Rod Copeland
Prophetstown, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate and Estate Planning
Russell Holesinger
Morrison, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Estate Planning and Tax
Curtis J. Ford
Geneseo, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Real Estate, Elder and Estate Planning
Virgil Alan Thurman
Geneseo, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Real Estate, Criminal, Family and Probate
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Bridget C. Trainor
Freeport, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Real Estate, Business, Collections and Estate Planning
University of Iowa
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Ralph E Elliott
Freeport, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Estate Planning
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ralph Elliott has been engaged in the practice of law in Freeport, Illinois since 1981. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Science Degree, Summa Cum Laude, earning Phi Beta Kappa recognition in 1978.He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1981.
Ralph is admitted to the practice of law in the state of Illinois, the federal courts for the Northern District of Illinois (including the Trial Bar), the Central District of Illinois, and the Federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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Ryan R. Stodden
Elizabeth, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Estate Planning
Northern Illinois University
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Abigayle J. Endress
Freeport, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Estate Planning
Abigayle (Abby) Endress grew up in Pearl City, Illinois. She graduated from Highland Community College in 2018. In 2020, she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School in 2023, with a certificate in Food and Agricultural Law.
While in law school, Abby was selected as a teaching assistant for an introductory legal research course and worked as a student attorney in the Drake Legal Clinic. She was also a member of Drake Law Women, Drake Agriculture and Environmental Association,...
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Stephany L. Impson
Neponset, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Divorce, Family and Landlord Tenant
University of Illinois College of Law
Stephany L. Impson received her law degree from the University of Illinois. In addition, she has an MBA with emphases in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University, is a certified Illinois Administrative Adjudicator, and has certification as a Family Law Mediator.
For over three decades, Stephany worked in the title insurance industry. For much of that time, she was a national underwriting counsel. In that capacity, she underwrote and closed transactions for commercial and industrial properties located in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. In the four years...
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Christina M. Weller
Freeport, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Agricultural, Construction and Estate Planning
University of Iowa
Christina Willman earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2018. She received a degree in Agribusiness, Cum Laude, upon graduating from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo in 2015. While in law school, Christina was a member of the Jessup International Moot Court team. In addition, Christina was a student attorney in the Clinical Law program, focusing on estate planning and general litigation. She also has completed legal internships at Vermeer Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial and agricultural equipment in Pella, Iowa, and the Michigan Farm Bureau.
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Herbert Schultz Jr
Rock Island, IL Real Estate Law Attorney
Real Estate, Business, Criminal and Divorce
Mark Vandewiele
East Moline, IL Real Estate Law Attorney
Real Estate and Municipal
John Robert Lecomte
Savanna, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Real Estate, Family and Probate
Bruce Buckrop
Rock Island, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
Edward Mitchell
Lanark, IL Real Estate Law Attorney
Real Estate and Estate Planning
Philip Koenig
Rock Island, IL Real Estate Law Attorney
Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business and Environmental
Karl August Bredberg
Aledo, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Estate Planning
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Thomas Howard
Peoria, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Cannabis Law
Marquette University Law School
Licensed to practice since 2008, Thomas Howard has represented numerous financial institutions in litigation to enforce their security interests. Over the past decade, he has assisted community banks in complex commercial workouts involving some of the most sophisticated financial products in the banking industry. He has also litigated in contested contract cases on various legal theories.
Since 2015, he has been named both a Rising Star from Super Lawyers and an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers. He also extensively represents secured creditors in various avenues of commercial loan enforcement through all aspects of litigation, from commercial workouts through...
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James G Militello III
Woodstock, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Landlord Tenant
The John Marshall Law School
Attorney Militello is the Managing Parter at Prime Law Group, LLC. Prime Law Group is truly a team of lawyers and staff. Our collaborative approach often takes the form of cooperation to share past experiences and develop creative approaches to new issues. This team approach has the additional advantage that if a new issue suddenly arises or an existing project becomes a top client priority, we can quickly assign additional lawyers who will already have the background necessary to tackle the problem at full speed.
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Mark Karno
Aurora, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Illinois Institute of Technology
Principal of a 6 attorney law firm that concentrates its practice in all aspects of Civil Trial Practice and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts in the Northeastern Illinois geographical area with a focus on catastrophic bodily injury and death claims concentrating in the representation of clients in their nursing home neglect, motor vehicle negligence and premises liability claims. The firm also represents clients in their Workers Compensation Act claims and their commercial and residential real estate transactions and associated litigation.
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Barbara Morton
Plainfield, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Real Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan
Barbara Morton graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication in 1992. Ms. Morton followed her BA with an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Regis University in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1996. Ms. Morton received her law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan in 1998. She has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since May 1999. Her practice emphasis is in Family law issues, Real Estate, Wills, Powers of Attorney, Traffic and Personal Injury. She has represented clients in litigation matters before Federal and State Courts, arbitration and...
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Sean L. Robertson
Yorkville, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
201 E. Veterans Parkway
Suite 14B
Yorkville, IL 60560
Real Estate, Estate Planning and Tax
DePaul College of Law
Sean Robertson is an experienced business law and real estate attorney with more than 14 years of experience. He graduated from DePaul University College of Law and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he gained a strong background in taxation law during his time in law school. Sean Robertson's legal experience has been varied and has involved issues surrounding business litigation, wealth management, estate planning, divorce, and family law.
During the last recession, Sean worked to litigate a wide variety of cases involving loan disputes, business interests, creditor/debtor contracts, and post-judgment law. This background gives him the understanding needed to...
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Robert Finegan
Bloomington, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, DUI and Traffic Tickets
Northern Illinois University
After attending the University of Illinois for Undergraduate school I attended Northern Illinois University School of Law. I was a Prosecutor for the McLean County State's Attorney's office for a year and a half, before leaving the office to practice with my father Jim Finegan. I will be working closely with my father on bankruptcy, real estate and other civil cases in the Bloomington, Illinois area.
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Lauren Jackson
St. Charles, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Estate Planning and Probate
Northern Illinois University
Lauren Jackson focuses her practice primarily in the areas of real estate and estate planning, although her background includes probate, contracts, corporate formation and business succession planning. Lauren’s unintimidating, caring approach has garnered her a respectable reputation all over Northern Illinois. With her dedication for efficient cost effective services, you will learn that with Lauren on your side you have a reachable attorney with your best intentions in mind. Lauren prides herself on quality work over quantity and it has proved she is a success based on past customer positive reviews. Lauren eagerly represents...
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Benedict Schwarz II
St. Charles , IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Real Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
The John Marshall Law School
Benedict Schwarz, II has limited his practice to matrimonial and family law for over 40 years. He is a past director of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and is also a trained divorce mediator; Mr. Schwarz has taught numerous 40-hour divorce mediation training and conflict resolution seminars and has also co-authored chapters on the subject in the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education publications.
In 1992, Mr. Schwarz was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as a Commissioner of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). In 2001, Mr. Schwarz was appointed the Chairperson of the Commission from January...
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Mikal Stole
Plainfield, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
24047 Lockport St.
#201b
Plainfield, IL 60544
Real Estate and Family
The John Marshall Law School
Mikal Stole a prominent family law attorney in the Cook, Will, and Grundy Counties. He has successfully represented clients with complex cases involving high net worth estates, child custody disputes (allocation of parental responsibilities), and divorces involving business interests, while also efficiently handling routine matters. Mikal's also writes appellate court briefs on family law matters and is frequently appointed as Guardian ad Litem. Mikal serves as the Co-Chairperson of the Will County Bar Association's Family Law Committee and has been responsible for organizing the annual Family Law Seminar for several years. Mikal presents topics to the Bar Association including...
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Philip Aaron Nicolosi
Rockford, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(815) 314-0022
Ext. 101
6735 Vistagreen Way, Suite 210
Rockford, IL 61107
Real Estate, Business, Communications and IP
Northern Illinois University
Philip A. Nicolosi provides guidance to startups, small and closely held businesses, medium sized businesses, non-profit organizations and individual business owners with a variety of matters. Mr. Nicolosi provides his client’s with the benefit of almost 15 years of experience, well-grounded upon core business organization, corporate, transactional, financial and e-commerce related legal matters. He is a trusted adviser to his clients and is routinely relied upon to provide sound and invaluable legal counsel for their businesses, both during the startup phase and continuing through each phase of growth. Mr. Nicolosi's ability to strategically plan for the long-term growth and preservation...
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Kevin G. Drendel
Batavia, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Municipal
Northern Illinois University
Kevin G. Drendel Cornell College, cum laude, and a 1991 graduate of Northern Illinois University College of Law, magna cum laude. While at Northern Illinois University, he was a member of the Law Review, and published an article in the University’s scholarly (NIU Law Review 73, 1990). He also received the West Publishing Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement. He is admitted to practice in front of all Illinois State Courts and the U.S. District Court, the Northern District of Illinois. Kevin is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Kane County Bar Association: Director (1999-2000), ...
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Brian J. Banahan
10.0 
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Free ConsultationGeneva, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Northwestern University School of Law
Brian J. Banahan has been practicing law in DuPage, Kane and Cook County Illinois for over 20 years. He began his legal career and learned his way around the courtroom in 1997 as a full time 711 prosecutor with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. From there, Mr. Banahan moved to serve as chief legal counsel and Deputy Public Administrator for DuPage County for 17 years. In that job, Mr. Banahan managed, administered, litigated, settled, and closed hundreds of decedent’s estates and an extensive number of related legal matters in nearly every area of the law. In the process, he...
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Nicholas M. Carrescia
Warrenville, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Criminal, DUI and Traffic Tickets
Northern Illinois University
I was raised in Channahon, Illinois. I graduated from Minooka High School. I received my Bachelor's Degree from Illinois State University in 2010, where I majored in Politics and Government and minored in Legal Studies. I was actively involved in the ISU Mock Trial program, competing in many tournaments throughout different states. Throughout college I had various legal internships, most notably with the McLean County State's Attorney Drug and Gang Unit, where I first found my interest for criminal law.
I earned my Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University School of Law in 2013. While at NIU, I also participated in...
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Brian C. Cichon
Joliet, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Real Estate, Collections, Landlord Tenant and Workers' Comp
IIT, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Born in Chicago, IL. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1995. United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1995. Preparatory education: Loras College, Dubuque, IA (B.A., 1992). Legal education: IIT, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1995). Former Will County Assistant State’s Attorney. Member: Illinois State Bar Association, Will County Bar Association, Illinois Worker’s Compensation Lawyer’s Association.
Brian has been practicing law in Will County for over 20 years, and handles a variety of legal issues, be they simple, complex or something in between. He is a trial lawyer, with a current focus in the area of workers’ compensation and general civil litigation....
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Jason Bartell
Bloomington, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Construction
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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Austin Scott Davies
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Rockford, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Real Estate, DUI, Family and Traffic Tickets
Northern Illinois University
Midwest Legal Care serves clients all across northern Illinois, including Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson, DeKalb, McHenry, and Kane counties.
At Midwest Legal Care, we believe the first role of attorney is that of counselor. Midwest Legal Care is dedicated to understanding what results you want and will help you understand what actions we can take on your behalf to obtain the best outcome. We will work with you every step of the way to make sure that you understand the choices you are making and feel empowered to make them.
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Deanna L Aguinaga-Walker
Geneva, IL Real Estate Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Probate
Northern Illinois University
Owner and Principal Attorney at DLAW, PC
As an attorney with more than 25 years of legal experience, Deanna Aguinaga Walker enjoys the flexibility that having her own law practice gives her. She is able to become personally involved with each of her clients, and she appreciates the opportunity to assist them on a wide range of legal matters.
Deanna earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the Northern Illinois University School of Law in 1995. Since then, she has dedicated her career to meeting the needs of her clients. When you work with Deanna, you can expect her to provide legal advice...
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Mary Christine Ludwig
Pontiac, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Real Estate, Agricultural, Business and Estate Planning
Drake University Law School
Mary Ludwig received her J.D. and M.B.A., along with a Certificate in Food and Agricultural Law from Drake University in 2005. Prior to that she received a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture Economics from the University of Illinois. Mary concentrates her practice in agricultural law, estate planning, real estate transactions and probate. Her agricultural law experience includes organization and representation of production agricultural farm operations, agricultural cooperatives, grain elevators, agricultural input suppliers, ethanol and bio-diesel plants, and specialty farm product companies, wind tower and cell tower leases and easements, pipeline, gas, public utility and fiber optic easements,...
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Michael J. Smith
Rockford, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfReal Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Since entering private practice, Attorney Smith has maintained a general practice with a concentration in family law. He has been a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and Winnebago County Bar Association for over forty years each. Attorney Smith is currently a member of the family law section of each of these associations. He is currently on an advisory panel for the American Bar Association. He has been a presenter to other attorneys locally on family law and child related topics.
For over forty years Attorney Michael J. Smith has provided experienced family law representation. Family law...
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Robert F. Kramer
Plainfield, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
16210 S. Lincoln Hwy.
Plainfield, IL 60586
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
Northern Illinois University
Robert F. Kramer received his law decree from Northern Illinois University and has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1993. He opened The Law Offices of Robert F. Kramer, Ltd. in 1997, in Plainfield, Illinois and now has offices in Will and DuPage Counties. Mr. Kramer has over 20 years of experience representing clients in divorce and family law matters. He is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated numerous child custody cases, complex marital estate and support cases and has helped over one thousand people with their legal matters. He attributes his firm's...
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Julie Pirtle
Geneva, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Real Estate, Divorce and Family
Northern Illinois University
Ms. Pirtle uses her extensive knowledge in helping each and every client find a solution that is tailored to his or her circumstances while also exhibiting strong advocacy in the courtroom. She understands that not every case is a trial case nor can every case be kept out of the courtroom. Whether your needs are getting through a tough situation now or planning to avoid tough situations in the future, Ms. Pirtle can help you achieve your goals.
Practice Areas
• Divorce
• High Asset Divorce
• Maintenance & Alimony
• Child Custody & Child Support
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Family Law
• Residential Real Estate
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Marissa R. Hanson
Geneva, IL Real Estate Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Real Estate, Criminal and Family
Northern Illinois University
Marissa’s main areas of concentration are family law matters such as Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Paternity, Visitation and Adoption. Marissa is also a court approved family Mediator and Guardian ad Litem in Kane and Dekalb County. In addition, Marissa is one of the few Kane County foreclosure mediators for the sixteenth judicial circuit.
