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With more than 38 years of legal experience, Carly Jacobs Gabe is a passionate and dedicated family law attorney serving South Barrington. She provides strategic legal solutions for those facing complex and heated family law issues. Her goal is to provide every client with personalized attention and insightful counsel. While she is a skilled negotiator, she is not afraid to litigate your case in court when necessary. Since 1976, her firm has been helping individuals and families move forward with their lives. Attorney Gabe handles a broad range of cases, including mediation, high net worth divorce, child support and custody, prenuptial agreements, divorce, and much more. Let her review your case today and provide the compassionate representation you need during this time!

Thomas W. Hargrove is a highly qualified counselor for clients facing all types of legal issues, from insurance coverage disputes to employment and business law. Tom has broad experience as a litigator in the state, federal and administrative courts and as a mediator in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution forums. He is licensed to practice in both Illinois and Indiana, and has been admitted to practice before the Northern District of Illinois and the Northern District of Indiana. He is married and has three children.. As a senior partner at Pluymert, MacDonald, Hargrove & Lee, Ltd., Tom works as a counselor and advocate to develop solutions that fit his clients’ overall situation and plans for the future. With his years of experience with a wide variety of legal and business issues, the Hoffman Estates lawyer has been heavily involved with providing advice and counsel to professionals and businesses in a wide variety of industries. Tom realizes that the solutions to many problems require the involvement of others who provide counsel to his clients, and may often work with a client’s accountants and financial consultants. He provides counsel to his clients on risk transfer, the need for and analysis of proper insurance coverage before the loss, and assistance with adjustments after a loss occurs.. Tom also has more than 25 years of experience in helping business enterprises with disaster recovery, including the minimization of loss, rescue and recreation of damaged business records, and the return to normal business operations. Tom’s employment law practice focuses on preventative measures and regulatory compliance with government agencies at both the state and federal level in such areas as Equal Employment, Wage and Overtime Issues, Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He is a veteran when it comes to termination issues, employee handbooks, employment agreements, and restrictive covenants related to employment and contractual relationships.

Marilyn Rowley is an Illinois licensed attorney specializing in estate law, elder law, business planning, asset protection, wealth preservation, trusts and wills. She is the founder and managing director of Rowley Law, LLC. Rowley Law serves clients in the Chicago area and surrounding suburban communities.. For over twenty years, Marilyn Rowley and her team have advised, designed, customized and formalized the signing, witnessing and notarizing of thousands of legal planning documents including living trusts, wills, health care power of attorneys, property power of attorneys, living wills, special needs trust, children’s trust, marital trusts, credit shelter trusts, IRA trusts, Medicaid planning trusts, asset protection trusts, insurance trusts, limited liability company formation documents, partnership formation documents, business planning documents and real estate transfer deeds.. Training. Ms. Rowley attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, attaining her Bachelors Degree in Finance from the College of Business which ranks 5th among Business Schools through out the country, including Ivy League Universities.. At DePaul College of Law, Marilyn Rowley concentrated her legal education on highly technical, transactional courses and was the only student in her class to complete the entire series of the technical Federal Uniform Commercial Code Courses. In addition, she had the prestigious honor of being selected for an Internship with the Honorable Judge Coar, a Federal Bankruptcy Judge in the Northern District of Illinois, researching federal law, legal case law and writing legal opinions.. Upon graduation from Law School, Ms. Rowley took the Bar Exam, a written test that determines whether a candidate is qualified to practice law, scoring among the top 2% of approximately 2,000 Bar Exam test takers.. Community Service. To further educate and reach out to the community, Marilyn Rowley served as an adjunct faculty professor, teaching college credit courses on Law including topics on estate transfers, probate and real estate. Presenting over 250 hours of lectures, she was consistently rated with the highest ranking of “Excellent” for her teaching from the college.. In addition, to further educate the legal community, Marilyn Rowley taught Estate Planning Basics to Illinois licensed Attorneys. The course, which she wrote and presented, was evaluated and approved by the Supreme Court of Illinois as a credited Continuing Legal Education Course for Illinois Attorneys. Upon review, the course was 100% recommended by her attorney peers.. Media. As a guest on local television and radio programs, Ms. Rowley has discussed today’s legal topics including avoiding probate, living trusts, real estate and transfer issues.. Other Training and Business Experience. Prior to law school, Marilyn Rowley was employed as a Flight Attendant for American Airlines, selected within a group of 1% of over 200,000 applicants from through out the country. Stationed in New York City, her major route flown was New York to California. In addition, Ms. Rowley worked as a Financial Broker’s Trade Assistant at the Chicago Board of Trade.. Ms. Rowley has personally utilized her finance and legal expertise, purchasing, profitably selling and maintaining fourteen real estate properties with a market value of over four million dollars. In addition, Ms. Rowley had attained her Real Estate Broker License and Title Agency Certification. Ms. Rowley harnessed these skills by acting as the real estate broker, title agent and/or attorney, on the business transactions. Her experiences of inspecting the physical condition of properties, negotiating the purchase and sales price, evaluating market value, reviewing title histories, analyzing potential rents for long term and short term leases, preparing and negotiating leases, finding reliable tenants, forming limited liability companies for asset protection, acting as general contractor for rehabbing, hiring and managing sub-contractors has given Marilyn Rowley a certain edge, appreciation and understanding of the unique needs of business owners.. Marilyn Rowley’s finance degree, law degree and experience is a knowledge base that is unique among her attorney peers and lends itself to a legal practice focused on estate law, elder law, business planning, asset protection planning, wealth preservation, trusts and wills.

Attorney Krause is a lifetime resident of the Chicago area and a graduate of the Northern Illinois University College of Law. Prior to starting his practice, Mr. Krause held positions in a transportation and logistics company and as a clerk in public interest jobs.. Attorney Krause began his law practice as a consultant for a large suburban property management company. While working as a legal consultant alongside experienced real estate professionals, attorney Krause handled an array of property matters ranging from landlord/tenant disputes to real estate transactions. This in turn led to opportunities representing other real estate developers, bar & restaurant establishment owners and landlords involved in property disputes in Chicago and the suburbs.. Brian M. Krause, Attorney at Castle Law was started with a simple goal in mind: "provide affordable but effective legal assistance to clients." Since our firm's inception, attorney Krause has committed himself to achieving his vision of making legal services more efficient and affordable for individual and business clients.. Under the leadership of attorney Krause, our firm has grown while maintaining its fundamental commitment to quality client service. From working with outstanding support staff to updating the office with the latest essential technologies, Brian M. Krause, Attorney at Castle Law is always looking for ways to achieve positive outcomes for clients.

- Attorney with a proven track record of accomplishments.- Experienced corporate counselor committed to providing corporate clients with transactional, regulatory and litigation risks, analysis and solutions. - Strong acumen of business operations and analysis of small, large, private and public companies. - Demonstrated leader with the ability to build teams, collaborate and partner with business units, initiate action, and lead large scale, cross-functional initiatives.- Strengths in public speaking, resolving complex issues, strategic thinking, conceptualizing and creating new ideas, managing change, and making high-impact decisions.