Denice Gierach

Denice Gierach

The Gierach Law Firm
  • Business Law, Employment Law, Estate Planning ...
  • Arizona, Illinois
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Denice A. Gierach is a business and estate planning lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing business owners in the formation, franchising, and dissolution of businesses; contract negotiation and reviews; business litigation; partnership disputes, succession planning; commercial real estate; and aiding individuals in matters of advanced estate planning, and charitable giving.

She also leads her firm’s YourOGC program providing Outsourced General Counsel services to small and medium size businesses to assist them in preventing legal issues, providing proper planning for reaching goals, and insight into issues preventing them from further success.

As a Certified Public Accountant with a master's degree in Management from Northwestern University, Ms. Gierach also practices in the areas of Income Taxation, Federal Estate Taxation, and varied Real Estate Law.

She is also an experienced Estate Planning attorney who specializes in complicated, and high-end estates. She provides full planning services including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, business succession plans, and other needed items that help avoid probate and unnecessary taxes, as well as making sure clients wishes are fulfilled properly.

Practice Areas
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Employment Law
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Estate Planning
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Probate
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Elder Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Contracts
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Probate Administration
  • Wills and Trusts
Fees
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
    Accepts checks and cash payments.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Arizona
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Illinois
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7th Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Languages
  • French: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Owner
The Gierach Law Firm
Current
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
J.D. | Juris Doctor
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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
CPA | Accounting
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Professional Associations
Illinois State Bar
Member
Current
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DuPage County Bar Association
Member
Current
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Hertitage YMCA
Director
Current
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Naperville Area Humane Society
Director
Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Who's Who in Business Law
The Daily Herald Business Ledger
Websites Can Help Determine Long-term Care for Parents
The Naperville Sun
Is Your Family Business Sustainable?
Daily Herald Business Ledger
Is your home a good safety net for you when you are older?
Naperville Sun
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Blog
Business Law Blog
Blog
Estate Planning Blog
Contact & Map
1776 Legacy Circle
Suite 104
Naperville, IL 60563
US
Telephone: (630) 756-1160
Telephone: (630) 756-1160