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Firm: Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chartered

500 West Madison Street , Chicago , Illinois 60661

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™.

Firm: Dutton Casey & Mesoloras

65 E Wacker Pl , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder

Firm: Aronberg Goldgehn Davis and Garmisa

330 North Wabash   3000 , Chicago , Illinois 60611

Practice Areas: Domestic Partnership,Estate Planning,Family ,Tax Planning

Firm: Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP

55 W. Monroe St. , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Corporate , Estate Planning, Probate , Real Estate , Trusts, Family

Attorney Elizabeth Demonte is a highly skilled litigator and author who has done significant work on pre-decree divorce, post-decree divorce, parentage, child custody, child support and grandparent visitation cases. She penned article, “Spotlight On: The Nurse-Family Partnership,” which was published in the prestigious Children’s Legal Rights Journal.. Demonte received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University with a bachelor’s in Business Management. She also received the coveted Certification in Child and Family Law and was awarded a position as Editor on Loyola’s Children’s Legal Rights Journal, a major honor.

Firm: Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman and Rosenberg, LLC

222 South Riverside Plaza 2100  6 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Estate Planning,Taxation - State & Federal

Firm: Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.

30 South Wacker Drive 26th Floor , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Estate Planning, Taxation - State & Federal, Business

Firm: Freiberger Amy M Lawyer

222 North La Salle Street Suite 800 , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate , Taxation - State & Federal, Tax, Tax, Tax

Firm: Jolivette and Templer, P.C.

10 South La Salle Street 1017  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Estate Planning,Real Estate

Firm: Dvorak Law Offices

111 W Washington St , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: General Litigation, Divorce & Family, Estate Planning

The Transportation Building   203 North La Salle S , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Criminal Defense ,Estate ,Estate Planning,Guardianship and Conservatorship,Leases and Leasing,Probate ,Trusts,Wills

Firm: Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

71 S. Wacker Drive , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil , Estate Planning

Firm: Fischel & Kahn, Ltd.

190 South La Salle Street Suite 2850 , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Estate , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Real Estate , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Estate Planning

Firm: Hoogendoorn & Talbot, LLP

122 S Michigan Ave Ste 1220 , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

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.

Firm: Gould and Ratner, LLP

222 North La Salle Street Eighth Floor , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Estate Planning,Taxation - State & Federal

Firm: Chapman and Cutler LLP

320 S Canal St Fl 27 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning

Firm: Harrison and Held, LLP

333 W Wacker Drive   950 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Estate Planning,Probate

Firm: Delaney Delaney Voorn

111 N Wabash Ave , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Edwin J Belz Attorney at Law

4407 N Elston Ave , Chicago , Illinois 60630

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Employment

Firm: Freeborn & Peters LLP

311 South Wacker Drive Suite 3000 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Wills, Trusts, Estates, Probate, Estate Planning, Estate Gift and GST Tax Planning, Retirement Planning, Fiduciary Litigation

Firm: Elreta C.Ledwell Dickinson

2618 W Fargo Ave , Chicago , Illinois 60645

Practice Areas: Estate Planning