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Barbara Morton
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Real Estate
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 Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years of experience
201 E. Veterans Parkway
Suite 14B
Yorkville, IL 60560
Estate Planning, Real Estate 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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Michelle R. Eggert
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce and Family
University of Michigan Law School and DePaul College of Law
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Joe Pappas
Charleston, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Probate
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
I am a personable and caring attorney who aims to serve those in need.
My office is located in Coles County, but happy and able to serve those as far north as Champaign-Urbana, or as far south as Effingham.
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Jennifer Bunker Skerston
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationStreator, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Michigan State University
Jennifer Bunker Skerston has worked in the Illinois Valley legal community for the past seven years handling many litigation related matters including will contests, property tax appeals, breach of contract, and personal injury claims.
Jennifer Bunker Skerston is actively involved in the Illinois State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section Council. She is the Editor of the Council’s monthly publication distributed to members throughout Illinois. She also assists the Council in providing continuing legal education to attorneys, determining the need for new legislation, and reviewing and suggesting changes to current legislative proposals affecting wills, trusts and estates....
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Christopher Everett Sherer
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 23 years of experience
(217) 525-1571
One West Old State Capitol Plaza
Suite 600 ~ Myers Building
Springfield, IL 62701
Estate Planning, Administrative, Appeals and Family
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
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William Wombacher
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEstate Planning, Personal Injury, Probate and Social Security Disability
University of Iowa
Bill was born and raised in Peoria, IL. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. degree in Government. He received his law degree (JD) at the University of Iowa graduating with honors. He has been practicing law in Central Illinois since his graduation and admission into the Illinois Bar. Legal ability and ethical standards ratings are published each year by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.Bill has the highest possible rating of AV. The legal ability rating is "A" which means he is rated as very high to preeminent. The "V" rating means that he embraces faithful adherence...
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Adam Gynac
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Northern Illinois University
I'm a trial attorney with extensive courtroom experience. I also teach college classes as an adjunct professor in areas such as criminal law, criminal procedure, business law, business ethics and corrections.
My primary practice focus is family law and domestic relations litigation. My secondary areas of concentration include estate planning and probate.
* 2018 SuperLawyers Top 2.5% Rising Star
* 2018 National Advocates Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in Illinois in Matrimonial and Family Law
* 2018 Recognized as one of the "Ten Best" Family Law Attorneys in Illinois by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys (AIOFLA)
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Meagan K. Box
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Criminal and DUI
Southern Illinois University School of Law
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Elizabeth Eberspacher Nohren
SHELBYVILLE, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 22 years of experience
Estate Planning, Construction, Family and Probate
Loyola University Chicago and University of Nottingham School of Law, U.K.
Liz Nohren has been practicing law for over 20 years. Her first 5 years were spent at a commercial litigation firm in Chicago, where she thrived and enjoyed the hustle and bustle of a city practice. However, Liz felt a pull to return home to the family firm in Shelbyville and join her father in practice. She remained lead counsel on a couple trials, including a construction litigation jury trial, and completed that work by commuting to Chicago for approximately 8 months after her move at the firm's request. Since moving home to Shelby County, Liz...
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Mr. Thomas Eric Ost
Tinley Park, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Business, Criminal and Domestic Violence
Illinois Institute of Technology
I am Thomas Eric Ost. As a former Assistant Public Defender in DuPage County, I handled hundreds of criminal, mental health, and juvenile cases. Those cases ranged from DUIs, Domestic Batteries, and Retail Thefts to Aggravated Batteries and Murder. The police and the prosecutors seem to do their best to dehumanize defendants to everyone including to the defendants themselves. Yet in 23 years of practice, I’ve learned that most people with legal problems are not bad people. They are people who are caught up in a problem a lot bigger than they...
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Elizabeth Youakim
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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James R. Enlow
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal, Employment and Probate
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
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J. Steven Ayres
Robinson, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Estate Planning, Appeals, Business and Collections
University of Illinois College of Law
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Andrewe William Johnson
Canton, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
University of North Carolina School of Law
Andrewe W. Johnson was born in 1970, in Canton, Illinois. Andrewe graduated from Lewistown Community High School in Lewistown, Illinois. He attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, from 1988 to 1990, before transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Rhetoric. Andrewe attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving his Juris Doctor degree with Honors in 1995. During law school, Andrewe served on the staff of the North Carolina Law Review and worked with the University of...
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Jennifer K. Kearney
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning, DUI, Family and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
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Brian D. Pondenis
Charleston, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Family and Probate
University of Illinois College of Law
Brian is proud to continue the tradition of personal services performed by Brainard Law Offices LLC, the oldest law firm in Charleston. We have the advantage of years of experience, both from debtor, creditor, and trustee perspectives, which enables our firm to provide superior bankruptcy services for our clients. We believe each client deserves individual attention.
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Nichol M. Broshous
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 10 years of experience
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Kelly Karczmar
Crete, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 18 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Attorney Kelly Karczmar graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in 1994. She graduated from the John Marshall Law School in 2005, where she served in the Fair Housing Legal Clinic. Ms. Karczmar served for six years as a Human Resources Director in a Fortune 100 company. She was responsible for union negotiations, employee relations and legal compliance. Ms. Karczmar is an attorney admitted to practice in the state bar of Illinois, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has practiced law since 2005. She is a member of...
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Mr. Jacob J. Frost
Spring Valley, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Collections and Education
University of Illinois College of Law
Jacob J. Frost practices in the areas of estate/trust administration, residential and commercial real estate purchases and sales, business organizations, governmental law, and wills and trusts. Attorney Frost has served and represented clients in the Illinois Valley area for several years.
Frost earned his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, with high honors in Legal Research and Writing. He received his Associate of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Illinois Valley Community College and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was admitted to both Phi Beta Kappa...
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Noah W. Benckendorf
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Noah Benckendorf was born and raised in Morton, Illinois. He graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 2018 with a degree in history and economics. Noah went on to study law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law where he was a member of the Business Law Association.
While in law school, Noah worked for Liberty Mutual Insurance as a law clerk doing insurance defense work. Noah also spent time with Protective Insurance as a law clerk in their corporate legal team. Noah went on to work at first American Title Insurance as a post-closing agent. In...
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David V. White
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 34 years of experience
Estate Planning, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
University of Kentucky College of Law
Dave White is a partner with Kopec, White & Spooner Attorneys at Law (telephone 217-726-7540) and has over 25 years experience helping small business owners, families and individuals in Springfield, Illinois and throughout Sangamon County and Central Illinois. Kopec, White & Spooner is a full-service law firm providing cost-conscious representation and legal solutions for its clients.
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Jackson E Donley
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 42 years of experience
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Immigration and Probate
The John Marshall Law School
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Paul V Martin
Ottawa, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
The John Marshall Law School
Paul is an experienced civil litigation attorney. With a strong background in the insurance defense field for 30+ years, he is a knowledgeable and experienced trial and defense attorney. As well as being a litigator in trial courts, Paul has also argued cases before the Third District Appellate Court and the Supreme Court of Illinois.
He is currently a member of the LaSalle County, Illinois State Bar Assocation and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Paul served on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility from 2006 to 2015; and served as a special assistant Attorney General from...
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Joseph Markell
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEstate Planning, Elder and Probate
Joe is a United States Army Veteran who founded Markell Estate Planning and Elder Law in 2014. Our firm specializes in estate planning, probate (contested and non-contested), and elder guardianships. We work with many business owners, real estate investors, and high-net-worth clients.
Our business succession team is an expert in transferring legal ownership of LLCs, C-Corp, and other forms of ownership from generation to generation, seamlessly transitioning family businesses.
When Joe is not helping his clients with their legal needs, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.
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Susan Dawson-Tibbits
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder and Family
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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Nick Bathas
Mokena, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Appeals, Elder and Tax
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
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Warren E. Benning
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 35 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Warren Benning is the owner of Law Office of Warren Benning in Springfield, IL. The focus of my practice is on Elder law and probate planning. Also, I handle consumer bankruptcies. I offer free consultations as to estate planning and Elder law matters.
My passion is to help my clients understand their options as to advance directives and estate planning.
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Kevin Gosewisch
Mokena, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 33 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal, Personal Injury and Probate
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Trisha M. Rachoy
Frankfort, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Trisha focuses her private practice on individual and small business transactional and compliance matters. She handles all areas of real estate law, estate planning and probate matters, and business transactions and compliance. She believes in actively listening and communicating with her clients in order to help them accomplish their goals. Before starting her own practice, Trisha worked in both a large law firm and as general counsel for a small business. While working for one of the largest labor and employment law firms in the country, Trisha gained experience counseling employers on benefit law compliance and transactions....
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Phillip Reed
Springfield, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Construction
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Bruce Baber
Paris, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Estate Planning, Agricultural, Criminal and Probate
The University of Chicago Law School
General practice solo law firm, with emphasis on criminal & DUI law, family law, real estate, and wills, estates & trusts.
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Valerie M Moehle
Pekin, IL Estate Planning Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
Northern Illinois University
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Nicole Janes
Joliet, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Dawn M. Weekly
Sandwich, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 19 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEstate Planning, Elder, Probate and Social Security Disability
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Dennis R. Atteberry
Taylorville, IL Estate Planning Attorney with 23 years of experience
Estate Planning, Criminal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
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Carol J Perkins
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEstate Planning, Divorce, Elder and Probate
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Darrell Dies
Eureka, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
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Thomas Planera
Matteson, IL Estate Planning Lawyer
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
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Alex Davis
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Peoria, IL Estate Planning Attorney
Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant, Probate and Real Estate
Alex was born in Galesburg, Ill., and has lived in rural western and central Illinois throughout his life. He attended Knox College in Galesburg, graduating in 2011 with a double major in History/Political Science. Prior to law school, Alex worked as a special education aide at West Central High School in Biggsville, Ill., where he coached the football and track teams.Alex earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2016 from the Saint Louis University School of Law.
Alex married his wife Joni in October 2021. They live in the Groveland area along with their two dachshunds and two cats. They welcomed...