FirmPrinceton, IL
Serves 6 counties
Princeton firm in the Bureau County seat, representing fiduciaries and administering estates through probate across north-central Illinois. Also handles trust administration, guardianship proceedings, revocable and special needs trusts, wills, and transfer on death instruments, alongside a long-standing farm and agricultural law practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
- Office
- 10 Park Avenue WestPrinceton, IL 61356
FirmDecatur, IL
Serves 5 counties
Decatur firm serving Macon, Piatt, Moultrie, Shelby, and DeWitt counties for over 50 years. Represents families through probate court after a death, working to protect the estate against claims and move the process along, and handles wills, trusts, guardianship, long-term care, and Social Security matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawWills Trusts
- Office
- 101 South Main Street, Suite 505Decatur, IL 62523
FirmWheaton, IL
Serves 2 counties
Wheaton firm serving DuPage and Cook County estates, with a second office in Glenview. Handles probate and estate administration and guardianships, and litigates contested estates, wills, and trusts, alongside wills, living trusts, and powers of attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationConservatorshipand 3 more
- Office
- 411 W. WesleyWheaton, IL 60187
FirmEdwardsville, IL
Since 2006 · Serves 5 counties
Edwardsville firm serving the Metro East and southern Illinois from additional offices in Swansea, Mt. Vernon, and Centralia. Handles probate and the administration of estates after a death, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives alongside elder-law, special-needs, and veterans-benefits work. Founded by attorney Todd W. Sivia in 2006.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningWills Trusts
- Office
- 217 S Main StEdwardsville, IL 62025
FirmColumbia, IL
Serves 3 counties
Columbia firm in Monroe County, serving the Illinois side of the St. Louis Metro East. Handles probate and trust administration after a death — identifying estate assets, notifying creditors, paying final tax obligations, and distributing to beneficiaries — and represents families in will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims, alongside wills, trusts, and business planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts
- Office
- 222 S Main StColumbia, IL 62236
FirmBloomington, IL
Serves 6 counties
Serves McLean County estates through the Bloomington probate court near the county courthouse, with coverage extending across Logan, DeWitt, Livingston, Woodford, and Tazewell counties. Works with executors, administrators, and personal representatives to prepare and file probate documents and complete estate settlement from appointment through final distribution.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 407 W. Front Street, Unit 2Bloomington, IL 61701
Solo PracticeMarion, IL
Serves 2 counties
Marion practice on N. Market Street in Williamson County, handling contested and uncontested probate alongside wills, trusts, estate planning, and powers of attorney. Founded by attorney Scott Walker, a Marine Corps and Illinois National Guard combat veteran, the firm pairs its estate work with personal injury, real estate, and business representation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawWills Trusts
- Office
- 208 N Market St, Ste 2Marion, IL 62959
FirmGeneva, IL
Since 2024 · Serves 4 counties
Geneva firm serving Kane County estates through the Kane County Judicial Center. Handles probate administration — inventorying assets, paying debts and taxes, and distributing property to beneficiaries — plus trust-based transfers that avoid probate. Formed in 2024 from the merger of Serrano Hanson and the Law Office of Otto S. Hurtado.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 433 Williamsburg Ave.Geneva, IL 60134
Solo PracticeChicago, IL
Serves 1 county
Loop firm on N. Michigan Avenue with deep coverage of south Cook County — Hyde Park, Calumet City, Dolton, Harvey, Homewood, Oak Lawn, and South Holland. Attorney Constance Sherrod drafts wills, land trusts, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and powers of attorney, and prepares transfer on death instruments that move Illinois real estate to a beneficiary without probate court involvement.
PracticesEstate PlanningReal EstateWills Trusts
- Office
- 205 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 810Chicago, IL 60601
FirmFreeport, IL
Since 2002 · Serves 3 counties
Freeport firm in Stephenson County serving northwestern Illinois since 2002. Advises families on trust and estate administration after a death — paying final expenses and estate taxes and transferring assets to beneficiaries — and drafts wills, trusts, health care proxies, powers of attorney, and property deeds. Also handles farm and commercial real estate and family business succession.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAgricultural LawWills Trusts
- Office
- 208 West Stephenson Street, Suite 101Freeport, IL 61032
Solo PracticeCharleston, IL
Since 2018 · Serves 5 counties
Charleston practice serving Coles County and east-central Illinois. Opens, administers, and closes estates, helps locate and collect estate assets, and disputes estate claims, and litigates will and trust contests. Attorney Jacob Smallhorn opened the firm in his hometown in 2018.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts
- Office
- 600 Jackson AvenueCharleston, IL 61920
FirmSpringfield, IL
Since 1947 · Serves 1 county
Springfield firm in the heart of downtown, a few blocks from the Sangamon County Courts Complex and across the street from the U.S. District Court. Handles probate matters, estate and trust administration, and guardianship proceedings, alongside wills and trusts, Medicaid planning, and estate and gift tax issues. Founded in 1947 by Robert F. Scott and run by three generations of the Scott family.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 611 E Monroe St, Suite 200Springfield, IL 62701
FirmMarion, IL
Serves 6 counties
Marion firm in Williamson County serving southern Illinois, from Carbondale and Herrin to Mount Vernon, Benton, Harrisburg, and Anna. Handles probate — validating a will and administering the distribution of an estate — along with guardianship petitions, Medicaid and special needs planning, estate protection, and veterans benefits. Founded by attorney Tiffanny H. Sievers.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 3 more
- Office
- 201 W. Main StreetMarion, IL 62959
FirmWaukegan, IL
Since 1956 · Serves 1 county
Waukegan firm across from the Lake County courthouse, with a second office in Fox Lake. Handles probate and estate administration — gathering estate assets, paying debts, and distributing what remains — alongside wills, living wills, powers of attorney, and living trusts. Founded in Lake County in 1956 by John Soffietti.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 209 N. West StreetWaukegan, IL 60085
Solo PracticeHarrisburg, IL
Serves 5 counties
Harrisburg practice in Saline County, serving Williamson, Gallatin, White, and Hamilton counties across southern Illinois. Walks families through the court-managed probate process from start to finish, paying the decedent’s debts and making distributions to heirs and beneficiaries, and puts wills, trusts, and financials in order beforehand. Founded by attorney Kolby R. Smithpeters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 211 E Poplar St, Suite 1Harrisburg, IL 62946
FirmOrland Park, IL
Serves 2 counties
Orland Park firm serving Cook and Will counties in Chicago’s south suburbs. Represents trustees, executors, and beneficiaries in trust and estate administration and probate — creditor and claimant issues, Illinois and federal estate tax returns, accountings, settlement agreements, and fiduciary disputes — alongside estate planning for business owners.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 9501 W. 144th Place, Suite 205Orland Park, IL 60462
FirmJoliet, IL
Serves 3 counties
Joliet firm on N. Chicago Street, with a second office in Plainfield, serving Will, Grundy, and Kendall counties. Helps executors, administrators, heirs, and beneficiaries through Illinois probate — proving the will, getting a representative appointed, identifying estate property, addressing creditor claims, and distributing to heirs. Also prepares wills and trusts and practices real estate law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 58 N. Chicago Street, Suite 606Joliet, IL 60432
FirmChampaign, IL
Since 1946 · Serves 1 county
Champaign firm on N. Dunlap Avenue serving Champaign-Urbana and central Illinois since 1946, with 19 attorneys. Guides executors named under a will — and administrators of estates where someone died without one — through probate, and settles estates and trusts. Also drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney for property and healthcare, and advance directives.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningWills Trusts
- Office
- 2005 N. Dunlap AveChampaign, IL 61820
FirmUrbana, IL
Serves 1 county
Urbana firm on N. Broadway Avenue serving Champaign County and east-central Illinois, with a second office in Rantoul. Handles probate and trust administration for executors and trustees, plus guardianship matters, and drafts wills, revocable living trusts, and powers of attorney. Estate and inheritance tax strategies are part of the planning work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 115 N. Broadway AveUrbana, IL 61801
Solo PracticeLincoln, IL
Serves 3 counties
Solo practice in Lincoln serving Logan County and the surrounding central Illinois communities. Handles decedent’s estates and probate administration, including small estate affidavits, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills. Also handles adult guardianships and residential real estate, including quit claim and life estate deeds.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipWills Trusts
- Office
- 1226 Broadway StreetLincoln, IL 62656
