Wills, Trusts & Probate.
A will is a letter to the future — and it works only if it is written before it is needed. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney and probate, drafted to be understood by the people you love, with help from our elder law and tax colleagues.
900+Wills and trusts drafted for individuals and families
120+Estates administered through probate in five years
98%Of estates settled without a will contest
Overview
The best estate plan is the one your family can actually follow on a hard day. We draft in plain language, explain every choice while you can still change your mind, and leave behind a plan an executor can run without heroic effort.
Wills and codicils, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, probate administration and contested probate. Modest estates and substantial ones each get the same careful drafting — the arithmetic differs, the duty does not.
Most families plan with us at our Chicago headquarters; where assets or heirs sit overseas, our London headquarters and associated counsel in Singapore align the foreign pieces so one death does not become three parallel probates.
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Probate finished in months, not the years we had been warned about.Executor survey, 2025
My parents’ plan now lives in one binder, and every one of us understands it.Client survey, 2025
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Matters we're proud of
Planning
Multi-generational trust structure completed for a family business
Probate
Estate with assets in three states administered to closure
Contested
Will challenge resolved in mediation, family relationships intact
Trusts
Special-needs trust established for long-term care
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