Brian M. Bentrup
Brian M. Bentrup
Brian M. Bentrup is a Partner at MacDonald, Lee & Senechalle, Ltd., where he focuses on estate planning, probate, trust administration, guardianships, and commercial real estate. He is a member of the Illinois State and Missouri Bar Associations, the Lake County Estate Planning Counsel and former Executive Counsel for the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Bentrup received his BA and BS from Loyola University Chicago and his JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Kathleen Eggers Buchar
Kathleen Eggers Buchar
Kathleen Eggers Buchar is Assistant General Counsel at The Northern Trust Company’s Chicago office and is a member of its Trust Counsel Practice Group. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Section, and she is a speaker on trusts and estate topics for IICLE^®, the Chicago Estate Planning Council, and the CBA. She received her BS magna cum laude from Truman State University and her JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.
Jamie L. Burns
Jamie L. Burns
Jamie L. Burns is Senior Counsel with Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on commercial litigation. Ms. Burns has been named an Emerging Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network and is a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. Prior to joining Levenfeld Pearlstein, Ms. Burns served as outside counsel to a large national bank. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Eastern Illinois University and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Tejal S. Desai
Tejal S. Desai
Tejal S. Desai is a Partner at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on creditors’ rights and business transactions. She is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and Indiana State Bar Associations. Ms. Desai earned her BS with high distinction from Iowa State University and her JD from the DePaul University College of Law.
Richard S. Duffy
Richard S. Duffy
Richard S. Duffy is an associate at Schiff Hardin LLP, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on private clients, trusts, and estates. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and its Trust Law Committee, as well as the American and New York Bar Associations. Mr. Duffy received his B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
William A. Ensing
William A. Ensing
William A. Ensing is Of Counsel to Buckley Fine, LLC, in Barrington, where he focuses on domestic and international asset protection and estate planning. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, Lake County, Northwest Suburban, North Suburban, and Chicago Bar Associations, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Offshore Institute, and WealthCounsel. Mr. Ensing received his BA from Lake Forest College and his JD from the Chicago Kent College of Law.
Linda S. Fine
Linda S. Fine
Linda S. Fine is a Managing Partner at Buckley Fine, LLC, in Barrington and Chair of the firm’s Estate Planning practice group. She focuses on estate planning, estate and gift tax, business succession, and estate and trust administration. She is an Illinois Super Lawyer (2024) and a Leading Lawyer (2024) and is listed on Crain’s Most Notable Women in Law (2024). Ms. Fine received her BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Jeffrey D. Glickman
Jeffrey D. Glickman
Jeffrey D. Glickman is an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, in Chicago, where his practice is focused on private wealth, fiduciary litigation, and private client services. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Glickman received both his B.S. and M.A.S. with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Margot Gordon
Margot Gordon
Margot Gordon is Of Counsel to the Monahan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses on estate planning and trust administration. She is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. Ms. Gordon received her BA from the University of California-San Diego and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
Kim Kamin
Kim Kamin
Kim Kamin is the Principal and Chief Wealth Strategist Member at Gresham Partners, LLC, in Chicago. She leads the development and implementation of estate, wealth transfer, philanthropic, educational, and fiduciary planning activities. Ms. Kamin is a Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Trusts and Estates Magazine, is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she was awarded the William M. Trumbull Lectureship, and is Past President of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. Ms. Kamin received her B.A. with distinction and departmental honors from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Steven L. Kriz
Steven L. Kriz
Steven L. Kriz is a Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in trusts and estates. Mr. Kriz is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and was named a 2022 Super Lawyers Rising Star. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his LL.M. from Northwestern University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Alfred S. Lee
Alfred S. Lee
Alfred S. Lee is an attorney at MacDonald, Lee & Senechalle, Ltd., where he focuses on estate planning and administration and asset protection. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Estate Planning Committee of the Kingdom Advisors, and the Christian Legal Society. He received his BA from Dartmouth College, where he was a Presidential Scholar, and his JD from the University of Notre Dame.
Janet Rae Montgomery
Janet Rae Montgomery
Janet Rae Montgomery is Of Counsel at Nisen & Elliott, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in estate planning and administration. Ms. Montgomery is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, is Past Chair of the Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, and is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and member and Past President of the DuPage County Estate Planning Council. Ms. Montgomery completed her undergraduate work at the University of Southern California and at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, earned her B.A. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from USC, and earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.
James E. Morgan
James E. Morgan
James E. Morgan is an attorney with Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on bankruptcy and litigation. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He was named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in 2014 – 2025. Mr. Morgan received his BS with high distinction and departmental honors from Indiana University Bloomington and his JD cum laude from Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, where he was Associate Editor of the Indiana Law Journal.
Amy E. Orlando
Amy E. Orlando
Amy E. Orlando is an attorney at Monahan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses on guardianship, elder law, and probate. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and a volunteer at Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. Ms. Orlando received her BS from Illinois State University and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
Stephanie N. Ross
Stephanie N. Ross
Stephanie N. Ross is an associate at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on trusts and estates. She is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and a Licensed Attorney and Counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Ross received her BA and JD from Loyola University Chicago.
Sandra M. Schildgen
Sandra M. Schildgen
Sandra M. Schildgen is a Partner at Wilson & Wilson Estate Planning & Elder Law LLC in Deerfield and LaGrange, where she focuses on elder law, estate planning, Medicaid eligibility planning, and trust and probate administration. She is the President-Elect of the Veterans’ Legal Aid Society of Illinois and a former board member of Life’s Plan, Inc. Ms. Schildgen received her BA from Columbia University and her JD from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Ronald Schreiber
Ronald Schreiber
Ronald Schreiber is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates in trusts and estates. He also has extensive experience with business succession planning, planning for disability, charitable planning, generation-skipping tax planning, prenuptial agreements, and guardianships for adults with disabilities and minors. He has been chosen as a Leading Lawyer and is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Mr. Schreiber received his BA magna cum laude from Queens College of the City University of New York and his JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
Melisa Seyhun
Melisa Seyhun
Melisa Seyhun is an associate at ArentFox Schiff LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on private clients, trusts, and estates. She is a Young Leader in ACTEC’s Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program (Class of 2021 – 2023) and a Fellow of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section (Class of 2019 – 2021). Seyhun is also coauthor of Probate & Property magazine’s Best Overall Article in the Trust and Estate category in the 2020 Excellence in Writing Awards for the article, Life Insurance: What Attorneys and Trustees Should Know. She received her B.A. from George Washington University, her J.D. from George Washington University Law School, and her LL.M. from Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School. Seyhun is also a member of the Illinois Bar.
Jennifer J. Thurswell
Jennifer J. Thurswell
Jennifer J. Thurswell is a member of the Trusts and Estates group at Harrison and Held LLP, in Chicago. She focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning, business succession, and asset protection. Ms. Thurswell also counsels individual and corporate fiduciaries regarding complex estate and trust administration and related tax issues.
Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg
Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg
Elizabeth B. Vandesteegis a Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates in restructuring. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, theInternational Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Ms. Vandesteeg received her B.A. from Columbia University and her J.D. from Boston College Law School.

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Brian M. Bentrup

Kathleen Eggers Buchar

Jamie L. Burns

Tejal S. Desai

Richard S. Duffy

William A. Ensing

Linda S. Fine

Jeffrey D. Glickman

Margot Gordon

Kim Kamin

Steven L. Kriz

Alfred S. Lee

Janet Rae Montgomery

James E. Morgan

Amy E. Orlando

Stephanie N. Ross

Sandra M. Schildgen

Ronald Schreiber

Melisa Seyhun

Jennifer J. Thurswell

Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg

Asset Protection Planning (ARCHIVED 2022 EDITION)