Team Leader
Paul F. O’Keefe
Attorney
Paul assists individuals and married couples in the development of estate plans for both taxable and non-taxable estates that are designed to accomplish client goals, and assists trustees in trust administration and executors and administrators in estate administration. His representation of executors and administrators includes the preparation of Federal and state estate tax returns and, if necessary, probate.
“In helping my clients to accomplish their goals, I work to demystify estate planning and trust and estate administration so that my clients feel comfortable and in control of their affairs.”
BAR AND LAW ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:
- Chicago Estate Planning Council
- American Bar Association – Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
- Illinois State Bar Association (Section on: Trusts and Estates)
- Chicago Bar Association – Probate Practice Committee, Trust Law Committee
- The Lawyers Club of Chicago.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
- U.S. Tax Court, 2010
- State of Illinois bar, 1990
- United States District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2000
- United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Court, 2000
FOUNDED:
O’Keefe Law Office, 2000
EDUCATION:
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1990
- College of the Holy Cross, B.A., History, 1987
BOARD MEMBERSHIP:
Lynn Sage Foundation (breast cancer research)