Top Estate Lawyers Near Me in Chicago Area

Jack Lydon concentrates his practice in commercial litigation in state and federal courts.  He principally represents financial institutions, mortgage lenders, businesses and individuals in litigation including operations, class action defense, mortgage repurchase, consumer protection, TILA, RESPA, FCRA, ECOA, fair housing, collection, regulatory and probate matters. He also represents various not-for-profit corporations.. Jack is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association and served as the law to clerk the late Hon. Arthur L. Dunne in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Jack lives in Chicago’s Ravenswood Community and is active in a number of community organizations. He is the past president and director of the Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club. He is a director of the Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association and members of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and the Irish American Heritage Center.

Izabela concentrates her practice in estate and trust planning, probate, and estate and trust administration and litigation. Izabela also assists clients in planning for disability and special needs. Izabela also handles guardianship proceedings and serves as a volunteer Guardian Ad Litem for the Cook County Circuit Court. Additionally, Izabela has experience with domestic and international income tax and business planning, and corporate and individual tax controversies.

In a world where every deal seems to be complicated, you need an attorney who will represent your position and understands good customer service.Tamara Hannah has been providing personalized and cost-effective legal expertise to businesses and individuals for thirty years.Her residential real estate experience includes negotiations and closings on condominiums, single-family homes, multi-family properties, cooperatives and new construction. She can assist with zoning and is a specialist in 1031 tax-free (Starker) exchanges.Tamara's commercial real estate practice includes lease negotiations and property acquisitions and sales.Tamara's practice also specializes in small business corporation representation. She can counsel you on intellectual property, (trademark and service mark), contractual and employment issues. She has worked with restaurants and clubs and can help with liquor licensing. Her office can also maintain all of your corporate records.Her practice also includes entertainment law. Tamara has a vast array of clients that include producers, record companies and musicians.. For more information, contact Tamara Hannah at.  Ask her about Hannah Brokerage Company.

I'm interested in using technology to streamline the practice of law as well as to deliver services to those would would not normally be able to afford an attorney. I am currently in the final stages of launching a virtual law office at my firm. This online law office will allow us to provide unbundled legal services to the entire state of Illinois, as opposed to just the Chicago Metro area.

I'm focused on helping people and their businesses reach their goals. I am also a Certified Public Accountant with years of consulting experience at the "Big 4", having worked closely with Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs. We navigate our clients' legal issues so they can focus on growing their businesses and brands.

I started in this business when I was 18 years old.  I was a receptionist at a mid-size Chicago lawfirm and then worked as a legal secretary for a solo practictioner, and a real estate paralegal at a large firm in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I started law school at Kent College of Law in Chicago when our son was 3 months old.  While working full time and finishing law school at Salmon P. Chase College of Law/Northern Kentucky University our twins were born.  After passing the bar in Ohio I worked as an associate attorney at same large lawfirm in the real estate department.  After a couple of years, my family moved back to Illinois where our 4th child was born.  I am licensed in Illinois and Ohio and my vast experience in both Illinois and Ohio has always been in real estate.  I pride myself on returning calls and emails daily.  My clients speak directly with me and not a paralegal or secretary.  Buying and selling a home can be very stressful and I feel I go above and beyond to assist my clients with their real estate transactions.

I left a successful career in the home-building industry to pursue a career in law.  My successes in my first career had moved me away from working directly with homebuyers into administrative and supervisory positions.  These promotions provided me with invaluable experience evaluating and negotiating contracts, but took me further away from what I really enjoy, working directly with people to help them achieve their dream of homeownership.

I learned the real estate taxation practice area while working for my current employer during law school.  I graduated in 2005 and have helped to grow the firm by expanding the geographic diversity of properties under representation as well as the complexity of the matters we handle.  In addition to assessment appeals, we also help our clients with divisions, incentive applications (6B, 7, 8), landmark designation, omitted assessments (back tax), refunds, tax rate objections, and erroneous homestead exemptions.. We have four attorneys and a large support staff.  We handle any size real estate tax matter in Cook County and we represent diverse property holdings in the collar counties and throughout the State of Illinois.  We represent houses, (including several of the highest taxed residences in Cook and Lake Counties), apartment buildings, low income housing, mobile home parks, condo buildings, industrial properties including trucking facilities and factories, and every kind of commercial property including high rise office buildings, national retailers, gyms, and car dealerships.  We also represent special use properties such as golf courses, hospital buildings, equestrian properties, and ice rinks.  We also represent the OREO portfolios for small and large banks.. I have been heavily involved in the Chicago Bar Association serving as the legislative liaison, subcommittee chair, Vice Chair, and Chair of the Real Estate Tax Committee, which is comprised of several hundred members.  I also serve on the Judicial Evaluations Committee for the CBA and have chaired the Real Estate Committee for the Young Lawyers Section.  I've also traveled with the bar association to domestic and foreign destinations for seminars and I have appeared in their Christmas Spirits annual musical.. I have also been very involved with the Illinois Bar Association.  I have served as a member of the ISBA's Section Council on State and Local Taxation for several years.  I've held the positions of Legislative Liaison and Secretary for the Section Council in recent years and I have chaired and participated in multiple work groups.  I am currently on the ballot and running for General Assembly of the ISBA.  I regularly attend the annual and mid-year meetings as well as the monthly Section Council meetings.. There are several other non-legal voluntary associations that are important to my practice area.  I am a member of the Institute of Professionals in Taxation as well as the International Association of Assessing Officials ("IAAO").  The IAAO's legal committee presents a two-day legal seminar every year.  I have attended annually since 2009 and I have also served as a moderator and presenter at the seminar.. In addition to my law practice, I am also a Managing Real Estate Broker in the State of Illinois.  Prior to attending law school, I had experience working for private developers as well as transactional real estate law firms.  I also own investment property and am therefore well-apprised of the everyday issues that landlords and developers face on a daily basis.

I have practiced in estate planning, probate, and estate and trust litigation since graduating from law school in 2004.  After working at Urban & Burt, Ltd., in Oak Forest, IL, I joined Paul F. O'Keefe, P.C. in 2006 where I continue to practice in estate planning, probate, trust and estate litigation, and now commercial litigation.  I work out of both our Evanston and Chicago offices.  I grew up in West Michigan and came to the Chicago area to attend college at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL.

I have been practicing law since 2007, primarily concentrating in real estate transactions, landlord / tenant disputes, and family law. As a zealous advocate for my clients, I do my utmost to vigorously represent their interests in and out of the courtroom. I invite you to browse my website for more information about me and my practice.

I have been a Chicagoan my entire adult life and am a third-generation real estate attorney. Needless to say, real estate runs through my veins and I am very familiar with this world-class city and the surrounding area. I received my degree from John Marshall Law School—the same school from which my grandfather graduated—and since 2017, I have served as Secretary on the board of a 900 unit condo building.. I believe the goal in a real estate transaction is, “everyone’s a winner.” Someone wants to buy a property and someone wants to sell a property. And when this transaction closes—assuming the offer to purchase is genuine—everyone benefits from its completion.. Because of this, there is not a whole lot of “one-upping” in a real estate transaction. I have a duty to represent my client’s interest, yet it does not come at the expense of my working relationship and collaboration with the other party. Both parties need to work together to achieve an optimal outcome—in that way, our interests are aligned, no matter which side of the table we are sitting on. Often times real estate is black and white, and it makes for a smooth transaction. I am passionate about what I do because I like when everyone wins.. When you work with me, you will receive personalized service. I am proudly a one-man shop. When you call my office, I answer the phone. I write all my letters, prepare all the necessary documents, and answer all my emails.. Want to know a little more about me? Here are a few fun facts, because I like to think I am fun and interesting:. I am from a large family: I am one of ten kids. Six girls and four boys. I have fifteen nieces and nephews and am a Godparent to many of them.I was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune in 2008. The show was filming in Chicago and did a week’s worth of shows for College Week. I represented UIC.My sisters think I am lucky (they might be jealous about it, too). I won Wheel of Fortune, I won a Chicago Cubs split the pot raffle, and generally, when I need them to, things tend to work out.If you are considering buying or selling a property, do not hesitate to contact me.

I focus my law practice in the areas of real estate tax assessments, property tax incentives and tax exemptions.  I have extensive experience representing a variety of property owners including REIT's, multi-unit residential and condominium properties, commercial and industrial properties, as well as downtown Chicago office buildings, hotels/motels, parking lots, gas stations and restaurants.. My experience in litigation is extensive.  Currently I maintain a docket of over 100 active cases in Circuit Court seeking to obtain property tax refunds on behalf of my clients' property assets.. In 2008, I authored the chapter, "Tax Objection Complaints" in the book, “Real Estate Taxation” and co-authored the chapter, “Real Estate Tax Considerations” in the book “Residential Real Estate Transactions” for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.  I also co-authored the article “Five Things Every Attorney Should Know About Appealing Their Client’s Real Estate Taxes” appearing in the January, 2004 edition of the “CBA Record”.. I was the former Chairman, Legislative Liaison, and Chairman of the Assessment and Appeals Sub-committee for the Chicago Bar Association's Real Estate Taxation Committee.  I have lectured before the Chicago Bar Association’s continuing legal education seminars entitled, "Real Estate Taxation: What You Don't Know Could Hurt You and Your Client" (2010) and “Real Estate Taxation: An Overview for the Non-Specialist” (2005).. Additionally, I have acted as Special Assistant State’s Attorney on behalf of Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, as Trustee of the Indemnity Fund in the defense of a claim against the Indemnity Fund.  I have also served on the Cook County Treasurer, Maria Pappas’ Joint Committee for the automation of the Illinois Transfer Tax Form, which is responsible for the design and future implementation of internet accessible filing, fee collection and transmission of the State of Illinois transfer tax information for all real estate transactions in Illinois.

I became an attorney because I wanted to work with people and have a positive impact on their lives. Nowhere is this more apparent and rewarding than in the field of Elder Law. My clients’ goals become my goals and I enjoy working with them every step of the way to accomplish peace of mind.

I assist clients with monitoring and appealing property tax bills and assessments for all types of properties, including single family homes, office buidlings, shopping centers, apartment buildings, condominium associations, hotels/motels and industrial buidlings in Cook and the collar counties.

I am the past president of the 22,000 member Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and founder of the Elder Law Committee of the CBA. I authored chapters on guardianship litigation and will contests for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and my firm was hired by the city of Chicago's Department on Aging to re-write the elder abuse and neglect act. I have been chosen as an Illinois Super Lawyer four years running and in 2007 was named "Jewish Chicagoan of the Year."

I am the Managing Member of the firm and have been advising families, businesses and non-profits for over 10 years.. Prior to founding the firm, I practiced law in the Chicago area as Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel working with such firms as Harley-Davidson Financial Services, The Northern Trust Company and Harbor Capital Advisors. During that time, my law practice focused primarily in the areas of securities regulation (mutual funds, commodity pools, collective investment trusts and private funds), trusts and estates, corporate law, banking and finance, employment law and trademarks and copyrights. In 2010, I was published in the Mutual Fund Service Guide with an article analyzing recent changes to money market mutual funds.. From 2008-2014, I was on the Board of Directors of Amate House, a Chicago-area non-profit with annual revenue of nearly $1 million, serving in the roles of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair. I have also provided pro bono legal services in the area of real estate and probate with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.. I attended law school at the University of Iowa College of Law where I received the Willard Boyd Service Distinction Highest Honors and was the Treasurer of the Iowa Student Bar Association. Prior to law school, I was a Senior Accountant with State Street Bank. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Business Administration.

I am the founding partner of the Weinstein Legal, P.C.  We focus specifically on landlord teant issues and related security deposit violations.  Prior to establishing Weinstein Legal, P.C. I was an associate attorney at a mid sized Chicago law firm over 6 years.

I am dedicated to helping people with their legal and business needs.  I have clients that range from start-up entrepreneurs to established companies, and I custom fit strategies to fit their respective needs.  I pride myself on always being available and securing favorable resolutions with consistency.

Hello- I am Robert Edens and I  am here to help people navigate the complexities of the legal system. On your behalf, I will aggressively pursue your interests and protect your rights. With over 20 years of experience, I have resolved thousands of cases; relieving clients of the anxiety caused by the financial burden and uncertainty that often accompanies their case.. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or for a free case evaluation.  .

Gregory Berlowitz, J.D., is committed to making estate planning accessible and straightforward for families across Chicago. Located in Andersonville and serving clients on the north side, Gregory’s mission is to ensure that individuals can protect their assets and loved ones while avoiding court and family disputes. Gregory graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was honored as a Dean’s List student, Harno Scholar, Rickert Award recipient for Service, and pro bono honoree. Following a federal judicial clerkship and five years in private practice, Gregory broadened his professional experience by founding an organic food co-op and focusing on his family. He is admitted to practice before the Illinois Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Gregory Berlowitz offers compassionate and experienced counsel to all those seeking to secure their family’s future.

Glenn L. Udell is a Partner with Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd. He joined the firm in 1990 and has assisted in the growth, management and development of the firm. Glenn concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, corporate transactions and complex commercial litigation. He represents a broad range business owners and management including privately-held, public companies and joint ventures. He assists clients with real estate and commercial business ventures including acquisitions and dispositions, financing and lending, restructuring and workouts, development, construction, and commercial leasing. He is experienced in negotiating permits, licenses, land use and development entitlements, governmental financial assistance and wide-range of other incentives before the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, and other governmental municipalities. Glenn has extensive litigation experience and has argued in state and federal trial courts and before other tribunals. He is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Tax Court.. He formerly served as a member of the Museum Executive Board for the Illinois Holocaust Museum where he was involved in their project to build a new museum campus. He is also a supporter of College Bound Opportunities a not-for-profit organization which identifies high-achieving young people who, without support, would likely have to forgo post-secondary education.. Glenn is licensed to practice in Illinois. He received a Juris Doctorate degree from the Thomas Cooley Law School in 1990 and a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1986.

George J. Relias has extensive experience in corporate real estate matters involving large fortune 500 firms. His experience ranges from managing tax appeal work for national clients to managing and administering multi-site portfolios.. Prior to forming Relias & Tsonis, LLC, Mr. Relias was of Counsel with the Enterprise Law Group, LLP and a partner with Fisk Kart Katz and Regan, Ltd. He was involved with all aspects of real estate tax appeals and assessment law. He has helped help reduce the tax liabilities for most asset classes, including retail, industrial, office, hotels and multi-family properties.. Previously, Mr. Relias served as Vice President for NAI Hiffman Asset Management. He managed the property accounting and reporting for a 2.5 million square foot portfolio that included such Chicago landmarks as the Wrigley, Inland Steel and Marquette buildings.. Mr. Relias held the position of Midwest Director of Portfolio Management and Lease Administration for CB Richard Ellis. His responsibilities included administering the worldwide lease portfolio for American Express. Furthermore, he was responsible for developing and implementing service delivery solutions and performance measures for corporate clients. He worked with clients such as Ford Motors and Continental Airlines.. Mr. Relias has been very active in applying technology to the real estate field. He helped develop a management tool to help corporations track, plan and monitor their real estate obligations including real property tax assessment and critical appeal information. These technology tools were implemented and used by SBC/Ameritech, Chrysler, CenturyLink (formerly Qwest Communications) and United Healthcare, among others.. Mr. Relias is a licensed Managing Real Estate Broker as well as a member of the Chicago Association of Realtors, Chicago Bar Association and Hellenic Bar Association. He received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

For the past thirty years of my career I have worked as a trial lawyer in the courts of Chicago and the surrounding counties.. As a Chicago native, my goal is to help families plan and care for thier loved ones. Sometimes in life we are presented with legal challenges at difficult emotional times. As a Estate and Trust attorney, it is my role to support my clients with legal guidance and educate them on thier options under the law.. I pride myself on achieving common sense solutions to complex legal and emotional issues.. Get to know me more on Linked In.

Feel free to contact me for a free consultation. I am a solo practitioner, which gives me the freedom to spend a lot of time with my clients, answer their questions and explain the sale or purchase process. I have past experience as a loan officer and as a contract admistrator for condominium conversions.  I have been working for my clients ever since to ensure that their real estate closings are as seamless as possible.. Valerie E. Trabaris, (call or text)

Experienced attorney with extensive experience in consumer credit law, bankruptcy law, loss mitigation, credit counseling, business management, development and sales.  Over 24-year career, represented thousands of individuals and several small corporations in bankruptcy proceedings, as well as adversary trials.  Able to assist clients in avoiding bankruptcy, restore their credit reports, and if necessary, represent them in litigation against consumer credit reporting agencies and various creditors for violations of consumer protection laws.  Experienced in representing corporations as well as individuals in arbitration and settlement of business-to-business lawsuits.  Representation of individuals in short sales, loan modifications, loan workouts & restructuring, forbearance, foreclosure defense, counterclaims and predatory lending issues, Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and even individual Chapter 11 proceedings which can be effective in restructuring mortgage loans.