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Areas of Practice

Since 1985, we’ve focused on a select, few areas of law rather than a wide spectrum.  Our 60+ years of combined legal experience in these areas makes us well-seasoned, recognized authorities in these areas of law.  
If you are looking for attorneys who are focused, have extensive experience, are personable and detail-oriented, then your search is over - you’ve found us.

Estate Planning

We assist individuals, couples and families in setting up estate plans to protect themselves and their loved ones.  Estate plans often include Trusts, Wills, Powers of Attorney for Property and Healthcare, Living Wills, Transfer on Death Instruments, and updating beneficiary designations.  Estate planning goals can include preserving assets, preparing for your own potential disability (or that of a loved one), directing your legacy, naming beneficiaries, fulfilling charitable intent, maintaining privacy, ensuring your children inherit at more mature ages, naming guardians for minor children, avoiding estate taxes, avoiding probate and avoiding legal guardianship, and more.

  • Wills, Codicils

  • Revocable, Living Trusts

  • Asset Protection Planning

  • Planned Giving

  • Special Needs Planning

  • Charitable Remainder Trusts

  • Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts

  • Special Needs Trusts

  • Asset Transfers to Trusts

  • Credit Shelter Trusts

  • Nuptial Agreements, including Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial

  • Powers of Attorney for Property

  • Powers of Attorney for Healthcare

  • Living Wills

  • Transfer on Death Instruments

  • Final Disposition of Remains

  • HIPAA Waivers

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Decedents’ Estates

When a loved one passes away, our attorneys aim to compassionately guide you through the legal maze of handling an estate.  In the midst of grieving, it can be a daunting task to have to go to probate court, communicate with financial institutions, get authority to collect the decedent's assets, and deal with creditors and possible family strife over inheritance.  We’re here to help.

  • Probate in Cook, DuPage, and Kane Counties in Illinois

  • Representing Executors and Administrators of Estates

  • Serving as Executor or Administrator of Estates

  • Testate and Intestate cases

  • Small Estate Affidavits

  • Bond in Lieu of Probate

  • Trust Administration

  • Representing Beneficiaries of Estates and Trusts

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Business

Are you starting a new business in Illinois?  Do you own Illinois real estate as an investment and want to shield your personal liability?  Do you and a business partner have a buy-sell agreement to ensure that if one of you passes away, the other doesn't end up stuck with that partner's family members as their new business partners?  Or, perhaps you just need help filing the annual report and need the services of a registered agent.  We can help.

  • Creating, establishing or dissolving:

    • Small Businesses

    • Corporations

    • Subchapter S-Corps

    • Partnerships

    • Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)

    • Not-for-Profit Organizations

  • Draft & Maintain Corporate Records

  • Design Ownership Agreements and Operating Agreements

  • Drafting Share Certificates

  • Shareholder Agreements and Buy-Sell Agreements

  • Registered Agent Services

  • Filing Annual Reports on behalf of Businesses

  • Representation of and Counsel to Small & Mid-size Businesses and Not-for-Profit Organizations

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Real Estate

Maybe you didn't need an attorney to sell real estate outside of Illinois. But legal services are essential for real estate sales in the Greater Chicago-Metro area of Illinois.  Your real estate agent cannot advise you about your rights under the contract, prepare legal documents or mitigate your legal risks during the deal.  Only an attorney can do that.  Your home is likely your largest investment.  Our highly experienced attorneys can assist you in protecting your most valuable asset, help you mitigate your risks, and advise you about your legal rights.  We service Sellers of real estate only. 

  • Residential Real Estate Sales

  • Commercial & Investment Real Estate Sales

  • Drafting Contracts and Amendments

  • Transfer on Death Instruments

  • Land Trusts

  • Drafting Illinois Deeds, including Quit Claim Deeds

  • Bonds in Lieu of Probate

  • Decedent's Estate Sale of Real Estate

  • Real Estate Title Examination

  • Promissory Notes and Mortgages

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Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice

If you or someone you love has been injured, we will fight for your legal rights and seek justice for you. Our cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means that the client pays nothing unless there is a recovery. We engage America’s best experts for the nuances of each of our cases and utilize state of the art technology to present our cases to juries in the most efficient way. 

 

If your legal issue falls into one of the following categories, we may be able to take your case. Please review the category or categories that match your circumstance. 

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  • Medical Malpractice

  • Wrongful Death

  • Personal Injury

  • Birth Injury

  • Auto Accident

  • Premises Liability

  • Product Liability

  • Nursing Home Liability

  • Transportation

  • Construction Accidents

  • Dog Bites

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