Firm: Brown, Hay & Stephens
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Law Offices of Robert J. Varak
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Robert J. Varak is a graduate of the University of Illinois (B.A, 1993) and The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1996), where he was recognized as a Dean’s Scholar. In over a decade as a practicing attorney he has focused on estate planning and business law. Mr. Varak has created plans for estates of all sizes, from the most modest of estates up to and including complex estates with assets valued at millions of dollars. While the primary goal of most of Mr. Varak’s clients is to insure that their children are provided for financially, the plans he implements for his clients include creative tools to assure every parent that the guardianship, educational and other needs of their children are completely addressed while minimizing the costs and expense which may diminish many estates. In addition to representing private individuals, Mr. Varak has consulted with nonprofit organizations regarding implementing and optimizing their planned giving programs. He has drafted planned giving policies and advised organizations on everything from marketing to stewardship. Mr. Varak also has extensive experience in business law as both a transactional attorney and litigator. He has successfully litigated on behalf of Fortune 500 corporations as well as individual entrepreneurs, and he understands that every deal or lawsuit requires a unique plan suited to the business he represents. Mr. Varak is married and the father of three young daughters.Specialties: The Illinois Supreme Court rules do not allow attorneys to claim specialization. I do focus my practice on estate planning, living trusts, A-B trusts, QTIP, irrevocable life insurance trusts, wills, living wills, powers of attorney for health care, land trusts, special needs trusts and related endeavors.
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Firm: Dotzler Law, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Sam’s experience in a large firm has exposed him to and allowed him to focus on to complex estate and business planning opportunities. Sam’s experience with a small firm taught him how to meet the client’s needs in the most efficient manner possible. His experience in these two firms enables Sam to serve his clients at the highest level while staying grounded enough to provide the services the client actually needs.. The client experience with Dotzler Law focuses on the fact that the client’s needs drive the relationship, not the attorney’s. We want to get to know you and what you are really trying to accomplish. Then we can build on that to identify your legal needs and wants. Then we can work with you to put a plan in place that takes care of all of those things, a plan that takes care of you.. Prior to founding Dotzler Las, as a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Sam focused on estate, tax and business planning for clients of significant wealth, including the structuring of tax-advantageous solutions for transferring wealth and closely-held business interests to younger generations. Mr. Dotzler advised clients with regard to gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, succession planning, leveraged wealth transfer techniques, charitable planning, trust and probate administration and the integration of estate plans and corporate structures.. Prior to joining Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Mr. Dotzler practiced law at Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP focusing on Probate, Trusts and Estates. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where he serves as a Co-Chair of the Estate Planning Committee of the Young Lawyer Section, the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Dotzler earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College in 2000, where he now serves as a Director on the St. Olaf College Alumni Association Board of Directors, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 2006. He is admitted to practice in Illinois.
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Firm: Benjamin, Gussin & Associates, A Professional Corporation
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
I am an attorney at Plager, Krug, Bauer, Rudolph & Stodden, Ltd. in Freeport, IL where I engage in the general practice of law with a focus on estate and trust planning and administration, real estate, agricultural issues, business formation, business and corporate transactions, and tax law. In 2016 I graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctorate degree at Northern Illinois University College of Law.. In 2013, I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Dubuque with a major in criminal justice and a minor in business.
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Firm: Howard & Howard, Attorneys, PLLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Ryan W. Gardner is a Partner and Practice Group Leader of the the Trust and Estate Planning Practice Group at Howard & Howard, Attorneys, PLLC, a full-service law firm with over 130 attorneys in 5 offices nationwide. Ryan regularly counsels and represents individuals and families, business owners, and diverse entrepreneurs, helping to educate and navigate simple to complex estate and business succession planning by creating sensible, customized solutions to ensure that his clients' families, assets, and business interests are protected.
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Firm: Duggan Bertsch, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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.
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Firm: Rodney H. Piercey
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Kelleher & Holland, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Ronald D. Stanley
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Schuwerk, Brown & Arbeiter
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (618) 826-2369
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: The Law Office of Ryan A. Walsh, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Shire Law Group, PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Salvatore Parenti P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Zapolis & Associates
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Sandra M. Moon, Attorney At Law
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Kralovec Mcclain, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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