was born in Cuba in 1965. He and his family came to America in 1971 and resided in New York City. He graduated from Seton Hall University and Seton Hall Law School. Mr. Icaza then joined the Newark firm of Bross, Strickland, Cary & Grossman as an associate and rose to become its managing partner at the age of 29. He and Robert R. Cary formed the firm of Cary & Icaza in 1996 and in 2009 renamed the firm to Icaza & Burgess maintaining a relationship with Robert Cary as office counsel. Mr. Icaza has been practicing law since 1990 specializing in personal injury cases involving medical malpractice, lead and toxic torts, automobile accidents and products liability. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey , Federal District Court of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Icaza is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association and The Association of Trial lawyers of America. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

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