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Anthony grew up in Vienna, Illinois--located in Southern Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army out of high school and earned his Bachelors degree from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and his Juris Doctor and MBA from University of Illinois - Champaign Urbana. Anthony is also a licensed foster/adoptive parent and currently resides in Millstadt, IL with his wife and four children.

Max Elliott, Managing Attorney and Founder of The Law Offices of Max Elliott, Ltd., is a nationally recognized estate planning, probate, and business planning attorney. Her firm, with offices in Chicago and New York City, focuses on unique families, the LGBTQ community, and women small business owners, and services include estate planning for taxable and non-taxable estates, estate administration, and advising small businesses in start-up, growth, restructuring, and succession planning phases.. Ms. Elliott routinely speaks to lawyers, students, and community groups on the intersection of estate and retirement planning; small business essentials, including legal entity selection, succession planning, generational wealth transfers, and cybersecurity program planning; and fiduciary selection and other protective measures for seniors and the LGBTQ community.. Her recognitions and memberships include but are not limited to:. In addition to her legal experience, Ms. Elliott has more than 20 years of non-legal experience, including several years’ employment in the American Bar Association’s International Liaison Office and several years with Fortune 500 companies, including a former “Big 8 Accounting Firm” and a leading international management consulting firm.. Throughout her career, she has also assisted entrepreneurs in creating viable business planning solutions, such as creating and implementing marketing plans, strategic operation plans, securing capital, and business succession. She has worked with start-ups in the personal care, healthcare, small manufacturing, and nonprofit sectors. This experience provides a solid foundation for the business advisory services she provides to small business owners.. Starting in law school and continuing through her legal career, Ms. Elliott has received numerous awards for her commitment and dedication to advocating for and supporting the rights and needs of marginalized individuals and communities.

Deborah B. Cole is a partner and member of the firm’s Estate Planning Group. Deborah has built her practice based upon her belief that professionally done estate planning is essential for every adult American. Although some estate planners focus on the super wealthy and senior citizens, Deborah believes that estate planning is an ongoing process, beneficial for young families, single parents with young children, recent divorcees, persons contemplating marriage, new retirees, as well as persons in non-traditional relationships and families planning for a person with Aspecial needs@ often due to a disability or the receipt of a large settlement. She focuses her practice on estate planning, which includes drafting wills, trusts, asset protection plans, health care directives and mental health directives. She also handles probate and trust administration matters, real estate matters and family business succession planning.. Although Deborah is well versed in the sophisticated planning tools and techniques required by larger estates and more complex situations, Deborah prides herself on assisting all of her clients in maintaining the maximum control over their assets and affairs, avoiding conflicts and accordingly financial abuse or exploitation during periods of mental incapacity. She also has been very effective at strategies to minimize taxation, and avoid, to the extent possible, lengthy and expensive probate and guardianship court proceedings. Deborah understands that providing thorough and personal service is the basis for successful client relationships, whether she is counseling individuals, families, corporate fiduciaries, charitable organizations or family business owners.. Deborah is a certified mediator and has provided mediation services on a volunteer basis with the Center For Conflict Resolution. She has handled disputes involving property damage, neighbor disputes, and child custody and visitation. However, because of her experience with guardianship matters, she has been particularly successful not mediating disputes among family members fighting over the care and control of finances of an elderly parent or family member. To Deborah, success in these situation is achieving a resolution to the dispute that all participating family members agree to, which avoids further court interaction, allows resources that would have been consumed in litigation costs to be redirected towards enhancing the care of the elderly person, and preserves family relationships. As of 2015, Deborah has added Guardianship and Probate mediation services to her practice.. Deborah’s professional work also reflects her conviction that preserving and supporting African American business owners and charitable organizations is critical to the growth and vitality of the community and to addressing issues concerning employment, education and crime. Deborah works with for profit business owners and charitable institutions to preserve and protect their businesses through trademark and copyright protection, planning for the proper business form, best practices, reporting to the appropriate governmental agencies and general planning for growth and diversification. Deborah is particularly proud of the work that she has done with family businesses to develop plans that will allow the business to continue with the next generation or maximize profit on sale.. In her spare time Deborah plays duplicate bridge as often as she can, and enjoys reading and travel.

Ronald E. Webb practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration and business law. He drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. His practice commonly involves asset protection, probate, real estate, business succession planning, general corporate law, and business transactions, including partnerships and limited liability companies. He also organizes family limited partnerships and drafts life insurance trusts and special needs trusts for disabled persons. Ron practices tax law in the areas of gift and estate taxation.. Ron graduated with a Bachelor's degree in economics from Loyola University of Chicago and received the degree of Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the John Marshall Law School. While a student at the John Marshall Law School, Ron was a staff editor for the John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law and authored an article entitled "Borders Online, LLC v. State Board of Equalization: It's Time for Congress to Weigh the Possibilities of this California Decision", which was published in the Journal; Volume XXIV Number 4, Summer 2006. Ron is also listed in the 2009 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.. Ron is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and his local Chamber of Commerce.

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.

Puneet is a Partner at Latimer LeVay Fyock LLC. Puneet concentrates his practice in the areas of tax planning, trust and estate administration, probate practice, minor and adult guardianship, estate and trust litigation, asset protection planning, and business succession planning. Puneet has experience in the administration of trusts and estates and the preparation of estate and gift tax returns, drafting post-nuptial and pre-nuptial agreements, generation-skipping trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, special needs trusts, qualified domestic trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts and irrevocable life insurance trusts, and organizing and creating limited liability companies, corporations and limited partnerships. Puneet designs estate plans to meet the personal and business needs of a wide variety of clients, including (a) small to medium sized business owners seeking to transfer their business, (b) wealthy individuals and families seeking to facilitate the transfer of wealth within the family structure while minimizing the imposition of gift, estate or generation-skipping tax, (c) young professionals and families seeking to accumulate and protect their wealth and (d) families with special needs.

Abosede Odunsi is the founder and principal advisor of Infinity Strategic Group ("ISG"). She advises clients on a wide variety of estate planning and administration and adult guardianship issues.. Prior to founding ISG, Abosede worked for private law firms in Chicago and as an assistant state’s attorney. Her volunteer commitments include serving on the Professional Advisory Committee of the Chicago Foundation for Women, and past Treasurer of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. Abosede obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, a Master of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University, her Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School, the Certified Financial Planner Certificate program at DePaul University in Chicago and an LL.M in Taxation from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.ISG works with a team of highly credentialed attorneys and financial professionals with specialized knowledge and experience. Our use of flexible staffing arrangements enables us to offer quality estate planning services at a reasonable cost.

Like most law firms, we offer full representation to clients upon payment of an up-front retainer. But unlike most law firms, we don't believe that clients unable to afford an initial retainer should be denied access to high-quality legal services. This is why we also offer unbundled "pay-as-you-go" legal services at an affordable flat-fee.. With unbundled legal services, a/k/a “limited scope representation,” an attorney and client agree that the attorney will handle some, but not all, aspects of a client’s legal matter. The client is responsible for handling all other aspects of his or her own case for which the attorney has not been retained. This allows the client to choose the level and scope of representation he or she desires, and provides predictable control over the cost of various legal services. Most significantly, with unbundled legal services, instead of charging an up-front retainer for full legal representation, clients can pay for individual services as they are needed at a reasonable flat-fee rate.. Whether you desire one of our many unbundled legal service options, or full representation, we have an option for you. Please contact our office to learn more about the full list of legal services we provide, and to discover our current flat-fee rates.

My practice focuses on probate and trust administration, probate litigation, trust litigation, fiduciary litigation, and estate/asset protection planning. I advise individuals and families in contested matters with an emphasis on will, trust, and guardianship proceedings. I counsel executors and trustees during the probate/trust administration process and assist them in the preparation of estate and fiduciary tax returns. I also help individuals and families meet their estate and asset protection planning needs.

I am an attorney practicing law in New York and New Jersey who has been in independent practice practicing corporate, trust and estate, entertainment/publishing law since before 2002. I have a BBA in International Business and Marketing with a focus in Management and Finance. I have significant business and publishing experience, and am the founder of a Akashic Media Enterprises and Corvisiero Literary Agency both companies fuctioning with experienced teams and partners who successfully manage entertainment, publishing, and philothropical projects in the US and globally. These skills, experience and expertise enable me to offer entrepreneurial and publishing consulting services.  For more information about The Corvisiero Law practice and to read my Bio go to Corvisiero Law.

Jason L. Wyatt was admitted to practice in 2005 and has over 10 years of experience focused on Trusts and Estates. He was born in Somerset County, New Jersey, and grew up in Branchburg and Far Hills. The son of two teachers, Mr. Wyatt graduated from the Far Hills Country Day School before attending high school at the Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, graduating in 1998.. Thereafter, Mr. Wyatt received his B.A. cum laude from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., with a double major in English and American Studies, and with an informal minor in Economics (Cornell does not recognize formal minors). While at Cornell, Mr. Wyatt served as the Vice-President of the Cornell Economics Society, and graduated from the Cornell-in-Washington program.. Mr. Wyatt was awarded his J.D. in 2005 from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, where he received the CALI Award for Excellence in Business Transactions and the esteemed Certificate in Dispute Resolution, which distinguishes those students who graduate from Ohio State Law with advanced knowledge and practical experience in the area of dispute resolution (most notably, negotiation, arbitration and mediation). While attending Ohio State Law, Mr. Wyatt was a published author, board member, and editor of the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution (the “JDR”), the official law journal of the American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution. The JDR is a major component of the Ohio State Law School’s nationally recognized program on Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”).. In May 2010, Mr. Wyatt earned an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in taxation from New York Law School. An LL.M. is a postgraduate law degree for attorneys indicating specialized legal training.. Mr. Wyatt is Vice-President of the Far Hills Country Day School Alumni Association Board, and is active in alumni affairs for the Delbarton School. Mr. Wyatt was a professional singer between the ages of 9 and 14, during which time he sang for the Metropolitan Opera Company’s Children’s Chorus at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Algonquin Arts Theater in Manasquan, New Jersey, a former president of the Beauvoir Avenue Corporation residential cooperative, Summit, New Jersey, and a former board member of the Monmouth Business Group, Manasquan, New Jersey.  He is also an avid golfer and expert skier.

CHRISTINA PANZARELLA  obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's University in 1989, with cum laude honors.  She then obtained her Juris Doctor fromLoyola University School of Law in 1990, Law Review and Law Review Editor. She has over 22 years of legal experience. She has been admitted to practice law inNew York, Washington D.C. and Louisiana.. She began her legal career in 1993 as a trial lawyer for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company during which time she defended over 1,000 personal injury lawsuits.  In 2004 she began her private practice. Since 2004 she has successfully handled hundreds of legal matters in the areas of Probate & Administration of Estates, Estate Planning, Trust Law, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Business Formation and Dissolution, Landlord/Tenant, Corporate Law, Contract Law and Legal Name Changes. She has represented clients in the Civil, Supreme and Surrogates Courts of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Manhattan and Staten Island.

It's hard to think about life after you're gone - but with my help, you can ensure that your loved ones will be taken care of. With eight years of experience as an estate planning and administration attorney, I have the resources and knowledge necessary to create a plan that can fully avoid probate and many of the other complexities of estate administration that most people miss, minimize the taxes on assets after you pass, and protect your beneficiaries to ensure your legacy lasts.. No matter what kind of estate planning assistance you need: establishing a guardian for minor children or dependent adults, creating business succession plans for your small business, utilizing the many benefits of revocable living trust and other advanced trust planning strategies...my team and I are here so together we can provide peace-of-mind knowing that everyone you love is safe now & later on down the line!. Get the ball rolling and call today and schedule your intial planning session.

Richard Bozard earned his Law Degree from the University of Virginia after completing his undergraduate degree at Columbia University. Mr. Bozard has a wide variety of experience including work on the Innocence Project, participation in significant tort litigation, lobbying, mediation, copyright protection and all aspects of family law. Trusts and Estates, Contracts, and Business Law.Mr. Bozard believed that in starting his own practice, he could be more effective in helping people deal with a variety of legal issues. In 2011, Mr. Bozard founded Bozard Law PLLC. Since then, Mr. Bozard has represented numerous high-profile clients. Bozard Law has allowed Mr. Bozard to fully realize his passion for helping people at all levels of litigation and protection.. Mr. Bozard is active in a number of professional organizations including the Virginia Bar Association as well as its Trusts and Estates Section. Richard is a renowned expert in contract and transactional law and is recognized as an aggressive and effective litigator. Richard treats every client with respect and integrity. Each client's case is treated with exceptional care and attention.