Elder Law Attorneys in Illinois

38 elder law firms in Illinois, by county and firm type.

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38 firms

FirmSpringfield, IL

Barber, Segatto, Hoffee, Wilke & Cate LLP

Since 1897 · Serves 2 counties

Serves Sangamon County estates and trusts through the Springfield probate court, with a second office in Waverly reaching Morgan County. Attorneys guide executors from opening the estate through final accounting and represent heirs, executors, and trustees in will contests and trust litigation. Estate and income tax planning and business and agricultural succession round out the practice.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 831 E. Monroe StreetSpringfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 544-4868

FirmPeoria, IL

Benckendorf & Benckendorf, P.C.

Since 1981 · Serves 6 counties

Peoria firm serving Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Fulton, Knox, and McLean counties, with a second office in Morton. Represents executors, administrators, trustees, and beneficiaries in probate court administration, fiduciary and estate tax returns, small estate affidavits, and estate claims. Also handles guardianships, special needs trusts, and Medicaid planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 101 NE Randolph AvenuePeoria, IL 61606
Phone: (309) 673-0797

FirmCarbondale, IL

Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP

Since 1949 · Serves 20 counties

Carbondale firm serving Jackson County and the southern Illinois region since 1949. Handles probate and estate settlement — filing probate paperwork, resolving the decedent’s debts, distributing assets under the will, and guiding executors through the process — alongside testamentary trusts for minor beneficiaries.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 2 more

Office: 100 N Illinois AveCarbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 457-0437

Solo PracticeBelvidere, IL

Brynteson Law Firm

Serves 5 counties

Belvidere solo practice serving Winnebago, Boone, DeKalb, Stephenson, and McHenry counties from a Rockford-area base. Assists executors and trustees with probate administration, trust administration, and probate litigation, and prepares wills, powers of attorney, guardianships, and elder care plans. Attorney Mark Brynteson has practiced for over 35 years.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office: 2969 Rolling Meadow CtBelvidere, IL 61008
Phone: (708) 667-6868

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmJacksonville, IL

Bellatti, Fay, Bellatti & Beard, LLP

Since 1876 · Serves 6 counties

Jacksonville firm serving Morgan County and west central Illinois since 1876. Handles probate administration along with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianships, special needs and life insurance trusts, Medicaid planning, and business succession. Taxation and agricultural law are separate practice areas of the firm.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 5 more

Office: 816 West State StreetJacksonville, IL 62650
Phone: (217) 245-7111

FirmCentralia, IL

Crain, Miller & Wernsman, Ltd.

Since 1939 · Serves 5 counties

Centralia firm founded in 1939, serving Marion County and the surrounding southern Illinois counties. Collects and manages estate assets and debts, pays taxes, distributes property to heirs, and closes the estate, and also handles trust administration, nonprobate administration, contested wills, and guardianships of minors and disabled adults.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 623 E. Broadway StreetCentralia, IL 62801
Phone: (618) 547-1613

Solo PracticeChicago, IL

Law Office of Johann Chau

Since 2011 · Serves 1 county

Downtown Chicago estate and probate practice on West Jackson Boulevard serving Chicago neighborhoods and the surrounding suburbs. Guides executors and trustees through Cook County probate and trust administration, and drafts special-needs and Medicaid asset-protection trusts. Consultations are offered in English, Cantonese, and Vietnamese, in person or virtually.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 111 West Jackson BoulevardChicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 529-7853

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmO'Fallon, IL

Dodd & Wambold

Serves 3 counties

O’Fallon estate and elder-law firm on Insight Avenue serving Metro East families in St. Clair County. Guides executors and trustees through probate and trust administration — inventorying assets, paying debts and taxes, and distributing to heirs — plus guardianships and special needs trusts. Attorneys Heidi Dodd and Kelly Wambold also handle long-term-care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 723 Insight Ave, Suite 100O'Fallon, IL 62269
Phone: (618) 235-6335

FirmKankakee, IL

Deck Baron & Provost

Serves 2 counties

Practices from the Executive Centre in downtown Kankakee, serving Kankakee and Iroquois counties. Represents executors and trustees through probate, trust administration, small estate affidavits, estate and trust disputes, and estate and gift tax returns. Attorneys Gregory Deck, David Baron, and Neeley Provost also handle agricultural and banking work.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 200 E. Court Street, Suite 508Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: (815) 939-7373

Solo PracticeSkokie, IL

Edelson Law, LLC

Since 2014 · Serves 1 county

Skokie solo practice serving Skokie, Evanston, Niles, Glenview, Rogers Park, and Chicago’s north side. Handles estate administration and uncontested probate after a death, referring contested matters out, alongside Medicaid and long-term-care planning and special needs trusts. Attorney Zisl Edelson makes house and hospital calls for an additional charge.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningWills Trusts

Office: 8401 Crawford, Suite 104Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: (847) 410-9131

FirmFrankfort, IL

Frankfort Law Group

Serves the whole state

Frankfort firm on West Lincoln Highway serving Will, Cook, and Kankakee counties and clients across Illinois. Opens estates in the county probate court, prepares inventories and creditor notices, and handles ancillary probate for out-of-state decedents with Illinois property, alongside trust administration, guardianships, and special needs trusts. Free consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 10075 W. Lincoln Highway, Floor 1Frankfort, IL 60423
Phone: (708) 766-7333

Free consultation

FirmOak Park, IL

Jonathan D. Groll, Ltd.

Serves 1 county

Two-attorney practice in historic downtown Oak Park serving Cook County families. Handles probate estate administration, small estate affidavits, bond in lieu of probate, trust administration, wills, special needs trusts, and elder law. Attorneys Jonathan Groll and Ruth Anne Brendemuhl offer evening and weekend appointments and Spanish-language service.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 830 North Boulevard, Suite AOak Park, IL 60301
Phone: (708) 358-8565

Solo PracticePeoria, IL

Hahn Law of Peoria, Ltd.

Serves 3 counties

Peoria practice devoted to estate planning, asset protection, and estate administration for clients in Peoria and the surrounding counties. Advises executors through probate, including gathering estate assets, estate tax analysis, and collecting death benefits, and guides trustees when a living trust plan takes effect. Jennifer A. Hahn took over the practice from Ketra A. Mytich in 2022.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning

Office: 1230 West Candletree Drive, Suite APeoria, IL 61614
Phone: (309) 673-1805

FirmPeoria, IL

Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth

Serves the whole state

Peoria firm in the Becker Building, with a by-appointment office in Lacon, whose probate and estate and trust administration team is led by partners Jim Grebe, David Wiest, and Kyle Tompkins. Represents individuals and bank trust departments in estate administration, prepares estate tax returns, and litigates will contests, trust disputes, and fiduciary claims.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 401 Main Street, 14th FloorPeoria, IL 61602
Phone: (309) 637-1400

Solo PracticeNew Lenox, IL

The Law Office of Frank A. Hauenschild

Since 1988 · Serves 2 counties

New Lenox sole practice serving Joliet, Frankfort, Mokena, and the south and southwest Chicago suburbs since 1988. Handles probate and trust litigation, elder abuse claims, and adult and minor guardianships, and drafts revocable living trusts, pour-over wills, and powers of attorney. Adds Medicaid and long-term care planning for seniors and their families.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbate LitigationElder LawConservatorshipand 2 more

Office: 1938 E. Lincoln Highway, Suite 208New Lenox, IL 60451
Phone: (815) 462-0097

Free consultation

Solo PracticeLisle, IL

Law Office of Cynthia Hayes Hutchins, P.C.

Serves 5 counties

Lisle practice on Warrenville Road serving DuPage County families, where Cindy Hutchins has twice chaired the DuPage County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Committee. Represents executors, administrators, and beneficiaries in probate and handles will contests and contested trusts and estates. Adds Medicaid planning, special needs trusts, and adult and minor guardianships.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 1001 Warrenville Road, Suite 500Lisle, IL 60532
Phone: (630) 510-0600

FirmBelleville, IL

Johnson, Johnson, & Nolan, Attorneys at Law

Serves 1 county

Belleville firm on South High Street handling St. Clair County probate for local and out-of-state executors, family members, and heirs, including sale of the family home, estate tax administration, and the valuation of family farms. Also represents heirs, trustees, and executors in will contests, trust litigation, and contested guardianships.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 11 S. High StreetBelleville, IL 62220
Phone: (618) 277-3600

Free consultation

FirmSycamore, IL

Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC

Serves 4 counties

Sycamore firm whose attorneys appear in the DeKalb County probate court regularly, handling will administration, will contests, creditor claims, and the recovery of estate assets. Also files adult and minor guardianships and prepares estate and gift tax returns, alongside wills and trusts for farmers, business owners, educators, and blended families. More than fifty years serving DeKalb County.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite ASycamore, IL 60178
Phone: (815) 748-0380

FirmHavana, IL

Knuppel & Lindner

Serves 1 county

Havana practice on West Market Street in the Mason County seat, where William H. Knuppel and Blake L. Lindner handle estate planning and probate, wills and trusts, and elder law for local families, alongside agricultural law and tax work. The firm says it has been in existence for over 100 years.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 2 more

Office: 124 West Market StreetHavana, IL 62644
Phone: (309) 543-2291

Solo PracticeRock Island, IL

Koenig Law Firm

Serves 7 counties

Rock Island solo practice serving Rock Island County and the Quad Cities. Attorney Philip Koenig handles wills, trusts, probate, and estate administration, including estate-tax, property, and litigated estate issues. Recognized as an Illinois Leading Lawyer every year since 2003.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 1515 Fourth Avenue, Suite 201Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: (309) 788-0743

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Elder law attorneys in Illinois work the legal issues facing aging adults and their families: Medicaid planning for long-term care, drafting and updating durable powers of attorney and healthcare directives, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, special needs trusts, and asset protection. Many also handle probate and estate planning; elder law is the subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. The Illinois healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Illinois applies it, sets a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. An uncompensated transfer in the five years before the application (a gift, a transfer to a family member, a transfer to a trust that does not qualify) can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid does not pay for nursing home care. It is why Medicaid planning starts years before the care is needed, and why elder law exists as its own practice area.

Estate planning attorneys in Illinois average $334 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,002 to $2,004 for a simple individual will and $3,680 to $5,520 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Illinois will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Illinois, estates with personal property of $150,000 or less skip probate with the Small Estate Affidavit. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Illinois probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Illinois, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the Illinois estate tax threshold of $4,000,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Elder Law Attorneys in Illinois

Elder law attorneys in Illinois charge $310 per hour, focused on Medicaid planning, long-term care funding, guardianship, and asset protection for aging families. The work is often time-sensitive: Medicaid eligibility has a 5-year lookback period, so planning typically needs to start well before nursing home care is needed.

Illinois attorneys average $334 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,002–$2,004; online services cost $30–$300.

Illinois imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Worth knowing: estates under $150,000 can use Illinois's simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. If your situation is straightforward and the estate fits, you may not need an attorney at all.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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Data sourced from Illinois statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Illinois

Free Illinois forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Illinois requires 1 witness for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Illinois treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed before 1 witness and a notary.

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Last Will and Testament

In Illinois, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavit.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Illinois

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Illinois: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Illinois runs $3,680 to $5,520 and a simple will $1,002 to $2,004, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

In Illinois, four years at a public university cost about $108,856 and the cost of living is near the U.S. average; the state levies an estate tax above $4,000,000.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Illinois costs an estimated $25,745 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 1.9% to 3% of the estate. Estates under $150,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Illinois takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.9% to 3% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Illinois automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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