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Chapter 1 — Practicing Ethically
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Chapter 2 — Domestic Relations
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Chapter 3 — Juvenile Law
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Chapter 4 — Criminal Law
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Chapter 5 — Real Estate Practice
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Chapter 6 — Workers’ Compensation
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Chapter 7 — Collections
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Chapter 8 — Organizing and Advising a Small Business
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Chapter 9 — Representing Clients in Bankruptcy Cases
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Chapter 10 — Estate Planning
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Chapter 11 — Probate Administration
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Chapter 12 — Environmental Law
- List of Forms
- Index
- Preliminary Information
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Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni is ethics education counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission in Chicago. She focuses her practice on professional responsibility. She has authored several articles, including CLIENT TRUST ACCOUNT HANDBOOK (ARDC) and Ten Questions from Young Lawyers, CBA Rec. (Mar. 1998). Ms. Andreoni is the Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee. She is a member of the CLE Advisory Group for the Illinois Commission on Professionalism. Ms. Andreoni received her J.D. and undergraduate degrees from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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Julie M. Bordo
Julie M. Bordo
Julie M. Bordo is Concierge Attorney for Professionals and Businesses for Julie M. Bordo, LLC, where she focuses on research and writing for attorneys and transactions/contracts for businesses. She is Vice President of the Board of Directors for PCH Mutual Insurance, is an author for multiple IICLE® publications, and was speaker and moderator for the IICLE® New Lawyer Institute in 2014. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, North Shore Law Group, and Exclusive Professional Women’s Networking Group. Ms. Bordo was an adjunct professor at DePaul University, College of Law. She received her J.D. from IIT Chicago – Kent College of Law.
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Kevin C. Driscoll, Jr.
Kevin C. Driscoll, Jr.
Kevin C. Driscoll, Jr., is a Partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP, in Chicago, where he represents secured and unsecured creditors in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 proceedings. A frequent lecturer and author, Mr. Driscoll has been published by the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal and other publications. Mr. Driscoll received his A.B. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was a member of the University of Illinois Law Review, which published his note concerning student loan debt in consumer bankruptcy.
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Daniel E. Fajerstein
Daniel E. Fajerstein
Daniel E. Fajerstein is a real estate attorney for Daniel E. Fajerstein Law Office. He has authored works for IICLE® and the Illinois Municipal Law Review. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association. Mr. Fajerstein received his B.A. from Grinnell College, his M.A.Ed. from Washington University, and his J.D. from IIT Chicago – Kent College of Law.
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Kristen L. Gale
Kristen L. Gale
Kristen L. Gale is a Partner at Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental law. She is the Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee and a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois. She was named a Leading Lawyer in 2019. Ms. Gale received her B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Patricia A. Hoke
Patricia A. Hoke
Patricia A. Hoke is a Partner at Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where she concentrates on estate planning, probate, real estate, and corporate law. Ms. Hoke has received the Natural Resources Law Award and the Journal of Legal Medicine Award. She is a Past Chair of the IICLE® Board of Directors and a member of the Jackson County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations. She received her B.S. and M.A. from Southern Illinois University and her J.D. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law where she was Research Editor of the Southern Illinois University Law Review.
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Frank J. Kopecky
Frank J. Kopecky
Frank J. Kopecky is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois Springfield. He focuses on family law. He is a member of the Board of Directors and a Past President of the Juvenile Justice Initiative and of Prevent Child Abuse Illinois. Mr. Kopecky received his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Timothy S. McFadden
Timothy S. McFadden
Timothy S. McFadden is Partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Finance, Insolvency, and Restructuring Department. He concentrates his practice on matters related to bankruptcy and restructuring, creditors’ rights, commercial finance and workouts, and commercial litigation. Mr. McFadden is involved with the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the Notre Dame Alumni Association, and the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
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Brian T. McGovern
Brian T. McGovern
Brian T. McGovern started the firm of Hanagan & McGovern PC in Mt. Vernon along with Steve Hanagan in 2010. He concentrates his practice in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury litigation, and Social Security disability claims. Previously, he was employed with the Law Offices of Terry Sharp handling business litigation in Mt. Vernon and the law firm of Hanagan & Dousman, a long-established personal injury law firm also in Mt. Vernon. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Illinois Bar Foundation. Mr. McGovern received his B.S. from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law. In addition to the courts of Illinois and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, he is also licensed to practice in the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Jennifer T. Nijman
Jennifer T. Nijman
Jennifer T. Nijman is a Partner at Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on environmental law. She has arbitrated and mediated cases through the American Arbitration Association and the Center for Conflict Resolution. She currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission for Access to Justice and was the President of the Chicago Bar Association in 2000 – 2003. She is a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois and admitted to the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Nijman received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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S. Linn Perkins
S. Linn Perkins
S. Linn Perkins is Member of Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC, in Peoria, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of credit union law, mortgage foreclosure law, collections, and general business litigation. A frequent author and lecturer, Ms. Perkins has contributed to numerous IICLE® publications. She is a member of the Illinois State and Peoria County Bar Associations. She earned her B.S. from MacMurray College and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she was a recipient of the Rickert Award for Excellence and a National Finalist for the ABA National Negotiation Competition.
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Steven N. Peskind
Steven N. Peskind
Steven N. Peskind is the Principal of Peskind Law Firm based in St. Charles, Illinois. His firm concentrates in family law matters throughout the State of Illinois. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Peskind has also been elected as a diplomate of The American College of Family Trial Lawyers, which is a select group of 100 of the top family law trial lawyers from across the United States. He recently served on the Illinois Family Law Study Committee working to improve Illinois family laws. Mr. Peskind is a faculty member of the Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, presented annually in Boulder, Colorado, by the ABA Family Law Section in conjunction with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Peskind also serves on the faculty of the Oklahoma State Bar Family Law Section Trial Institute. He speaks nationally on a variety of family law topics. He has been the keynote speaker for several state family law presentations and has spoken at conferences on such diverse topics as evidence, trial techniques, practice management, and divorce taxation. Mr. Peskind has written four books in addition to this IICLE® handbook: THE FAMILY LAW TRIAL EVIDENCE HANDBOOK, DIVORCE IN ILLINOIS, 100 DAYS BEFORE TRIAL, and IICLE®’s THE CHANGING FACE OF ILLINOIS FAMILY LAW: 2016 MARRIAGE AND DISSOLUTION OF MARRRIAGE ACT OVERHAUL. Mr. Peskind has also written numerous papers, chapters, and articles (including three academic law review articles) for various professional journals, conferences, seminars, books, and bar associations (including the ISBA, AAML, ABA, and others). In 2005, Mr. Peskind was inducted into Scribes, a legal writing honor society. He has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America; the Leading Lawyers Network has designated him a Leading Lawyer since 2003; Super Lawyers has recognized him as a Super Lawyer since 2008; and in 2015, Best Lawyers honored him with the award of Family Lawyer of the Year in Chicago. Mr. Peskind received his B.A. from Tulane University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
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Joshua Sachs
Joshua Sachs
Joshua Sachs is Principal Attorney of the Law Office of Joshua Sachs, in Evanston, where he concentrates his practice in appellate criminal cases. Mr. Sachs, now semi-retired after 45 years of active practice in the trial and appeals level defense of Illinois and federal criminal prosecutions, has returned to music, his first love. He plays the cello in the Evanston Symphony Orchestra and in the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest. Mr. Sachs earned his B.A. from Grinnell College and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Stacy E. Singer
Stacy E. Singer
Stacy E. Singer is a Senior Vice President, Central Region Advisory Practice Executive, and National Director of Estate Settlement Services at The Northern Trust Company, in Chicago, where she works closely with trust professionals on all aspects of the delivery of fiduciary services to clients throughout the Midwest. She also oversees the delivery of estate settlement services across all of Northern’s U.S. offices. Ms. Singer is an adjunct professor in the LLM Program for Tax and Employee Benefits at The John Marshall Law School and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. She served on the faculty of the American Bankers Association National Trust School for five years and is past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee. Ms. Singer earned her B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Todd M. Young
Todd M. Young
Todd M. Young is a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Young is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations, has been named a Leading Lawyer (Mergers and Acquisitions and Small Closely Held Corporations), and has served as the Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago since 2003. He received his A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was Comment Editor of the law review.
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