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ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WHITE COUNTY, CARMI, GRAYVILLE AND NORRIS CITY, JACKSON COUNTY, AVA, CARBONDALE AND MURPHYSBORO, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HERRIN, MARION AND CARTERVILLE, ILLINOIS.

ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WHITE COUNTY, CARMI, GRAYVILLE AND NORRIS CITY, JACKSON COUNTY, AVA, CARBONDALE AND MURPHYSBORO, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HERRIN, MARION AND CARTERVILLE, ILLINOIS. We attempt to exceed the expectations of our clients. We have a law firm policy of an initial no charge contact. We listen to

November 18, 2022

ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE CHESTER, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIATT COUNTY, MONTICELLO, BEMENT AND CERRO GORDO, MENARD COUNTY, ATHENS, PETERSBURG AND GREENVIEW, ADAMS COUNTY, QUINCY AND CAMP POINT, ILLINOIS.

ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE CHESTER, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIATT COUNTY, MONTICELLO, BEMENT AND CERRO GORDO, MENARD COUNTY, ATHENS, PETERSBURG AND GREENVIEW, ADAMS COUNTY, QUINCY AND CAMP POINT, ILLINOIS. We attempt to exceed the expectations of our clients. We have a law firm policy of an initial no charge contact. We listen to

November 17, 2022

METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ELDER LAW ATTORNEY, ELDER LAW ISSUES INCLUDING PREPARATION OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, GUARDIANSHIPS, NURSING HOME NEGLECT AND ABUSE, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAWYER HANDLING OLD AGE, ELDER LAW, ALZHEIMER’S, DEMENTIA, AND OTHER ISSUES, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM COBDEN, UNION COUNTY, VIENNA, JOHNSON COUNTY, GOLCONDA, POPE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ELDER LAW ATTORNEY, ELDER LAW ISSUES INCLUDING PREPARATION OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, GUARDIANSHIPS, NURSING HOME NEGLECT AND ABUSE, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAWYER HANDLING OLD AGE, ELDER LAW, ALZHEIMER’S, DEMENTIA, AND OTHER ISSUES, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM COBDEN, UNION COUNTY, VIENNA, JOHNSON COUNTY, GOLCONDA, POPE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.We have decades of experience providing representation in regard to spend downs, qualification issues for nursing homes, financial transactions, exploitation of the elderly,

November 16, 2022

TOP-NOTCH METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS, (1) WE WERE HIRED FOR REPRESENTATION BY THE WIFE OF A SITTING ILLINOIS CIRCUIT JUDGE (2) WE REPRESENTED AN OUT-OF TOWN LAWYER AGAINST HIS LAWYER WIFE WHO WAS A PROMINENT LOCAL POLITICIAN (3) WE WERE HIRED FOR REPRESENTATION BY A FORMER SPOUSE IN REGARD TO A PRACTICING ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY, AGGRESSIVE REPRESENT, FREE OF CONFLICTS, NOT SHY ABOUT HANDLING DIFFICULT CASES, AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION, A LAW FIRM THAT PUTS ITS CLIENTS INTERESTS FIRST REGARDLESS OF RAMIFICATIONS OR CONSEQUENCES, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WARREN COUNTY, MONMOUTH, ROSEVILLE AND KIRKWOOD, PEORIA COUNTY, PEORIA, PEORIA HEIGHTS AND CHILLICOTHE, WOODFORD COUNTY, EUREKA, EL PASO AND MINONK, ILLINOIS.

TOP-NOTCH METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS MATRIMONIAL AND FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS, (1) WE WERE HIRED FOR REPRESENTATION BY THE WIFE OF A SITTING ILLINOIS CIRCUIT JUDGE (2) WE REPRESENTED AN OUT-OF TOWN LAWYER AGAINST HIS LAWYER WIFE WHO WAS A PROMINENT LOCAL POLITICIAN (3) WE WERE HIRED FOR REPRESENTATION BY A FORMER SPOUSE IN REGARD TO A PRACTICING ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY, AGGRESSIVE REPRESENT, FREE OF CONFLICTS, NOT SHY ABOUT HANDLING DIFFICULT CASES, AGGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION, A LAW FIRM THAT

November 15, 2022

I NEED A WILL, TRUST AND POWER OF ATTORNEY! BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAWYERS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF REAL ESTATE LAW FOR MORE THAN THIRTY (30) YEARS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEOGA, GREENUP AND TOLEDO, SHELBY COUNTY, SHELBYVILLE, WINDSOR AND MOWEAQUA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COFFEEN, HILLSBORO AND LITCHFIELD.

I NEED A WILL, TRUST AND POWER OF ATTORNEY! BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAWYERS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF REAL ESTATE LAW FOR MORE THAN THIRTY (30) YEARS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEOGA, GREENUP AND TOLEDO, SHELBY COUNTY, SHELBYVILLE, WINDSOR AND MOWEAQUA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COFFEEN, HILLSBORO AND LITCHFIELD.

November 14, 2022

$1,000,000.00+ RECOVERY IN CONTESTED TRUST IN ESTATE CASE, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE DISPUTE AND LITIGATION ATTORNEYS, STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS REGARDING BUSTING TRUST AND CHALLENGING ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, OVER FORTY (40) YEARS EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO SOPHISTICATED AND NUANCE APPROACHES TO NOVEL LEGAL ISSUES. WE WERE CONTACTED BY CLIENTS WHO HAD A BROTHER THAT WAS DISRUPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A TRUST MADE BY HIS PARENTS YEARS AGO. THE BROTHER WAS BASICALLY A ROGUE TRUSTEE AND THE ALLEGATIONS WERE THAT HE WAS MANAGING THE TRUST FOR HIS OWN SELF INTERESTS OR THE INTERESTS OF HIS FAMILY TO THE DETRIMENT OF HIS SIBLINGS TO WHOM HE OWED FIDUCIARY DUTIES INCLUDING DUTIES OF COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLETE LOYALTY. THE TRUST WE WERE DEALING WITH MADE PROVISION FOR A BARGAIN PURCHASE TO THE ROGUE TRUSTEE BROTHER, SUBJECT TO PAYMENTS BEING MADE OVER A PERIOD OF TEN (10) YEARS WHICH BENEFITTED THE ROGUE TRUSTEE BROTHER BUT WAS USED AS A DETRIMENT BY THE OTHER SIBLINGS. AFTER ACTIONS WERE BROUGHT, AND BEFORE DEPOSITIONS WERE TAKEN, A RESOLUTION WAS REACHED WHEREBY THE ROGUE TRUSTEE BROTHER AGREED TO PROCEED TO IMMEDIATELY PURCHASE CERTAIN FARM GROUND WHICH MEANT THAT SALES PROCEEDS WERE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO OUR CLIENTS, HIS SIBLINGS, WHICH MEANT THAT THE TRUST, INSTEAD OF REMAINING IN EXISTENCE FOR ANOTHER TEN (10) YEARS AT LEAST, WAS BASICALLY FULLY ADMINISTERED AND CLOSED OUT, WHICH SAID RESULT EXCEEDED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CLIENTS AND OUR CLIENTS WERE EXTREMELY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT THAT WAS REACHED WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WHITE COUNTY, CARMI, GRAYVILLE AND NORRIS CITY, JACKSON COUNTY, AVA, CARBONDALE AND MURPHYSBORO, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HERRIN, MARION AND CARTERVILLE, ILLINOIS.

$1,000,000.00+ RECOVERY IN CONTESTED TRUST IN ESTATE CASE, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE DISPUTE AND LITIGATION ATTORNEYS, STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS REGARDING BUSTING TRUST AND CHALLENGING ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, OVER FORTY (40) YEARS EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO SOPHISTICATED AND NUANCE APPROACHES TO NOVEL LEGAL ISSUES. WE WERE CONTACTED BY CLIENTS WHO HAD A BROTHER THAT WAS DISRUPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A TRUST MADE BY HIS PARENTS YEARS AGO. THE BROTHER WAS BASICALLY A ROGUE TRUSTEE AND THE ALLEGATIONS

November 4, 2022

OVER $425,000.00 RECOVERED FROM PHONY HEIR AND DISQUALIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY, HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WE WERE HIRED BY CLIENTS FRM THE CENTRALIA AND SALEM AREAS OF MARION COUNTY IN REGARD TO A DISPUTED ESTATE. THERE WAS A PERSON, WHO HAD RETAINED COUNSEL, THAT WAS CLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE ONLY HEIR THAT SHOULD RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM AN ESTATE IN EXCESS OF $400,000.00. NOT ONLY THAT, THE SAME PERSON WAS SERVING AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NEITHER HE NOT HIS ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COURT THAT BECAUSE OF AN ADOPTION DECADES AGO HE WAS NO LONGER AN HEIR, WAS NOT ENTITLED TO SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR AND WAS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY PROCEEDS FROM THE ESTATE. AFTER COURT PROCEEDINGS AND VARIOUS PLEADINGS WERE FILED HE WAS REMOVED FRM OFFICE AND HIS ATTORNEY DISCHARGED. IF OUR CLIENTS HAD NOT HIRED COUNSEL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NONE THE WISER AND WOULD HAVE LOST EVERYTHING AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT OCCURRED, EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE PERSON WAS ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AN HEIR AND/OR HIS ATTORNEY. WITH THE TAX-FREE RECOVERIES RECEIVED BY OUT CLIENTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF DEBTS, TAKE CARE OF EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND HAD SAVINGS FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING ESTATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW AND TAX LAW CASES.

OVER $425,000.00 RECOVERED FROM PHONY HEIR AND DISQUALIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY, HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WE WERE HIRED BY CLIENTS FRM THE CENTRALIA AND SALEM AREAS OF MARION COUNTY IN REGARD TO A DISPUTED ESTATE. THERE WAS A PERSON, WHO HAD RETAINED COUNSEL, THAT WAS CLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE ONLY HEIR THAT SHOULD RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM AN ESTATE IN EXCESS OF $400,000.00. NOT ONLY THAT, THE SAME PERSON WAS

November 2, 2022

FAMILY LAW, MATRIMONIAL LAW AND DIVORCE, DIVORCE, CHILD SUPPORT, PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND VISITATION, ORDERS OF PROTECTION, MAINTENANCE, MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, POST-DIVORCE DISPUTES, PROPERTY DIVISION, PRENUPTIAL AND POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENTS, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILY LAW, DISSOLUTION AND SUPPORT LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PULASKI COUNTY, MOUNDS, ULLIN AND KARNAK, ALEXANDER COUNTY, CAIRO, TAMMS AND THEBES, MASSAC COUNTY, BROOKPORT, METROPOLIS AND JOPPA, ILLINOIS.

FAMILY LAW, MATRIMONIAL LAW AND DIVORCE, DIVORCE, CHILD SUPPORT, PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND VISITATION, ORDERS OF PROTECTION, MAINTENANCE, MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, POST-DIVORCE DISPUTES, PROPERTY DIVISION, PRENUPTIAL AND POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENTS, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILY LAW, DISSOLUTION AND SUPPORT LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PULASKI COUNTY, MOUNDS, ULLIN AND KARNAK, ALEXANDER COUNTY, CAIRO, TAMMS AND THEBES, MASSAC COUNTY, BROOKPORT, METROPOLIS AND JOPPA, ILLINOIS.

November 1, 2022

REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS, RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS, REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS, TITLE INSURANCE AND CLAIMS, PARTITION ACTIONS, DEED PREPARATION, QUIET TITLE ACTIONS, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PULASKI COUNTY, MOUNDS, ULLIN AND KARNAK, ALEXANDER COUNTY, CAIRO, TAMMS AND THEBES, MASSAC COUNTY, BROOKPORT, METROPOLIS AND JOPPA, ILLINOIS.

REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS, RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS, REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS, TITLE INSURANCE AND CLAIMS, PARTITION ACTIONS, DEED PREPARATION, QUIET TITLE ACTIONS, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PULASKI COUNTY, MOUNDS, ULLIN AND KARNAK, ALEXANDER COUNTY, CAIRO, TAMMS AND THEBES, MASSAC COUNTY, BROOKPORT, METROPOLIS AND JOPPA, ILLINOIS.

October 31, 2022

TAX LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE HIGHLAND, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIKE COUNTY, BARRY , GRIGGSVILLE AND PITTSFIELD, SCOTT COUNTY, WINCHESTER, NAPLES AND MANCHESTER, MORGAN COUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, WAVERLY AND SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

TAX LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE HIGHLAND, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIKE COUNTY, BARRY , GRIGGSVILLE AND PITTSFIELD, SCOTT COUNTY, WINCHESTER, NAPLES AND MANCHESTER, MORGAN COUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, WAVERLY AND SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS. We attempt to exceed the expectations of our clients. We have a law firm policy of an initial no charge contact. We listen to

October 28, 2022