Michael F. Bonamarte
Michael F. Bonamarte
Michael F. Bonamarte is a Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago, where he works passionately and diligently to help individuals and their families who have been harmed as a result of wrongful conduct, achieving outstanding results in a number of high-profile nursing home, wrongful-death, medical malpractice, and personal injury lawsuits. He speaks regularly for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and IICLE^®. Bonamarte is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations as well as the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is Secretary of the Nursing Home Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice and President of the Justinian Society. Bonamarte received his B.S. with academic distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Colin A. Brietzke
Colin A. Brietzke
Colin A. Brietzke is the founder of Chicagoland Neuropsychology LLC, a multidisciplinary neuropsychological and neuroscientific assessment practice based in Oak Park. Dr. Brietzke’s areas of expertise include acquired brain injuries, dementia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. He has extensive experience assessing a wide range of legal competencies, as well as evaluating malingering and deception. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and a clinical neuropsychologist. His education includes a master’s degree in Forensic Psychology, a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Prior to entering private practice, Dr. Brietzke worked in a variety of clinical and forensic settings, including the DuPage County Probation Department and Elgin Mental Health Center’s Forensic Treatment Program.
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.
F. Willis Caruso
F. Willis Caruso
F. Willis Caruso is a Clinical Professor at The John Marshall Law School, the Co-Executive Director of The John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic, and the Director of The John Marshall Pro Bono Program & Clinic. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Caruso is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he received both his B.S. and his J.D.
Debra S. Chesnin
Debra S. Chesnin
Debra S. Chesnin is a general attorney for the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago in the Office of General Counsel. Ms. Chesnin received her B.A. with high honors from the University of Michigan and her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Amy Parise Delaney
Amy Parise Delaney
Amy Parise Delaneyis a Managing Partner at DDV Law, Ltd., which maintains offices in Chicago, Orland Park, and Oak Brook. She focuses her practice on elder law, probate, guardianships, and Medicaid appeals. She has been awarded the title of Leading Lawyer and has been a Super Lawyer for over a decade. She was named one of the Top 60 Female Lawyers in Illinois. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. from the University of Illinois Springfield, and her J.D. from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College.
Pauline G. Dembicki
Pauline G. Dembicki
Pauline G. Dembicki is a sole practitioner in Evanston, where her practice focuses on estate planning, trusts, prenuptials, elder law, powers of attorney, probate and trust administration, guardianship administration, and related contested matters. She is a recipient of volunteer awards from IICLE^® and the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Volunteer Award and an award from the North Suburban Bar Association. Ms. Dembicki received her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Janna S. Dutton
Janna S. Dutton
Janna S. Dutton is a Principal at Dutton & Casey, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates in estate planning, probate, and elder law issues, including guardianship and financial exploitation matters, trusts and estate planning, Medicaid planning and applications, and probate and estate administration. She is certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as an elder law attorney and has held this certification since 1995. Prior to opening her private practice in 1989, Ms. Dutton was the Project Director of Senior Citizens Legal Services with the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. Ms. Dutton is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Illinois Chapter; the Chicago Bar Association, Elder Law Committee, Trust Law Committee; and the Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP) of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. The CAP is an invitation-only membership for experienced Certified Elder Law Attorneys with an AV rating. Ms. Dutton completed her undergraduate education at Wheaton College and received her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Carey C. Gill
Carey C. Gill
Carey C. Gill is an associate attorney with Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where she concentrates on estate planning, probate litigation, real estate, eminent domain, and civil litigation and is a Special Assistant Attorney General for land acquisition. Ms. Gill is a member of the Jackson County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Southern Illinois American Inns of Court. She received her B.A. from Monmouth College and J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Deborah Hagan
Deborah Hagan
Deborah Hagan was with the Attorney General’s Office for over 30 years. She served as Division Chief of the statewide Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in Springfield and Chicago. She also served as an Assistant Attorney General, Deputy Chief, and Bureau Chief of the Consumer Fraud Bureau. Ms. Hagan has written for IICLEÒ’s ADVISING ELDERLY CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES and for the Illinois Bar Journal. She received her B.A. from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and her J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law.
Brittany Heitz
Brittany Heitz
Brittany Heitz is an associate in the Chicago office of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, where she focuses her practice on complex family law. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Ms. Heitz received her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif from DePaul University College of Law.
Catherine E. Lenert
Catherine E. Lenert
Catherine E. Lenert is a Partner at the Elder Law Center and Mickey, Wilson, Weiler, Renzi, Lenert & Julien, P.C., in Sugar Grove where she focuses on estate planning and long-term care/Medicaid planning. She is a member of the Illinois State and Kane County Bar Associations and a Past President and current member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She has served as a continuing legal education presenter for the Illinois State and Kane County Bar Associations and IICLE^®. Ms. Lenert received her B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Steven M. Levin
Steven M. Levin
Steven M. Levin is Cofounder of and Senior Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago, with more than 30 years of plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation experience and success. He was among the first attorneys in the country to handle nursing home cases and has established a reputation as one of the country’s top litigators in nursing home litigation. He is a member of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care Leadership Council, an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of nursing home residents and their families, and is also the former Chair of the American Association for Justice Nursing Home Litigation Group. Levin has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer (2013 – 2022) and selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2013. Levin received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Jaye R. Lindsay
Jaye R. Lindsay
Jaye R. Lindsay is an attorney with The O’Fallon Firm in O’Fallon. He concentrates on probate, personal injury, and VA and military law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and disabled American Veterans. Mr. Lindsay received his B.A. from the University of South Florida and his J.D. and LL.M. in Health Law and Policy from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Helen Mesoloras
Helen Mesoloras
Helen Mesoloras is Principal at Dutton Casey & Mesoloras, P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses her practice in the area of elder law. Mesoloras is a member of both the National and Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Chicago Bar Association and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She received her B.A. with honors from DePaul University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Andrea K. Muchin
Andrea K. Muchin
Andrea K. Muchinis a Partner at Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, LLP in Chicago, where she focues on family law. She is a board member of the Bernard Zell Day School and involved in the Professional and Women’s Divisions of the Jewish United Fund and Shalva. Ms. Muchin received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the Boston University School of Law.
Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger
Ben A. Neiburger is an attorney at Generation Law, Ltd., in Elmhurst, where he focuses on elder law. He is a past member of the IICLE^® Board of Directors. He is a member of the Illinois State and DuPage County Bar Associations and of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mr. Neiburger received his B.A. from the University of Illinois, passed the Illinois CPA exam, and received his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Robert M. Perbohner
Robert M. Perbohner
Robert M. Perbohner is Counsel to the Management Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago, where he focuses on government policy and administration. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Lee T. Polk
Lee T. Polk
Lee T. Polk is a Partner with the Wagner Law Group, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on employee benefits, employment law, and tax law. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations and a Charter Member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Mr. Polk received his B.A. from Coe College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Rebecca L. Pruitt
Rebecca L. Pruitt
Rebecca L. Pruitt serves as Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Fraud Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in Springfield. She has been a presenter at IICLE® and Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education programs on various elder law topics. Ms. Pruitt received the Pro Bono Award from the Missouri Bar. She received her B.S. and her M.S.W. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Michael R. Robinson
Michael R. Robinson
Michael R. Robinson is an administrative law judge with the Illinois Human Rights Commission in Springfield. He has authored several articles for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Illinois Bar Journal, of which three were cited as winners of the Lincoln Legal Writing Award in 1985, 1986, and 1989. Mr. Robinson received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Sharon R. Rudy
Sharon R. Rudy
Sharon R. Rudy is a sole practitioner in Rockford, where she focuses on adult guardianships, estate administration, and representation of victims of elder abuse and exploitation. She is a member of the Illinois State and Winnebago County Bar Associations and the Illinois Guardianship Association. Ms. Rudy received her B.A. from Carleton College and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Sandra Blanco Schildgen
Sandra Blanco Schildgen
Sandra Blanco Schildgen is an associate at Wilson & Wilson Estate Planning & Elder Law LLC, in Northbrook, where she concentrates on elder law. She serves on the Board of Directors and is a trust committee member for Life’s Plan, Inc. She was the recipient of the President’s Award and the Above and Beyond Award from the National Association of Securities Dealers. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Schildgen received her B.A. from Columbia University and her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Michael P. Seng
Michael P. Seng
Michael P. Seng is a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he focuses on constitutional law, civil rights, and fair housing. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild, the Elmer Gertz Lawyer Award from the Illinois State Bar Association and Blind Services Association, and the Leonard Schrager Award of Excellence from the Chicago Bar Foundation. Mr. Seng received his A.B. and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame and an Honorary Juris Doctorate from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.
Heather E. Voorn
Heather E. Voorn
Heather E. Voorn is a Partner at Voorn, Jaworski & Preston, PLLC, located in Chicago and New Lenox, where she devotes her legal practice to elder law. She is a member and a Director on the Board of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is a member of the Illinois State and Will County Bar Associations and serves on the Board of Directors of IICLE^®. Ms. Voorn received her B.A. from Florida State University and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. She is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, May 17, 2012. (The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law, and the recognition is not required to practice law in Illinois.)

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Michael F. Bonamarte

Colin A. Brietzke

William L. Broom III

F. Willis Caruso

Debra S. Chesnin

Amy Parise Delaney

Pauline G. Dembicki

Janna S. Dutton

Carey C. Gill

Deborah Hagan

Brittany Heitz

Catherine E. Lenert

Steven M. Levin

Jaye R. Lindsay

Helen Mesoloras

Andrea K. Muchin

Ben A. Neiburger

Robert M. Perbohner

Lee T. Polk

Rebecca L. Pruitt

Michael R. Robinson

Sharon R. Rudy

Sandra Blanco Schildgen

Michael P. Seng

Heather E. Voorn

Advising Elderly Clients and Their Families (ARCHIVED 2015 Edition)