Firm: Huck Bouma
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
I am an attorney focusing on family law, estate planning and tax preparation. My practice areas include the following: 1. Estate Planning I prepare living trusts, living wills, pour-over wills, last wills, health care powers of attorney, property powers of attorney, HIPAA authorizations, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), irrevocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), and family limited liability companies and partnerships (FLLCs and FLPs). I help fund trusts and I also administer trusts after the death of the trustors. 2. Tax Preparation I prepare individual (1040), business (1120, 1065), trust (1041), estate (706), and gift (709) tax returns. 3. Business Start-Up I prepare and maintain the documents that are necessary to start-up a partnership, S-corporation, or limited liability company. 4. Probate I determine whether a probate is necessary, prepare the requisite paperwork, go to court, and administer the estate from beginning to end.. 5. Divorce and Paternity. I have experience in the area of complex financial litigation and I have worked on the distribution of multi-million dollar estates and I do the following:. 1. Dissolution of marriage proceedings, including child custody, child support, maintenance, and post-decree matters;2. Parentage cases; and3. Preparation of Pre-Nuptial Agreements.
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Firm: Taylor Miller Sprowl Hoffnagle & Merletti
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chartered
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Mr. Berek is a Partner in the Trusts & Estates group at Horwood Marcus & Berk. He focuses his practice on Family Office Structuring and Administration, Wealth Transfer Planning, Income Tax Planning, and Trusts & Estates.. Prior to joining Handler Thayer, LLP, Mr. Berek was a Director at Credit Suisse, acting as a Family CFO in their family office group (formerly Frye Louis ) and ran their wealth planning group for the US Central Region advising clients of the private bank on family office and wealth transfer techniques. Prior experience includes practicing law in trusts and estates most recently with McGuireWoods LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP; tax and trust planning with Arthur Andersen LLP and Coopers & Lybrand LLP; and estate administration with The Northern Trust Company.. Mr. Berek is currently the editor of the two-volume treatise “Illinois Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms with Practical Commentary” published by LexisNexis. Mr. Berek is also an adjunct professor at DePaul University where he teaches Estate Planning, Estate, Gift and GST Tax, Income Taxation of Decedents, Estates and Trusts, and Tax Research in the Masters of Science in Taxation program; and at The John Marshall Law School where he teaches Advanced Income Tax, and Fiduciary Income Tax, in the LL.M Graduate Tax program.. Mr. Berek earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from DePaul University, a Juris Doctorate, cum laude (Law Review, Moot Court), and an LL.M. in Employee Benefits, with honors, from The John Marshall Law School.. He is a John S. Nolan Tax Law Fellow of the American Bar Association, Tax Section, a former chair of the Tax Practice Management Subcommittee, and a former Current Developments reporter of the Estate and Gift Tax Subcommittee. He is past chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts & Estates Section Council, and a past co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association Estate Planning Committee, Young Lawyers Section.. Mr. Berek is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Florida and is awarded an AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell for both legal abilities and ethical standards. Mr. Berek is also a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois), and a Certified Financial Planner™.
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Daspin & Aument Llp
Firm: Daspin & Aument Llp
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (312) 795-0390
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Ross Law Firm Ltd.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Buckley Fine, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
David P. Buckley, Jr. is a co-founder and managing partner of Buckley Fine Law. He concentrates his practice in estate planning and corporate representation. For over 25 years, Dave has assisted high net worth individuals and families with advanced estate planning, asset protection, the administration of complex estates, and estate tax planning. As a lawyer, CPA and business owner, Dave takes a comprehensive approach to finding the best solutions for his clients. From inception to sale, Dave represents business owners throughout the lifetime of their organization, including business formation, financing, buying and selling business, and succession planning for the next generation.
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Firm: Daci Jett Law, LLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Daci L. Jett is an experienced attorney. She advises her clients on the best ways to achieve their goals of protecting their families, preserving their children’s inheritance, passing their values to the next generation, and minimizing conflict.. Daci is a certified mediator who trained at the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago. People come to her to resolve conflict privately and on terms that work for their specific situations.. Daci earned a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, her home town.. In her free time, Daci likes to be outdoors, and enjoys canoeing and remote wilderness camping. Mantra meditation is an important part of her life. She and her husband teach free meditation classes in Chicago.. Keeping her skills sharp is important to Daci. She is a member of WealthCounsel, a national association of estate planning attorneys that provides a wealth of intellectual resources and top-notch continuing legal education. She also is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Law Offices of Crystal R. Bush
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Crystal R. Bush is an attorney practicing in the Chicagoland area. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, corporate and business law, commercial and residential real estate and family law.. Crystal is also an adjunct professor at Harper College where she teaches probate and commercial real estate law. She has also taught estate planning and family law. Crystal is a member of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association where she authors the New & Noteworthy column for the monthly newsbrief. Crystal is a volunteer at Chicago Volunteer legal Services where she serves as a guardian ad litem for minors.. Crystal is an active speaker and recently presented a topic on "Money, Marriage, Taxes and Divorce" to the Northwest Suburban Bar Association Tax Law Committee. She has also presented numerous seminars to organizations such as AT&T, the Chicago Bar Association, North Shore Community Bank & Trust, South Suburban Bank, Hull House, Women Employed, the Chicago Chapter of Society of Women aAccountants, the Black MBA Association and the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Minority Engineers. She has published several articles on financial planning, was featured in an article in the Chicago Daily Law Bullentin and has appeare several times as a guest financial expert on Minority Business Report.. Very active in community service she is a past member of the Chicago Bar Association where she served as a Directory of the Young Lawyers Section and served on the long-range planning committee. She is a past co-chair of the Young Lawyers Section Client Development and Firm Economics committee and is a past legislative liason for the Young Lawyers section Estate Planning Committee. She is a past member of State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka's Business Leader's Roundtable, a past treasurer for the League of Black Women. She has received numerous rewards including an award for exceptional contribution for her presentation of a series of financial workshops at AT&T's Synergy in Action Conference.
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Firm: Dickson, Francissen & Bartz, LLP
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
The Law Office of Fred H. Dickson located in Aurora, Illinois is recognized by its peers and the public as a leading provider in estate and tax planning, trust, estate and probate administration, and business structuring and counseling. Our focus is on helping clients accomplish their individual goals in these areas while protecting and preserving their wealth. We offer personalized service to all of our clients in order to meet their planning and protection needs.Our firm has nearly 50 years of experience in estate, tax and succession planning, including transfers of sizeable farming and business operations to intended recipients. We also offer business counseling and trust and estate administration services. Our lawyers are proud of their history of integrity, extraordinary education, and professionalism. Our primary focus is using our experience and skills to assist clients in reaching their goals.Our office serves Aurora, Illinois and the surrounding areas, including Kane, Kendall, DuPage, Will, and DeKalb Counties. Similar to larger law firms in the Chicago metropolitan area, we have received professional recognition and peer-presented awards within our fields of practice.
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Firm: Dale L. Getty
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Law Offices of Daniel B. Hales
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Law Office of Constantine G. Tzamouranis, P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Letizia & Letizia Ltd.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: U.S. Air Force
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Danny J. Karalis
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Law Office of Darcy J. Chamberlin
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Curt W. Ferguson
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (618) 548-3729
Firm: The Law Offices of Daniel O. Hands, P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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