Schaumburg practice serving northwest suburban Cook County and neighboring DuPage, Lake, and Kane counties. Represents clients on both sides of probate litigation, including will contests and disputes over executor or trustee conduct, and handles guardianships, wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Free initial consultation.

Solo PracticeServes 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationConservatorshipGuardianshipWills Trusts

Crystal Lake firm of five attorneys serving McHenry, Lake, and Kane counties. Guides families through Illinois probate — validating the will, inventorying and appraising property, paying debts, and distributing assets — and handles guardianships for adults and minors, with attorneys appointed as guardian ad litem. Wills, trusts, and real estate round out the practice.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+2

Northbrook firm on Skokie Boulevard serving Cook and Lake county families. Supports trustees, executors, guardians, and agents after a death — inventorying assets, settling debts, preparing estate accountings and estate and inheritance tax returns — and litigates inheritance disputes and trustee misconduct. Six attorneys, led by managing partners Johannah K. Hebl and Mary E. Vanek.

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Glenview practice on Patriot Boulevard serving Cook and Lake county families across the North Shore. Supports beneficiaries and fiduciaries through probate and trust administration and takes contested estates to court when they arise. Also drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and files guardianships.

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North Michigan Avenue practice in Chicago, with suburban appointments in Oakbrook Terrace. Handles Illinois probate and trust administration after a death — inventorying and appraising property, paying debts and estate taxes, and retitling trust assets to beneficiaries — plus adult guardianship and conservatorship. Attorney Jacklyn Truppa bills flat fees agreed in advance rather than hourly.

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Southwest Side Chicago firm on 63rd Street in Cook County, with a second office in West Chicago. Guides families through Cook County probate court — executor appointment, proving the will, paying debts, and distributing assets — and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and guardianships alongside a real-estate practice.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipReal EstateWills Trusts