Practice Areas

Estate Planning

• Wills
• Trusts:
  • Revocable Living Trusts
  • Irrevocable Trusts
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Pet Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Health Care Directives
• Digital Asset Inventory

Estate and Trust Administration

• Probating the will with court and creditors
• Notifying beneficiaries
• Managing estate assets
• Paying creditors of the estate
• Filing final state and federal income tax returns
• Filing an estate accounting and closing the estate
• Irrevocable Trusts
• Revocable Trusts
• Special Needs Trusts
• Charitable Trusts
• IRA Trusts
• Asset Protection Trust
• Grantor Trust
• Gun Trust
• Land Trust
• Pet Trust
• Spendthrift Trust
• Testamentary Trust

Trust Administration

• Assist Successor trustee
• Interpretation of terms of the trust
• Asset inventory, payment of debts/expenses
• Removal of incapacitated trustee if necessary
• Ensure proper distribution to beneficiaries

Special Needs Trusts

• Education
• Electronic equipment
• Eyeglasses
• Transportation
• Vacations
• Classes and activities
• Entertainment
• Special food items

Small Estate Administration

• Estates with assets less than $100,000
• Small estate affidavits
• Transfer of vehicles
• Close small accounts
• Ensure debts paid and distribution to beneficiaries

Probate Administration

• Estates with assets over $100,000
• Navigate the Illinois probate process
• Assist executor to gather assets and determine debts
• Ensure legal procedures are followed
• Timely distribution to beneficiaries

Elder Law

• Estate Planning/Pre-planing for Long Term Care

Wills

• Make personal decisions before crisis
• Name your beneficiaries
• Name of the executor of your estate
• Name guardian(s) for your children
• Manage dependent’s property

Powers of Attorney

• Planning your medical facilities and treatments
• Giving access to your medical records
• Visitation rights
• Organ donation
• After-death decisions
• Estate Planning
• Will

Guardianship

• Incapacitated or disabled adults
• Minor children
• Guardianship of the person and/or the estate (financial)

Real Estate

• Purchase or sale of real estate
• Residential Property
• Guidance from contract signing to closing

Residential Real Estate

• Legal protection when buying, selling, or building a home
• We protect your legal and financial interests
• Guidance from contract drafting, signing, and closing