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Jerold Horn
Peoria, IL Tax Law Lawyer
Tax, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Brian Ruddell
Peoria, IL Tax Law Lawyer
Tax, Employment and Family
Notre Dame Law School
David Higgs
Peoria, IL Tax Law Attorney
Tax, Business, Employment and Estate Planning
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Bradley W. Shumaker
Peoria, IL Tax Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Tax
University of Houston Law Center
Scott Baldwin
Metamora, IL Tax Law Attorney
Tax, Bankruptcy, Business and Criminal
David Couri
Peoria, IL Tax Law Attorney
Tax, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
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Sean L. Robertson
Yorkville, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
201 E. Veterans Parkway
Suite 14B
Yorkville, IL 60560
Tax, Estate Planning and Real Estate
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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Monica Patankar
Aurora, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Tax, Estate Planning, Family and Real Estate
University of Notre Dame
Monica P. Patankar is a partner with the law firm of Patankar Law P.C. Monica takes a compassionate approach to helping clients solve their legal issues. She listens to each story carefully and understands that no two issues are alike. Monica's legal training and experience have prepared her to handle your legal needs.
Monica gained her legal knowledge at University of Notre Dame Law School in Notre Dame, Indiana. Upon graduation, Monica worked for a large law firm, Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, Illinois. At Chapman, Monica worked with large municipalities and other governmental entities to raise capital for large...
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James D. Greenwood
Rock Island, IL Tax Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
Tax, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Drake University Law School
Estate Planning: James has conducted estate planning matters including creation of wills (last will and testament), trusts, special needs trusts, irrevocable creditor protection trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, beneficiary planning and beneficiary designation, corporate succession planning, tax planning, and transfer on death instruments.
Litigation: James has litigated matters including probate disputes, elder abuse claims, debt collection issues, contract disputes, and conducted other litigation as required by his clients.
James has practiced across Iowa and Illinois.
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Fred H. Dickson
Aurora, IL Tax Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Tax, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Fred is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, an honor bestowed upon very few attorneys. He focuses in the areas of estate and tax planning, trust, estate and probate administration, and business structuring and counseling. Fred enjoys helping people accomplish their personal goals. He has an extensive background assisting clients in the transfer of small businesses and farms during their lifetime or at death while minimizing taxes and expenses. Many of his estate plans are sophisticated and involve using wills, trusts, limited liability companies, family limited partnerships and other closely held entities. He has...
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William A Peithmann
Mahomet, IL Tax Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationTax
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
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Randall H. Green
Champaign, IL Tax Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Tax, Business and Real Estate
Marquette University
Randy Green is a shareholder in Meyer Capel’s Business and Real Estate Practice Groups. His unique experience allows him to serve not only as legal counsel, but as a trusted business advisor to his clients.
Experience
Mr. Green has represented both public and private companies ranging from top U.S. financial institutions to single-member LLCs in a variety of transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, financing, entity formation, franchising, and leasing. He has also helped organizational and individual clients sell, purchase and lease various types of real estate across the U.S.
Before he began his legal career, Mr....
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Demetrius J. Karos
Naperville, IL Tax Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Tax and Estate Planning
DePaul College of Law
William Carleton Gifford
Campton Hills, IL Tax Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Tax and International
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
James Lestikow
Springfield, Illinois Tax Law Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Tax, Business and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
Angela Christine Hurt
Urbana, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Tax, Business and Securities
The University of Texas School of Law
Lawrence Joseph Griffin
Naperville, IL Tax Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Tax, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
DePaul College of Law and DePaul College of Law
Ronald James Long
Warrenville, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Tax
Washington University School of Law, University of Missouri School of Law and University of Missouri School of Law
David Schaffer
Naperville, IL Tax Law Lawyer
Tax, Divorce, Family and Real Estate
Michelle C. Kauppila
Aurora, IL Tax Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Tax, Administrative and Employment
Gary Piccony
Aurora, IL Tax Law Lawyer
Tax, Business, Divorce and Family
David Fines
Taylorville, IL Tax Law Lawyer
Tax, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Estate Planning
Michael R Eveloff
Springfield, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Tax, Business and Estate Planning
Southern Illinois University School of Law and Southern Illinois University School of Law
Philip Koenig
Rock Island, IL Tax Law Attorney
Tax, Bankruptcy, Business and Estate Planning
Lawrence Reisch Jr
Springfield, IL Tax Law Attorney
131 Doral Dr
Springfield, IL 62704
Tax, Business and Estate Planning
Stephen John Tock
Dwight, IL Tax Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Tax, Business and Real Estate
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Jeffrey "Anton" Collins
10.0 
(1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfNaperville, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Tax
University of Arkansas - Little Rock and The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
5 Reasons to Consider Me as Your Tax Lawyer
1) I am a 20+ year Attorney, Former IRS agent, Retired CPA, and national speaker on tax problems. I handle serious business tax matters, with IRS tax debt greater than $100,000. I also handle tax audits and investigations with legal issues or "sensitive" facts.
2) My fees are affordable, and realistic. As your tax lawyer, I am sensitive your financial situation.
3) My specific services include:
• Settlements for Business, Payroll and Sales Taxes
• Release of IRS Levy on Business Bank Accounts
• Representation in IRS Criminal Investigations
• Audit Challenges in the U.S. Tax Court
• Tax from Death, Divorce, Sale...
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Louis T. Wierenga
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfHInsdale, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Tax, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Valparaiso University School of Law
Services We Provide Include:
• Probate & Estate Planning: Estate Administration, Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Living Wills;
• Business Formation & Transactional Matters: Creation of Business Entities (i.e. LLC, Corp., Partnerships) & Other Business Agreements including Mergers & Acquisitions;
• Income Tax Returns: Planning & Preparation (Individuals, Partnerships, Corp., Trusts, Gift & Estate Tax, Tax-Exempt Org., Payroll & Others); and
• Audits & Appeals: Representation in Problematic Tax & Regulatory Matters.
• Personal Injury
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Andrew B. Gordon
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfChicago, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Tax and Business
Illinois Institute of Technology
Andrew B. Gordon is the founder and managing attorney of Gordon Law Group, an aggressive tax & business law firm in Chicago. Andrew works diligently to ensure the people he helps get the best possible results. And he fights relentlessly for clients’ best interest, saving them thousands of dollars all while providing them with peace of mind.
Not only is he a practicing attorney who graduated from Chicago Kent College of Law, but he is also a Certified Public Accountant with a BA and Master’s Degree from the University of Illinois.
During Law School, Andrew volunteered at the school’s Low Income Taxpayer...
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Edward J. Blake Jr.
10.0 (4 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationEffingham, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Tax, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Saint Louis University School of Law
Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C. has offices in Belleville, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Carlyle and Effingham, Illinois. AREAS OF PRACTICE: Probate Law, Family Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Estate Planning, including Business, Child Custody, Child Support, Collaborative Divorce, Commercial Real Estate, Consume Protection, Debt Settlement, Divorce, Divorce Mediation, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Breaches of Fiduciary Duty, Family, Foreclosure, Landlord/Tenant, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Civil Lawsuits, Military Divorce, Nursing Home, Personal Injury, Probate, Estate Settlement, Real Estate, Securities, DCFS, Tax, Internal Revenue Service, Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Department of Employment Security and White Collar Crime.
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Michael Raff
Northfield, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfTax, Business, Collections and Real Estate
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I enjoy working on a variety of legal matters for our firm.
Some of the more regular tasks include representation of clients in an array of tax disputes before the IRS and the Illinois Department of Revenue. These cases often work there way through the administrative level, up through appeals, and often to the United States Tax Court. My clients have scored significant victories in Audit Defense, Offer in Compromise and Innocent Spouse cases.
I am also experienced in drafting employment contracts such as employment and separation and termination agreements as well as restrictive covenants.
I represent buyers and sellers in residential real...
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Jonathan P. Decatorsmith
Chicago, IL Tax Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Tax
University of Colorado School of Law at Boulder
Chicago tax attorney Jonathan Decatorsmith has been practicing tax law for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Chicago-Kent, Decatorsmith was a senior trial attorney and internal instructor with the Internal Revenue Service for 11 years. He has tried more than 50 cases before the United States Tax Court, U.S. District Court, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal. He previously served as an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago and the University of Minnesota.
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