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Shannon K. Briggs
Shannon K. Briggs
Shannon K. Briggs is an associate at DDV Law, Ltd., in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on estate planning and elder law and frequently accepts pro bono guardianship cases from Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Chicago Bar Association’s South Suburban Estate Planning Counsel. Ms. Briggs earned her B.S. from the University of Missouri and her J.D. with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kate Curler
Kate Curler
Kate Curler is the Principal Attorney at The Law Office of Kate Curler LLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of adult guardianships, elder law, estate planning, and probate. She is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, serving on the ISBA Elder Law Committee and the CBA Elder Law and Trust and Probate Committees. She is also a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Ms. Curler received her B.A. with honors from Michigan State University and her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.
Matthew R. Davison
Matthew R. Davison
Matthew R. Davison is a Staff Attorney at the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission in Chicago. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Appellate Lawyers Association. Mr. Davison was selected as an Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2017 and 2018) and received the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago’s Light the Darkness Award for Community Advocacy (2020). Mr. Davison received his B.A. from Virginia Wesleyan University and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He is currently enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School with the Center for Homeland Defense and Security for his M.A. in Securities (anticipated graduation December 2022).
Susan L. DeCostanza
Susan L. DeCostanza
Susan L. DeCostanza is a Partner at Ruben M. Garcia & Associates, Ltd., in Wilmette and Chicago, where she focuses her practice in probate and guardianship matters. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Ms. DeCostanza is a recipient of the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship (2012). She received her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Michael S. Delaney
Michael S. Delaney
Michael S. Delaney is a Senior Partner at DDV Law, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses on elder law. Mr. Delaney is a Certified Elder Law Attorney and an author for ILLINOIS JURISPRUDENCE (Lexis-Nexis) and the legal treatise ETHICS IN ELDER LAW. He has served as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Elder Law Section. He is a committee member of the Illinois chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and is President of the National Elder Law Foundation. Mr. Delaney earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
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.
Ruben M. Garcia
Ruben M. Garcia
Ruben M. Garcia is a Partner at Ruben M. Garcia & Associates, Ltd., in Wilmette and Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in probate and guardianship matters. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Garcia received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Ann E. Krasuski
Ann E. Krasuski
Ann E. Krasuski is a staff attorney at the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission in Hines, where her work is concentrated in mental health law. Before attending law school, she worked for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in Seattle and in New York, advocating for residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Ms. Krasuski received her M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Elizabeth A. Lawhorn
Elizabeth A. Lawhorn
Elizabeth A. Lawhornis an associate at Monahan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on guardianship and probate litigation, elder law, mental health, and child law. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her B.A. from the University of Nebraska, where she was on the Dean’s List, and her J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she was a Civitas Child Law Fellow and Executive Editor of the Law Journal and received a Certificate of Specialization in Child and Family 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.
Joseph T. Monahan
Joseph T. Monahan
Joseph T. Monahan is the Founder of Monahan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where he is a steadfast advocate for persons with disabilities, their families, and the professionals who serve them. He has been an adjunct professor of mental health law for over 28 years at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and has repeatedly served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Mental Health Law Committee. He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association and numerous other professional and service organizations. He received his B.A. and M.S.W. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Amy E. Orlando
Amy E. Orlando
Amy E. Orlando is an attorney at Monahan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on probate, mental health, confidentiality, and healthcare law. Ms. Orlando is Past Chair (2013 – 2014) of the Chicago Bar Association’s Mental Health and Disability Law Committee and has been a presenter on Illinois mental health and the law at PESI. Ms. Orlando received her B.S. from Illinois State University and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, where she was the Executive Justice of the Moot Court Honors Program.
Eric J. Parker
Eric J. Parker
Eric J. Parker is an attorney at Stotis & Baird Chartered in Chicago, where his practice focuses on elder law, probate, and estates. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Parker received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from the Pepperdine University School of Law.
Laurel Spahn
Laurel Spahn
Laurel Spahn is a staff attorney at the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission in Hines, where her practice is focused on mental health law. She received the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award in 2012. Ms. Spahn received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law.

Shannon K. Briggs

Kate Curler

Matthew R. Davison

Susan L. DeCostanza

Michael S. Delaney

Pauline G. Dembicki

Ruben M. Garcia

Ann E. Krasuski

Elizabeth A. Lawhorn

Helen Mesoloras

Joseph T. Monahan

Amy E. Orlando

Eric J. Parker

Laurel Spahn

Adult Guardianships, Advance Directives, and Mental Health Law 2021 Edition