John P.C. Duncan
Principal
Duncan Associates

John Duncan is the founder of Duncan Associates. He concentrates on the representation of private and public trust companies, family offices, investment advisors and private investment funds. He frequently lectures and writes on legal and business topics affecting wealth management activities of private and public financial institutions and family offices and the special needs and requirements of extraordinarily wealthy families.

John has assisted in forming more than 30 trust companies in 15 states. He is the primary author of numerous statutes and regulations, including the CSBS Model State Trust Company and Trust Modernization Acts, the model for trust company acts adopted in whole or in part in almost one-half of the states, including Alaska, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Most recently, John was the principal author of the New Hampshire Trust Modernization and Competition Act of 2006, revolutionizing New Hampshire trust and trust company laws.

John is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. cum laude 1971) and The University of Chicago Law School (J.D. 1974). Prior to forming Duncan Associates, Mr. Duncan headed the banking and investment practice of the international law firm Jones Day. He is a member of the Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association (Co-chairman, ABA Financial Privacy Task Force, 1998–2001; Chairman, Securities Activities of Banks Subcommittee, 1995–98) and past chairman of the Financial Institutions Committee of the Chicago Bar Association (1985–86). He is a member of the faculty (Fiduciary Activities) of the ABA National Institute on Banking Law Basics and listed as one of the world’s best banking lawyers by both Euromoney and Mondaq.