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The most common complaint that clients have of their attorneys is that the attorney is unreachable, does not communicate with them regularly, or does not promptly return your calls. Your attorney should reach out to you about your case regularly and respond within 24 hours to calls and e-mails. An open line of communication between you and your attorney is essential to building trust.
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Your attorney’s goal should not be to win at all costs. Rather, it should be to achieve a favorable outcome for you as efficiently as possible. It is important that your attorney set realistic expectations at the outset as to the costs you should expect, the concerns that the attorney has about the outcome of your case, and the length of time that you should expect your case to take.
Regardless of the nature of your case, we have an experienced attorney who will focus on your individual needs. Our team of attorneys works closely together, bringing each of their different fields of experience to bear in order to optimize our client care.
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Estate planning is a proactive process designed to effectively manage and distribute an individual’s assets both during their lifetime and after. The estate planning process encompasses drafting wills, establishing trusts, and ensuring that specific wishes regarding care during incapacitation and guardianship of dependents are upheld.
Key Elements of a Comprehensive Estate Plan:
The Importance of Having an Estate Plan cannot be overstated. Without one, state laws may dictate asset distribution in a way that does not align with your intentions, potentially leading to legal disputes for your heirs. Estate planning ensures your wishes are legally binding and efficiently executed. Having a will in place is crucial to ensure that your final wishes are respected, providing peace of mind that your desires for asset distribution and other matters will be honored after your death.
A Personal Story: Ensuring a Legacy Consider the story of John, a Palatine business owner, who worked with our estate planning lawyers to secure his legacy and provide for children from a previous marriage. By establishing a trust, John not only minimized tax obligations but also structured inheritances to protect assets from potential disputes and creditors.
Every adult, regardless of wealth or marital status, benefits from having an estate plan. Here are a few reasons why:
It is crucial to address estate planning matters to protect one's interests and ensure all unique needs are met.
Essential Considerations in Estate Planning:
Our approach combines a thorough understanding of Illinois state law with a sensitive appreciation of your personal desires and family dynamics. We offer the following services:
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An estate plan is more than a set of documents; it is a critical tool for protecting your legacy and providing for your loved ones. Our estate planning and administration attorneys in Palatine are committed to offering thoughtful and effective solutions to help you plan for the future with confidence. Let us help you ensure that your wishes are honored — today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Our team of lawyers and paralegals have extensive experience handling the nuances of your legal matter but also consider how other areas of law might affect your case. We often consider angles that aren’t obvious to an attorney with experience in only one practice area. Our experience in family law and real estate law allows us to provide comprehensive estate planning services, ensuring that all aspects of your legal needs are addressed.
Some legal issues are quick, requiring fast efficient services. You want those knocked out fast with the most efficient cost possible. But, for more involved cases, we take the time to get it right and work hard to get the outcome you want. Our firm also has extensive experience in handling civil litigation cases, ensuring comprehensive legal services for all your needs.
A Team That Collaborates on Your Case
We’ve had many legal clients complain that their last firm just didn’t have the resources or understanding to manage their case. Our attorneys regularly communicate across the firm, getting input from several legal professionals without the additional cost.
Our Skills and Services
Our skills and experience span decades and many different practice areas. We truly want to provide a comprehensive legal solution for our community. When you’ve got a legal question, we want to be the first law firm you think of because you know you can trust us to have the answers or tell you the next best solution.
Open Communication
No one wants to be sitting in the dark, unsure of what’s going on with their case. Part of our core practice model is to regularly update our clients on the status of their cases. We do offer video conferencing.
Relationships Built on Trust and Communication
Dealing with legal issues can be stressful. You don’t need added stress from an attorney who is slow to communicate and hasn’t given you a clear plan to resolve your case. Trust comes from knowing your attorney has your back and best interests in mind.
Competitive Fees with Excellent Service
We are not a free legal aid firm. We pride ourselves on offering top-tier service at a competitive local price. Legal solutions cost money but putting them off only leads to more headaches and financial problems.
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I am personally committed to ensuring that each one of our clients receives the highest level of client service from our team. Our mission is to provide excellent legal work in a cost-effective manner while maintaining open lines of communication between our clients and their attorneys. Many of our clients are going through difficult times in their lives when they reach out to us. They should feel comfortable leaning on the experience and knowledge of our attorneys as their counselors and advocates. We are here to help!
Estate planning in Illinois is essentially a preparation plan that sets out what you want to happen in the event that you get sick, become physically or mentally incapable of making decisions for yourself, where you become physically or mentally incapacitated i.e. unconscious or in a coma, where you fall ill with a serious illness and want to make sure that your healthcare wishes and carried out, what happens upon your death, Lastly, what you want in respects to your financial and personal dealings if the aforementioned events occur.
Read more about Recent Changes to Illinois Estate Planning
This article is the first in a series of nine articles explaining the Eight Goals of a Good Estate Plan. The next eight articles in this series will each examine one of the Eight Goals of a Good Estate Plan in detail and explain the tools we use to accomplish that goal.
Read more about The 8 Goals of a Good Estate Plan
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