PRACTICE AREAS
Practice Areas
Alan‘s business litigation and trial practice has included all manner of business disputes, such as enforcement of covenants not to compete, trade secret agreements, real estate disputes, condemnation, contested estates, will contests and trusts, to name just a few. Alan has handled the sale, purchase, exchange and leasing of office buildings, manufacturing and warehouse facilities, shopping centers and many other types of improved and unimproved real estate. Business succession planning has been an integral part of Alan’s practice for more than four decades. As his clients’ businesses have grown and prospered, and younger generations have joined the business, it has been Alan’s task to design and implement strategies to smoothly transition the family business to succeeding generations while balancing the interests of the family members who have not joined the business. ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION Should you do business as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or limited partnership? Should the entity under which you do business be a pass-through for income tax purposes? These are just a few of the questions that need to be answered at the outset of any business. Alan has the experience and expertise to help you decide which business entity is best for you. ESTATE PLANNING AND ASSET PROTECTION Asset protection and wealth transfer planning is an integral part of Alan’s practice. He has designed and implemented numerous plans for the transfer of wealth to succeeding generations with a view to reducing or eliminating the assessment of estate taxes. While always considering the minimization of estate taxes, Alan does not lose sight of other important factors, such as the specific attributes of the client’s heirs and their respective abilities to manage the legacies to be received, as well as the client’s desire to be comfortable that their plans will be carried out. Alan has utilized a number of innovative techniques for asset protection which can make it very difficult, if not impossible, for creditors to reach assets. Alan is quite familiar with such asset protection techniques and has utilized them to help to assure that his clients can feel secure that the estates they have worked so hard to build will be protected from creditors and former spouses both during their lifetimes as well as after their deaths. PROBATE AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION The Illinois probate process can be tedious, time-consuming and costly. Alan can work with your family to navigate through the court processes in the most efficient and effective manner possible. With more than 40 years of helping clients, Alan has the depth of knowledge and experience necessary to help you |