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Top 3 Qualities to Look for in Your Attorney

Your attorney should not speak in legalese.

Finding an attorney who doesn't use complex legal jargon and is a “real person” can be difficult. You should be able to connect with your attorney on a personal level, and they should speak to you in plain language that you can understand.

Your attorney should be accessible.

You deserve a responsive legal team that communicates regularly and promptly returns your calls.  Although legal matters can take time, you should feel confident in the progress of your case.

Your attorney should be realistic about costs and outcomes.

You want a favorable outcome as efficiently as possible.  It is essential that your attorney set realistic expectations about the costs you should expect, concerns that the attorney has about the outcome of your case, and the length of time that you should expect your case to take.

  • ​We Go Above-And-Beyond!   Our Lisle estate planning attorneys have earned a reputation in the community for providing amazing service to our clients.   Many of our clients have taken the time to leave us glowing reviews.  Thanks to the overwhelmingly positively response from clients we have assisted, we received Avvo Client's Choice Award for Estate Planning in 2016.   We have an A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau, and have never received a BBB complaint.  We truly care about our clients and "wowing" them with our above-and-beyond service.  
  • We Are Affordable!  We invite a price comparison to other attorneys in the area.  Our firm grew up in a lean economy.  Despite our excellent client service and depth of experience that is second-to-none, our efficiency allows our Lisle estate planning & Administration attorneys to provide affordable estate planning documents to all of our clients, well below the prices of other attorneys.  If you find a more cost-effective estate planning solution, we would like to hear about it. 
  • We Know Our Stuff!   Our Lisle estate planning attorneys are truly experienced.  We can help with estate tax avoidancecreditor avoidancespecial needs planning, and medicaid planning.   ​​Unlike some estate planning attorneys who simply sell forms, we provide in depth counsel, flexibility in drafting, education, and advice.  We are great at what we do!
  • We are Comprehensive!  Our team of Lisle Estate Planning& Adminstration attorneys have collective experience in nearly every area of law.  Establish a trusted lifelong relationship with our firm and you will never have to look elsewhere for an attorney, regardless of the legal issues that arise.  We are your friendly community law firm, and we look forward to becoming YOUR family's attorney.   

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O'Flaherty Law of Downers Grove

5002 Main St., Ste. 201

Downers Grove, IL 60515

(630) 324-6666
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Why O'Flaherty Law of Downers Grove?

Why O'Flaherty Law of Downers Grove?

Why O'Flaherty Law of Downers Grove?

Top 3 Qualities to Look for in Your Attorney

Cost-Effective

When we started our firm in the midst of the recession, we learned to survive in a lean environment and pass the savings on to our clients.  As the economy has improved, we have not changed our philosophy.  We are hungry to grow our client base, and so we have intentionally set our rates below what the market will bear.  Our mission is to make each client walk away feeling that they got more value than they paid for.  This is easier to do when we make our prices affordable.

Client-Focused

The secret to our success as a firm is incredibly simple: we build a personal relationship with each of our clients and treat them with the respect that they deserve.  We pride ourselves on our open lines of communication, frequent check-ins with our clients, and our accessibility.  We are here to help you in any way we can, often leveraging our network of resources to assist you with non-legal issues that you may be having.  We are your one-stop problem-solver and trusted adviser.  All attorneys say that they provide excellent client service, but, unlike other attorneys, we practice what we preach.  We make sure every client walks away happy . . . period.

Comprehensive

We are your community law firm.  Our business is built on long-term relationships with our clients.  Our clients have the luxury of building trust over time with one team of attorneys, rather than having to find a new attorney for each different type of matter that arises over the course of their lives.  No one attorney can be experienced at everything.  That is why we have worked hard to assemble a team of attorneys with extensive experience in different areas of experience.  Our attorneys work together closely to bring our collective experience to bear on any issue that may arise for our clients.

Great at What We Do

Since our business comes entirely from referrals and community involvement, our reputation for quality legal work is our greatest asset . . . and it is extremely important to us.  Each of our attorneys is truly experienced in his or her practice areas, with the highest personal standards of excellence.  We are proud of our reputation in the community, and we did not achieve it by accident.  Our reputation for excellence comes from hard work, continuing education, and an above-and-beyond approach to our clients’ cases.

Our Lisle Estate Planning Attorneys provide excellent service in the following areas of law:

Our attorneys work as a team to provide comprehensive has experience in:

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The purpose of a consultation is to determine whether our firm is a good fit for your legal needs. Although we often discuss expected results and costs, our attorneys do not give legal advice unless and until you choose to retain us. Although most consultations are complimentary, some may carry a charge depending on the type of matter and meeting location.

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Meet the Owner

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!

- Attorney Kevin O'Flaherty, Owner

Check Out Articles and Videos from our Lisle Estate Planning Attorneys

In this video, Lisle estate planning attorney Kevin O'Flaherty of O'Flaherty Law explains the 8 goals of a good estate plan.

In this video, Lisle estate planning attorney Kevin O'Flaherty of O'Flaherty Law explains the 8 goals of a good estate plan.

5 Typical Documents In An Estate Plan

Having a great estate plan isn't beyond your reach. Our Lisle estate planning attorneys are experienced, affordable, and ready to eliminate your estate planning worries and develop a comprehensive plan tailored to YOUR needs.

  • Revocable Living Trust:   A Revocable Living Trust ensures that your estate can be administered immediately upon your death without the need for a probate estate, which can cost 5% to 10% of the value of your estate in attorney fees, will take over a year before your loved ones can access your assets, and will be stressful and difficult for your executor.  Like a will, your trust will provide for the distribution of your assets and will appoint a fiduciary to administer your estate.    
  • Pour-Over Will: A pour-over will creates a document to name guardians for your minor children.  It also provides that, if for some reason probate becomes necessary, the wishes stated in your trust will control your probate estate.  
  • Healthcare Power of Attorney:  A Healthcare Power of Attorney enables you to name loved ones to make healthcare and major life decisions on your behalf should you become mentally incompetent. 
  • Financial Power of Attorney: A Financial Power of Attorney allows you to name loved ones to take financial and legal actions on your behalf in the event off mental incompetence.  If you become mentally incompetent from disease, illness, or old age, and you have both a Healtchare Power of Attorney and a Financial Power of Attorney, a costly, stressful, and time-consuming guardianship proceeding will not be necessary in order for your loved ones to take action on your behalf.
  • Living Will:  A living will is an end-of-life instruction document in which you can state your wishes regarding termination of life support in the event that you are in an irreversible coma, which can relieve the emotional burden on your family members. 

Read an article by our Lisle estate planning attorneys about the elements of a typical estate plan. 

Lisle estate planning lawyer, Kevin O'Flaherty, discusses how to use Revocable Living Trusts to avoid the necessity for costly probate cases.

What Can A Revocable Living Trust Do For My Family?

A revocable living trust can accomplish several goals:

  • Allows your estate to avoid a costly and time-consuming probate case. Illinois law generally requires a probate case to be opened if you pass away owning any real estate (including your home or condo) outside of a trust or more than $100,000.00 of non-real estate assets outside of a trust or outside of payable on death accounts with living beneficiaries.  In this situation, your estate will go through probate even if you have a will.    
  • Ensures that the right people inherit your assets. With either a will or a trust, our Lisle estate planning attorneys can help you ensure that your property and assets go quickly and smoothly to the right people when you pass.  Our Lisle estate planning attorneys will help you specify who will receive specific pieces of tangible property, like heirlooms, jewelry, or vehicles.  We will also work with you to plan for every contingency, so that even if intended beneficiaries predecease you, your estate plan will account for this possibility and will not have to be revised. 
  • Will give you long-term control over how assets are managed after you pass. Unlike a will, which directs assets to be distributed shortly after you pass upon the closure of your probate estate, your trust can maintain control of your assets for many years after you pass.   
  • Appointment of fiduciaries and minimizing the potential for disputes. Our Lisle trust attorneys can assist you in ensuring that you have friends and family members that you trust appointed to:
  1. Manage your assets on your behalf should you become mentally incompetent; 
  2. Manage your estate's assets for minor and young adult children until they reach ages of responsibility; 
  3. Distribute your personal property and remaining trust assets to the people you want to receive them. 

Naming trustees allows you to minimize potential disputes after you pass and determine who should be responsible for administering your estate.

Read an article from our Lisle estate planning attorneys on Wills & Trusts. 

Lisle estate planning lawyer, Kevin O'Flaherty, discusses how to use living wills in an estate plan to plan for end-of-life decisions.

Using A Living Will To Plan For End Of Life Decisions

A Living Will is an end-of-life instruction document.  If you go into an irreversible coma and your doctors believe that the only purpose for continued life support would be to keep you permanently in a vegetative state, a Living Will can instruct your doctors to terminate life support.  Living Wills allow you to make end-of-life decisions in advance, rather than leaving those decisions to your loved ones.  

Our clients tend to have living wills for two reasons:

  • Because they want to relieve the emotional burden on their loved ones by taking the decision to terminate life support out of their hands; or
  • Because they simply do not want to be left in an irreversible vegetative state either for physical reasons or to avoid draining their family's finances.  

‍An alternative to a Living Will is to state your end-of-life wishes in your Healthcare Power of Attorney.  This can relieve some of the emotional burden on your loved ones while still leaving the ultimate legal decision of whether to terminate life support in their hands.  

Whether to execute a living will is a very personal decision, and there is no right or wrong answer.  Our Lisle estate planning attorneys will help you weigh your options and guide you through your decision-making process. 

​Read an article from our Lisle estate planning attorneys about living wills. ​

Further Reading from our Lisle Estate Planning Attorneys