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
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
Solo PracticeFrankfort, IL
Serves 6 counties
Frankfort practice in Will County with a second Chicago location, serving Mokena, New Lenox, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Joliet, and the south suburbs. Handles estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate alongside a business, contracts, and intellectual property practice. Founder Mark Varboncouer spent more than ten years at Kirkland & Ellis.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 8767 Laraway RoadFrankfort, IL 60423
FirmMount Vernon, IL
Serves 5 counties
Mount Vernon firm on Broadway Street representing individuals and families from Jefferson County and the surrounding southern Illinois communities. Handles estate planning and probate alongside family law, criminal defense, business law, and civil litigation, with more than 60 years of combined experience.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 2215 Broadway Street, Suite AMount Vernon, IL 62864
FirmChampaign, IL
Since 1946 · Serves 5 counties
Champaign firm in the Trade Centre building serving east-central Illinois since 1946. Advises executors named under a will and trustees on the performance of their duties, and drafts wills, living trusts, special needs and credit shelter trusts, and advance directives. Works regularly with family farmers, layering estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning into the work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 100 Trade Centre Drive, Suite 402Champaign, IL 61820
FirmLincoln, IL
Since 1972 · Serves 3 counties
Rural central Illinois firm handling probate and estate administration through the Logan County courts in Lincoln, with satellite offices in Delavan and Petersburg. Settles testate and intestate estates from gathering assets and paying debts through distribution to beneficiaries, administers trusts, and handles adult and minor guardianships. Also covers farmland sales and wind and solar leases.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
- Office
- 306 Clinton StreetLincoln, IL 62656
FirmJoliet, IL
Since 2010 · Serves 1 county
Joliet firm focused on Will County probate, trust, and estate matters. Represents trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, heirs, and beneficiaries in contested and uncontested probate, in trust and estate administration, and in guardianship proceedings. Founded in 2010 by attorney Colleen Wengler, who has practiced in the Joliet area since 2005.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 181 North Hammes AvenueJoliet, IL 60435
Solo PracticeChicago, IL
Serves 1 county
Loop practice on N. La Salle Street serving Cook County and the northern suburbs, primarily a family-law practice that also handles probate and guardianships. Opens estates to pay a decedent’s final bills, expenses, and taxes and distribute what remains to beneficiaries or intestate heirs, and prepares basic wills, powers of attorney, and living wills.
PracticesProbateProbate LitigationConservatorshipGuardianshipWills Trusts
- Office
- 100 N La Salle Street, Suite 1910Chicago, IL 60602