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James F. White
Sugar Grove, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 36 years of experience
Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Probate and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Mr. White has practiced law for thirty years. He graduated from Indiana University in 1986 and received his law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1989. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar, and admitted to practice in the Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois, in 1989. While attending law school, he was a law clerk with the law firm of Carey, Filter, White & Boland. He became an associate of that firm upon graduating, and in 1996 became a partner.
Mr. White served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Summit Homes beginning...
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Robert Varak
Naperville, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 28 years of experience
4824 Snapjack Circle
Naperville, IL 60564
Estate Planning
The John Marshall Law School
If you are looking for assistance creating a will or living trust, or updating an existing estate plan, please contact the Law Offices of Robert J. Varak to start the process. Your convenience and satisfaction are the most important things to me. I will be happy to come to your home during the day or in the evening to make things easier for you, and I am always available directly to answer your questions. I will give you candid, up-front advice about your options, the costs, and what to expect from the experience of making an estate plan....
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Nicole Marie Soltanzadeh
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
The George Washington University Law School
Nicole M. Soltanzadeh is a principal at The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh, where she advises clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and real estate negotiations. She works with clients of large, medium, and small estates, providing each client with high-quality and practical representation.
Early in her career, Nicole earned substantial experience as a litigator, advocating for her clients routinely in state and federal court, and at the trial and appellate levels. She has skillfully brought hundreds of cases to closure through mediations, settlement conferences, and trials.
Nicole graduated with honors from The George Washington...
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Gregg Garofalo
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder and Probate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Gregg focuses his practice in the areas of probate administration and litigation, estate planning, elder law, and real estate. In addition, Gregg is a guardian ad litem appointed by the Circuit Court of Cook County, not only in the probate area, but other divisions including domestic relations division and law division.
Gregg is an active member of the legal community, where he is serving or has served in several leadership roles within the Illinois Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. Gregg is a past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Probate Practice Committee, where he served two years as Chair....
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Alan Sohn
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Elder
University of Illinois College of Law
Alan Sohn has provided expert legal counsel in the areas of wills and trusts, business succession planning, the organization and representation of privately-held businesses, probate and administration of estates, elder law, and real estate acquisition and leasing.
Alan is conversant with and has utilized S corporations and limited liability companies for business, estate planning and asset protection. Alan has also counseled and assisted his clients in connection with the resolution of family disputes and when necessary represented their interests in the courts and in arbitration proceedings where efforts in resolving such disputes have been unsuccessful.
Having dealt with a...
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Craig Pierson
Lake Bluff, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Craig D. Pierson has been practicing law in Illinois for 20 years. Craig focuses on estate planning, real estate, and business law. As an estate planning attorney, Craig has advised clients on sophisticated estate tax planning techniques, including GRATs, QPRTs, family limited partnerships, generation-skipping tax, charitable remainder trusts, and insurance trusts. In his practice as a real estate lawyer, Craig has advised clients on condominium conversion, environmental concerns, tax challenges, and has created appropriate corporate and other companies with which to hold real estate. His real estate practice includes the representation of general contractors, construction managers, real estate...
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Nora Baker
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 8 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Nora’s practice focuses on estate planning, elder law, estate and trust administration, business law and she also practices tax law in the areas of gift and estate taxation.
Nora drafts many types of trusts for clients including: life insurance trusts, special needs trusts for disabled persons, grantor retained annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable lead trusts, and charitable remainder trusts.
Nora provides services for businesses including: choosing the proper corporate entity; formation of the corporate entity; drafting partnership agreements, operating agreements, and corporate shareholder agreements and bylaws; buying and selling business; purchasing and leasing assets and real property in conjunction with...
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Kelly Karczmar
Crete, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Attorney Kelly Karczmar graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in 1994. She graduated from the John Marshall Law School in 2005, where she served in the Fair Housing Legal Clinic. Ms. Karczmar served for six years as a Human Resources Director in a Fortune 100 company. She was responsible for union negotiations, employee relations and legal compliance. Ms. Karczmar is an attorney admitted to practice in the state bar of Illinois, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has practiced law since 2005. She is a member of...
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Mr. Thomas Eric Ost
Tinley Park, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Business, Criminal Defense and Domestic Violence
Illinois Institute of Technology
I am Thomas Eric Ost. As a former Assistant Public Defender in DuPage County, I handled hundreds of criminal, mental health, and juvenile cases. Those cases ranged from DUIs, Domestic Batteries, and Retail Thefts to Aggravated Batteries and Murder. The police and the prosecutors seem to do their best to dehumanize defendants to everyone including to the defendants themselves. Yet in 23 years of practice, I’ve learned that most people with legal problems are not bad people. They are people who are caught up in a problem a lot bigger than they...
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Jennifer K. Kearney
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Estate Planning, DUI & DWI, Family and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
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Douglas Boodt
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
DePaul College of Law
Douglas Boodt, Esq.
Elder Law Attorney
Elder Law attorney with over 25 years experience. Concentrating in Jewish culture and families, providing help with long-term care planning, Medicaid planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, Jewish wills, ethical wills and health crisis management. House calls and hospital visits available. Office hours by appointment only in Chicago and Oak Brook.
I can be reached at douglas@boodtlaw.com or 269.929.7206. Let me put my decades of experience to work for you.
LICENSED IN ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN
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David Nelson
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Probate and Real Estate
Drake University Law School
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Sheni Hajat Djurisic
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
As a an attorney with over 20 years of expereince, I can provide quality legal services in a cost effective manner in the areas of Probate, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care and business matters. Every matter is unique and I take the time to find solutions that work for each client's situation and goals.
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Brent Wills
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
120 N. LaSalle
20th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and IP
Washington University in St. Louis
Brent practices in the areas of estate planning and probate administration, probate and estate litigation, business succession planning, asset protection, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. He is a member of Wealth Counsel Trust an Estate Practice. In his practice, Brent represents individuals, families and corporate clients on estate planning matters in the formulation and implementation of strategies to reduce taxation, protect and preserve assets, and facilitate the transfer of assets among family members and other charities. Brent advises clients in connection with the establishment of both simple and highly customized estate...
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Wendy D Calvert
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Business Advisor and Real Estate Consultant:
Small boutique firm working to assist entrepreneurs, business start ups, property investors, new home buyers, and distressed owners
Business Advisor and Real Estate Consultant:
Small boutique firm working to assist entrepreneurs, business start ups, property investors, new home buyers, and distressed owners
Wendy Calvert began her career as a corporate attorney with a focus on complex commercial litigation, primarily in the fields of construction, property and casualty, and contractor liability. Through this experience, Wendy has managed and successfully litigated cases in Illinois and Wisconsin.
In 2004, Wendy relocated to...
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Fred H. Dickson
Aurora, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 39 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Tax
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Fred is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, an honor bestowed upon very few attorneys. He focuses in the areas of estate and tax planning, trust, estate and probate administration, and business structuring and counseling. Fred enjoys helping people accomplish their personal goals. He has an extensive background assisting clients in the transfer of small businesses and farms during their lifetime or at death while minimizing taxes and expenses. Many of his estate plans are sophisticated and involve using wills, trusts, limited liability companies, family limited partnerships and other closely held entities. He has...
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Michael Brennan
GRAYSLAKE, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning and Business
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Michael is a licensed attorney in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota who founded the Virtual Attorney to bring estate planning and business law into the 21st century. Through the use of technology and the internet he offers estate planning to young families, co-habitating couples, homosexual couples, and everyone in between. The Virtual Attorney is also the one-stop shop for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Starting out is tough and you don't have money to throw away on an in-house lawyer. With the Virtual Attorney's flat-fee based Essential In-House Counsel arrangements you'll get exactly what you need and you won't pay unexpected hourly...
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Jeffrey P. Story
Evanston, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
Northeastern University School of Law
Attorney Bio Jeffery P. Story, Attorney at Law: Jeff Story graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts in 2005 and was admitted to the Illinois State Bar that same year. During the past eight years he has worked in civil litigation in Chicago. He is married to Amy Marinacci, a fellow attorney that he met in law school. Amy grew up in Evanston where her family still lives. Jeff and Amy have a young son, Gabriel who goes to Pope John XXIII School in Evanston. Jeff recently lost his mother and father within...
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Brian M. Radke
Libertyville, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
1641 N. Milwaukee Ave, Suite 12
Libertyville, IL 60048
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Personal Injury and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
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Stephen Cohen
Northbrook, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 59 years of experience
(219) 836-1171
P. O. Box 1172
Formerly at 900 Ridge Rd., Munster, IN and in East Chicago, IN and Chicago, IL
Northbrook, IL 60065-1172
Estate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Probate
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England and Vanderbilt University Law School
Education:
Harvard College, AB
Vanderbilt University Law School, JD
Cambridge University, LLM in International Law and Diploma in International Law
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www.stephenbcohenlaw.com
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Roger Paul Galer
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Divorce
The John Marshall Law School
Mr. Galer is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and New York and the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. He completed his law studies at The John Marshall Law School (Chicago) and American University (Paris Program), then received his Master of Business administration in International Marketing and Finance from DePaul University (Chicago). Following law school, and prior to establishing The Galer Firm, P.C., Mr. Galer worked as a litigator in New York City.
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Matthew Becker
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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William R Pokorny
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
The University of Chicago Law School
William R. Pokorny represents management in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He concentrates his practice on litigation and counseling in areas including discrimination, disabilities, ERISA and employee benefits, employment contracts, covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge, wage and hour law, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and labor relations. He represents employers before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Mr. Pokorny has experience with a wide variety of clients, including manufacturers, utilities, hospitals and healthcare providers, insurance companies, financial services...
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Felix Kutsin
Round Lake, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Felix Kutsin is a Lake County, Illinois lawyer dedicated to providing you with exceptional legal services. With over a decade of experience and a commitment to staying informed of the latest developments, attorney Felix Kutsin strives to achieve an unmatched level of personal commitment to your legal issues.
If you are looking for a business lawyer in Round Lake, Grayslake, Gurnee or the surrounding suburbs that can guide you through incorporating your business, drafting contracts or designing a succession plan for your business, attorney Felix Kutsin has both the attention to detail and expertise to take care of it.
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Mr. Thomas Nicholas Tyszka
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 15 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Nicholas Tyszka is an attorney at Handler Law, LLP, an internationally-acclaimed private client law firm in Chicago. He focuses his practice primarily on advanced planning for family offices and their businesses, with an emphasis on governance and family dynamics.
Representative domestic and international matters include: corporate governance, structuring, taxation, alternative investment opportunities (including real property, private equity and credit, venture capital, and hedge funds), and philanthropic endeavors.
Nicholas has been recognized as a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) by the American Bankers Association, a Certified Exit Planning...
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Mark A. Lara
Burr Ridge, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years of experience
(630) 655-6000
The Prairie Building
835 McClintock Drive, 2nd Floor
Burr Ridge, IL 60527-0860
Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School and The John Marshall Law School
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David Hernandez
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
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Gerald Bauer Jr.
Bolingbrook, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
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Dallas T. Bartz
Aurora, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning and Business
University of Illinois College of Law
Dallas was raised in Charleston, Illinois where he was close to his Alma Mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There he received his Bachelor of Science in Finance in 2007 and his Juris Doctor in 2011. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois in 2011. He was later admitted to the United States District Courts for both the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois. He formerly practiced as a public interest attorney in Rockford, Illinois, and as an insurance defense attorney in Joliet, Illinois. He now specializes in estate planning, trust and estate administration,...
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Thomas J. Olofsson JD
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Elder
The John Marshall Law School
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Kimberly J. Myers
DeKalb, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Mary E. Cacciapaglia
Belvidere, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Juvenile and Probate
Northern Illinois University
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Andrew Hays
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
The mission of Hays Firm LLC is to provide individualized services based on the unique facts of each client's situation. To accomplish this goal, the firm establishes close relationships with its clients in order to understand their present financial situation, future goals and the type of legacy they wish to leave behind. By considering each client's global financial picture, the firm is able to specifically tailor an estate plan that most efficiently accomplishes their goals.
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John J Hansen
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Collections
Experienced attorney with highly diverse practice familiarity. Concentration in tort litigation and general contract disputes. Secondary concentration in areas of debt negotiation and relief, domestic relations, estate planning and probate administration. Self-driven and organized with proven ability to manage large, diverse caseload successfully. Familiar with state and federal rules and procedures, mechanics of litigation, case law decisions and jury-verdict trends. Proven courtroom, negotiation, communication, and client interaction skills.
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Anne J. Foley
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign and Western New England University School of Law
Anne J. Foley formerly known as Anne J. Rabuck
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Robert P. Rauschert
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Real Estate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Charles Alfred Johnson
Bolingbrook, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, DUI & DWI and Divorce
The John Marshall Law School
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Guy Youman
Inverness, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Probate and Tax
Northern Illinois University
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Sylvia Coulon Hampton
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Nursing Home and Probate
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Christine M. Hunt
Chicago, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Business and Family
Pennsylvania State University - University Park and The John Marshall Law School