N. Lee Beneze
N. Lee Beneze
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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.
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.
Amy J. Delaney
Amy J. Delaney
Amy J. Delaney is Founder and Managing Partner of DDV Law, LTD., in Chicago, and focuses her practice on elder law. Delaney has earned consistent recognition as a Leading Lawyer, Super Lawyer, and one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in Illinois. She is Past President of the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and, in addition to holding the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, maintains a perfect Avvo rating. Delaney received her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, her M.S. from the University of Illinois-Springfield, and her B.A. from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.
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.
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.
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 a Founder of Generation Law in Elmhurst, where he concentrates his practice on estate planning and elder law. He has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in Elder Law (2007, 2009 – present) and as IICLE^®’s Volunteer of the Year (2010). He served as Chair of IICLE^®’s Board of Directors in 2018. He is also a CPA. Mr. Neiburger received his BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Robyn O'Neill
Robyn O'Neill
No bio available.
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.
Constance Burnett Renzi
Constance Burnett Renzi
No bio available.
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.
Wendy L. Rubas
Wendy L. Rubas
No bio available.
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.
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.)
Monica A. Wallace
Monica A. Wallace
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N. Lee Beneze

Michael F. Bonamarte

William L. Broom III

F. Willis Caruso

Amy J. Delaney

Pauline G. Dembicki

Janna S. Dutton

Carey C. Gill

Deborah Hagan

Brittany Heitz

Steven M. Levin

Andrea K. Muchin

Ben A. Neiburger

Robyn O'Neill

Robert M. Perbohner

Lee T. Polk

Rebecca L. Pruitt

Constance Burnett Renzi

Michael R. Robinson

Wendy L. Rubas

Sharon R. Rudy

Michael P. Seng

Heather E. Voorn

Monica A. Wallace

Advising Elderly Clients (ARCHIVED 2008 EDITION & 2012 SUPPLEMENT)