Firm: Law Offices of Alan E. Sohn
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: The Law Offices of Hoy & Sahlas, LLC
Practice Areas: Probate
Colleen L. Sahlas was raised in Oak Park, IL. She joined The Law Offices of Hoy & Sahlas, LLC, in Oak Brook, Illinois in 2000, and became a partner in 2006 with her father and Law Partner, David E. Hoy.She earned her B.A. in 1993 from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, and her Juris Doctor Degree in 2000 from the John Marshall Law School (n/k/a the Univ. of IL at Chicago) in Chicago, IL.Since 2000, she's focused her legal practice in estate planning, business, real estate and decedents’ estates including Illinois probate in DuPage, Cook and Kane Counties.. Mrs. Sahlas has enjoyed serving in leadership in many different capacities. She is the Incoming Chair and previously the Managing Editor of the newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Section Council. In 2022, she received a 5-year service award as managing editor of the ISBA Trusts and Estates section newsletter. She was on the Board of Directors for the DuPage County Estate Planning Council from 2020-2022. She was a member of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association legislative drafting committee which amended the Illinois Residential Real Property Disclosure Act passed into law in May, 2022. She's authored numerous articles on estate planning, trust administration, probate, small estates and real estate. She has been published with the American Bar Association’s Probate & Property Magazine, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Illinois State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Newsletter and Real Property Newsletter. She has presented webinars for attorneys with the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and the Illinois State Bar Association.
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Firm: Law Offices of Anthony R. Scifo
Practice Areas: Probate
I am licensed attorney in the State of Illinois, admitted in November 2019. I primarily practice in the areas of family law litigation and probate litigation. I am Court approved Guardian ad Litem for the Probate Division in Kane County, Illinois. Additionally, I am a member of the Illinois Bar Association, Kane County Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. Recently, I was published in the Kane County BarBriefs magazine.
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Firm: Law Offices of Anthony R. Scifo
Practice Areas: Probate
Recent Notable Cases and Representations:. 2024: Terminating a Biological Father’s Parental Rights after trial in a contested adoption proceeding;. 2023: Successfully stayed a civil Wrongful Death proceeding in its entirety (including any pleadings and discovery) pending the conclusion of a notable criminal proceeding pending in Kane County, Illinois, where my client is accused of murdering an individual approximately twenty (20) years ago. Said murder case is regularly covered in the news media;. 2022: Successfully obtained a Plenary Order of Protection against a Mother on behalf of the guardian and two minor children from having any communication or interaction with the children based on Mother’s egregious behaviors and previous endangerment of said children;. 2021: Successfully obtained a dissipation award in excess of $116k against a Husband after trial in a marital dissolution proceeding who had another “secret” family out-of-State;. 2021: Successfully terminated the guardianship of a minor child and obtained reunification between child and father from a grandmother who actively prevented the minor child from having a relationship with her father for years [upheld on appeal];. 2020: Successfully obtained over a hundred-acre farm and placed same into a special needs trust for a disabled person’s benefit that a Bank Trustee sought to sell over four years of litigation;. 2019: Obtained a One Million Dollar Judgment against an individual for the wrongful death of his mother, specifically for being the intentional cause of her death (his murder trial is still pending). Additionally, I applied the “Slayer Statute” in a Declaratory Judgment against said individual in a separate proceeding so that said individual could not receive any benefit as a result of his mother’s death from any source;. 2019: Successfully defeated a spouse's claim to a business with a yearly gross revenue in excess of $10 million (determined premarital), as well as successfully retaining the marital residence worth in excess of $1.50 million in a highly contested marital dissolution proceeding;. 2018: Successful application of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“HAGUE”), as well as the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (“ICARA”), to compel settlement with a mother who, without permission, retained a Minor Child in the United States and would not allow contact between said minor child and her father;. 2017: Successful retrieval in excess of $175k pursuant to a Citation to Recover Assets in a Probate proceeding where there was a dispute as to whether the Decedent intended her cousin to be named as a pay-on-death beneficiary of her account;. 2016: Successful representation as Court-appointed counsel for an elderly man whose family member sought guardianship of both his person and estate and who involuntarily committed him to a nursing home, where he was forced to take psychiatric medications against his will. After successfully petitioning for an Independent Medical Examination, the Petitioners withdrew their Petition for Guardianship, and my client was set free of his own accord;. 2016: Litigation Counsel of Record for Erin Merryn (nom de plume). Erin is a world-wide activist against child sex predators and a proponent of Erin’s Law, an initiative to promote education in public schools to prevent childhood sexual abuse, for which she regularly speaks before Congressional Committees both domestic and abroad. As of May 2016, Erin’s Law has been passed in 27 States, having first been signed into law in Illinois by then Governor Quinn. Most recently, she was the primary participant in a TLC special “Breaking the Silence” about this topic;. 2015: Successful representation of a pregnant woman detained and tried in Indonesia for the premeditated murder of her mother. I successfully obtained $150k from her mother's trust to ensure my client had criminal legal representation in Indonesia that could have resulted in death by firing squad. Additionally, I ensured that my client’s daughter was born in a hospital in Indonesia as opposed to the prison infirmary. Finally, I was designated by Order of the Court to be responsible for stipend funds to ensure my client had access to adequate food, toiletries, and medicinal care while pregnant and incarcerated;. 2015: Successful representation as Court-appointed counsel for a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia whose family member sought guardianship of both the person and the estate over my client. After preliminary hearings, the Petitioner withdrew his Petition for Guardianship, and, to my knowledge, my client is free to exercise her wishes both medically and financially to this day;. 2015: Successful defense of a removal action preventing Wife from leaving the State of Illinois with the parties’ two minor children. Complexities of the case included, but were not limited to, Wife filing no less than five (5) Orders of Protection against Husband within a two (2) year period for, inter alia, physical assaults and abuse.
Contact: +1 (888) 893-4487
Firm: The Law Offices of Artaka Ross, LLC
Practice Areas: Probate
At the Law Offices of Artaka Ross, Jr., we are committed to providing personalized legal solutions that meet the unique needs of each of our clients. Whether you're facing a legal challenge or planning for the future, we are here to offer the guidance, expertise, and support you deserve.. With offices in Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and Gary, Indiana, we serve clients throughout the Midwest region and beyond. Our team, led by Attorney Artaka Ross, Jr., is dedicated to achieving favorable outcomes by focusing on your specific needs and objectives.. We are driven by integrity and guided by compassion.
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Firm: Barbara J. Swanson
Practice Areas: Probate
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Practice Areas: Probate
Adam J. Poteracki graduated from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., Management), and the University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude). While at Wisconsin, he received the State Bar of Wisconsin Academic Achievement Award for highest achievement in both Secured Transactions and Trademarks. Upon graduation from Wisconsin, Adam joined Di Monte & Lizak. He currently practices in the areas of probate and trust administration and litigation, bankruptcy, estate and trust planning, real estate, and entity formation. Adam is licensed to practice law in both Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Firm: Banahan & Haas
Practice Areas: Probate
Brian J. Banahan has been practicing law in DuPage, Kane and Cook County Illinois for many years. He began his legal career and learned his way around the courtroom in 1997 as a full timetor with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. From there, Mr. Banahan moved to serve as chief legal counsel and Deputy Public Administrator for DuPage County for 17 years. In that job, Mr. Banahan managed, administered, litigated, settled, and closed hundreds of decedent’s estates and an extensive number of related legal matters in nearly every area of the law. In the process, he has recovered, liquidated, litigated, accounted for, and distributed tens of millions of dollars in assets of every kind. He also gained a lifetime’s worth of invaluable and practical experience in a broad range of practice areas.. Throughout his 17 year tenure as Deputy Public Administrator, Mr. Banahan also remained very active in the private practice of law handling matters for hundreds of private clients in the areas of Civil Litigation, Family Law, Probate Law, Real Estate Law, Estate Planning and Elder Law, having obtained favorable settlements, verdicts, judgements and closed cases, transactions, and estates of all shapes and sizes, for hundreds of loyal private clients.. In 2006, while maintaining his position as chief legal counsel for the Public Administrator, Mr. Banahan, left the firm of his private employer after 8 years of service as managing partner, and opened the Law Offices of Brian J. Banahan, LLC, focusing his private practice in the same areas of law that he has practiced in both the public and private sector throughout his career, namely, Probate, Family Law, and Civil Litigation. Dedicated to giving honest advice and focused on solving client’s problems, the firm has thrived since its’ inception.. In 2014, Mr. Banahan joined forces with friend, colleague, and law school classmate Chris Haas to form Banahan & Haas. The firm was established in order to better serve the growing demand for both attorneys services in both DuPage and Kane Counties, and is dedicated to the same level of client service and the principals of professionalism, experience, integrity, and results, that Mr. Banahan and Mr. Haas have achieved, practiced, and honored since they began their careers.. Mr. Banahan is a member of the DuPage County, Kane County, and Illinois State Bar Associations and lectures on Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and Family Law. He lives with his wife and three children in the far Western Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.. Honesty, integrity, and professional expertise are the hallmarks of Mr. Banahan’s law practice. Mr. Banahan has spent his entire career solving difficult legal problems in both the public and private sectors with dedication, sincerity, and respect for his clients. His diverse background and years of professional experience enable him to assess legal situations quickly, give good, honest legal advice, and obtain real results for his clients. Mr. Banahan remains personally involved with and oversees every case that comes to the firm. He has always maintained an outstanding record of client satisfaction and loyalty.
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Firm: A. Lewis Hull
Practice Areas: Probate
Contact: (217) 677-2151
Firm: Carol J. Dudzik
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Craig W. Lusthoff, Attorney At Law
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Hohlt, House, DeMoss & Epplin
Practice Areas: Probate
Contact: (618) 327-8241
Firm: Charles D. Mockbee, III
Practice Areas: Probate
Contact: (217) 446-9208
Firm: Barkau & Unverfehrt PC
Practice Areas: Probate
Contact: (618) 327-4301
Firm: Law Offices of Brian R. Dolan, LLC
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Angelo Law Group, LLC
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Bmb Law Group
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Hoopes, Albert H.
Practice Areas: Probate
Contact: (309) 828-8716
Practice Areas: Probate
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Firm: Dale L. Smirl
Practice Areas: Probate
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