Estate Planning

Chicago Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning is about planning for the future. Eric Matlin wrote the book The Procrastinator's Guide to Wills & Estate Planning  to communicate with all the people who procrastinate about estate planning.   

Matlin and Associates is dedicated to providing estate planning procrastinators, living on the North Shore or in the Chicago area, the estate planning and estate administration services necessary to meet their needs. Our office is located near the Eden’s Expressway in Northbrook, Illinois, at the Dundee Road West exit and is convenient to Evanston, Lake Forest, and Mount Prospect.

Our estate planning lawyers are dedicated to dedicated to providing our clients with the sense of relief that only comes from a secure future. We strive to provide an experience our clients will wish to share with their friends. In an effort to make our clients comfortable we provide several tools that will make their estate planning easier including:

• Estate Planning Checklist
• Estate Planning FAQs
• Estate Tax and Generation Skipping Tax Rate Schedule

In addition, we are up-front about our fees providing our clients with an Estate Planning Fee Schedule so they will know our fees before they engage our services.

When you come to our office for an initial consultation, it is helpful to bring the following:

• Any existing wills, trusts, and powers of attorney
• A list of your beneficiaries' addresses and birthdays
• The addresses of anyone who may act on your behalf, such as potential guardians, agents, executors, and trustees.
• If you have a financial balance sheet or detailed list of assets bring that along, but usually a general idea of your assets, including insurance, is sufficient for the initial consultation.

At the end of this meeting, we schedule a second appointment for one to three weeks in the future.

If your group wants an attorney to give an estate planning seminar, feel free to contact us .

If you live in the North Shore or Chicago area, including Skokie, Mount Prospect, Highland Park, and Winnetka, and need a law firm that concentrates on only Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and probate services, please contact Matlin and Associates. We work to secure your family’s future.