Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni is Ethics Education Senior Counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Ms. Andreoni is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and Former Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee. She is also Liaison to the Illinois Commission on Professionalism CLE Advisory Group. Ms. Andreoni received her B.A. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she also wrote for the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal.
John B. Beery
John B. Beery
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Svetlana V. Bekman
Svetlana V. Bekman
Svetlana V. Bekman is a senior trust attorney at the Legal Department of The Northern Trust Company in Chicago. Prior to joining The Northern Trust Company, Ms. Bekman was a partner in the Private Clients Group of Schiff Hardin LLP. She speaks and publishes articles and chapters on various aspects of IRAs and other retirement plans. Most recently, she wrote an article entitled IRA Administration for High Net Worth Clients and Their Beneficiaries — Unique Challenges and Best Practices for Financial Institutions for the ACTEC Law Journal, and spoke on “Protecting Inherited IRA Assets From Creditors” at the Annual Estate Planning Short Course for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Ms. Bekman received her law degree from the Northwestern University School of Law and served as a clerk to the Honorable Elaine E. Bucklo (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois).
William L. Broom III
William L. Broom III
William L. Broom III is a Partner at Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, estate planning, and eminent domain. He has been a Special Assistant Attorney for the Illinois Department of Transportation for eminent domain and land acquisition since 1983. He is active in the Illinois State Bar Association and has served as Chair of its Committees on Professional Responsibility, Healthcare, and Continuing Legal Education. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Broom received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Mary Dory Cascino
Mary Dory Cascino
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Jane Gorman Ditelberg
Jane Gorman Ditelberg
Jane Gorman Ditelberg is Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President at The Northern Trust Company in Chicago. As a member of Northern Trust’s Legal Department, she provides legal counsel to the bank in its role as executor, trustee, and guardian. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Committees on Amicus Briefs (Vice Chair), State Laws, Employee Benefits, and Diversity and Inclusivity). She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where she served on the Task Force for the Illinois Trust Code and as Chair of the Estate and Gift Tax Subcommittee, and of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. She is a frequent author and lecturer on a wide range of estate and tax planning topics for groups including ACTEC, IICLE^®, the Heckerling Estate Planning Institute, and the University of Notre Dame Estate Planning Conference.
Stephen A. Frost
Stephen A. Frost
Stephen A. Frost is Of Counsel to Huck Bouma PC in Wheaton, where he focuses on business and estate planning. He is a member of the Illinois State, DuPage County, and Chicago Bar Associations. He teaches estate and gift taxation as an adjunct professor at DePaul University Graduate School of Business and trust and partnership law annually as a visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University Law School in Kaunas, Lithuania. Mr. Frost received his B.S. from Iowa State University and his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Robert K. Garro
Robert K. Garro
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Jonathan Graber
Jonathan Graber
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Robert E. Hamilton
Robert E. Hamilton
Robert E. Hamilton, former Chair of the IICLE^® Board of Directors,is a Partner at Hamilton Thies & Lorch LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in trusts and estates. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a 2006 recipient of the Chicago Estate Planning Council’s Austin Fleming Distinguished Service Award, and a 2008 recipient of IICLE^®’s Addis E. Hull Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Hamilton received his B.A. cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
George W. Howard III
George W. Howard III
No bio available.
James M. Lestikow
James M. Lestikow
James M. Lestikow is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Springfield, where he concentrates his practice in estate planning, business transactions, and commercial real estate. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and has served on its Asset Protection Committee. He is the Vice Chair and a member of the Board of Directors of IICLE®. He is also a member of the American, Illinois State, and Sangamon County Bar Associations and the standing Advisory Committee to IICLE® for estate planning programming and publications. Mr. Lestikow received his B.S. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger is a Partner at Generation Law in Elmhurst, where he concentrates his practice on elder law and ERISA. He is a member of U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the U.S. District Court Bar, the Northern District of Illinois Bar, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in Elder Law (2007, 2009 – present). He is also a C.P.A. Mr. Neiburger received his B.S. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Jason S. Ornduff
Jason S. Ornduff
Jason S. Ornduff is a Partner with Harrison & Held, LLP, in Chicago, where he counsels high-net-worth individuals and families on estate and gift planning, estate and trust administration, and tax issues and also counsels closely held companies on various legal issues, especially in the areas of succession planning and corporate taxation. He has spoken and written extensively for many publications and organizations. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is also Past President of the Greater North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Council and a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. Mr. Ornduff received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the University’s College of Law, where he was Executive Editor of the Elder Law Journal.
Sarah Delano Pavlik
Sarah Delano Pavlik
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William A. Peithmann
William A. Peithmann
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Steven C. Perlis
Steven C. Perlis
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Julie Sirlin Pleshivoy
Julie Sirlin Pleshivoy
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William H. Pokorny, Jr.
William H. Pokorny, Jr.
No bio available.
Gregg M. Simon
Gregg M. Simon
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Estate Planning for Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)

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Mary F. Andreoni

John B. Beery

Svetlana V. Bekman

William L. Broom III

Mary Dory Cascino

Jane Gorman Ditelberg

Stephen A. Frost

Robert K. Garro

Jonathan Graber

Robert E. Hamilton

George W. Howard III

James M. Lestikow

Ben A. Neiburger

Jason S. Ornduff

Sarah Delano Pavlik

William A. Peithmann

Steven C. Perlis

Julie Sirlin Pleshivoy

William H. Pokorny, Jr.

Gregg M. Simon

Estate Planning for Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)