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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 the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP 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 has spoken for several National Association of Credit Management events. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. 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 Laughridge Gale
Kristen Laughridge Gale
Kristin Laughridge Gale is an associate in the environmental law firm of Nijman Franzetti LLP in Chicago. She has broad experience in litigation and enforcement-related issues, including private cost recovery, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), underground storage tanks, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. She counsels clients on compliance issues as well as real estate transactions. Prior to joining Nijman Franzetti LLP, Ms. Gale was an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. She was also an environmental consultant for a national environmental consulting firm, in which she performed due diligence inspections and conducted litigation support for various environmental actions. Ms. Gale is the Legislative Liaison for the Chicago Bar Association Environmental Law Committee, and was formerly the Vice Chair and Legislative Liaison for the CBA YLS Environmental Law Committee. She is admitted to the Illinois Bar. Ms. Gale received her B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley, and graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Patricia A. Hoke
Patricia A. Hoke
Patricia A. Hoke is a partner in the firm of Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where she engages in a general civil practice with an emphasis on estate planning and administration, probate, business and corporate law, and real estate. Ms. Hoke has written for the Journal of Legal Medicine, the Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Newsletter, and IICLE®’s ILLINOIS FAMILY LAW SERIES. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law, teaching Trusts & Estates and Basic Estate Planning, and has participated in the presentation of seminars on estate planning for the Illinois State Retirement System, John A. Logan College Foundation, Shawnee Community College, and Southern Illinois University Continuing Education Department. Ms. Hoke is a past member and past Chairperson of the IICLE® Board of Directors. She received her B.S. and her M.Acc. from Southern Illinois University and her J.D. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
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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 Founding Partner of Nijman Franzetti LLP, a woman-owned environmental law firm in Chicago. She was formerly a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, where she served as Chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Group. She has broad experience in litigation defense and enforcement-related issues, including common-law liability and toxic tort, private cost recovery, the Clean Air Act, the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, underground storage tanks, and all aspects of the Superfund process. Ms. Nijman has successfully represented clients in regulatory disputes and negotiations with both state and federal agencies and has implemented supplemental environmental projects/pollution prevention plans to reduce or eliminate fines and penalties. She is a Past President of the Chicago Bar Association and is a past Board President and certified mediator for the Center for Conflict Resolution. She currently serves as President of the Board of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois. She speaks and writes frequently on environmental law issues and, in 2002, won the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, which honors outstanding legal writing. She is regularly named an Illinois Super Lawyer and a Best Lawyer, and receives high praise from Chambers USA. Ms. Nijman received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a member of the Legal Forum.
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S. Linn Perkins
S. Linn Perkins
S. Linn Perkins is a Partner with Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC, in Peoria, where she concentrates her practice in commercial litigation, banking, creditors’ rights, and collection matters. She authored the chapter on collectionsin IICLE®’s THE ILLINOIS LAWYER’S OVERVIEW: A GUIDE TO COMMON PRACTICE AREAS and the chapter on consumer collections and consumer bankruptcy in IICLE®’s former ADVISING ILLINOIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. She is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court (Emeritus Member). Ms. Perkins received her B.S. from MacMurray College and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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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 a sole practitioner with the Law Office of Joshua Sachs in Evanston, concentrating in the trial and appellate defense of Illinois and federal criminal prosecutions. Mr. Sachs received 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, 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. She is the Treasurer of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. She is a regular speaker for IICLE® and frequently speaks before a broad spectrum of civic and professional groups, including the Internal Revenue Service. She has written extensively for numerous publications, including Trusts & Estates, Advancing Philanthropy, and numerous IICLE® publications. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where she is a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, and a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. 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.
The Illinois Lawyer's Overview: A Guide to Common Practice Areas (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)
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