John Dirk Gutzke
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Estate Planning, Wills, Financial, Family Law, Real Estate, Contracts, Business Law
1776 South Naperville Road, Suite 104 A, Wheaton, IL 60189
About John Dirk Gutzke
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Financial
- Family Law
- Real Estate
- Contracts
- Business Law
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1984JD
- University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois, 1981BA
- Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland, 1978
- Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, Illinois, 1977
Classes and Seminars
- Panelist, Illinois State Bar Association "Estate Planning" Seminar, Cable Access TV, 1995
- Speaker, "Planning for Small Estates", Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed Series, 1995
- Speaker, "Planning with Family Limited Partnerships", Illinois State Bar Association and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1997
- Speaker, "Individual Retirement Accounts and Other Retirement Plans", Illinois State Bar Association and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1998
- Speaker, "Estate Planning and Administration", Practice Skills for New Lawyers, Illinois State Bar Association, October 2001, 2003, 2005
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (ABA), 2000 - Present (Member)
- Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), 1984 - Present (Member)
- ISBA Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1992 - 2001 (Member)
- ISBA - Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1997 - 1998 (Vice Chairman)
- ISBA - Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1998 - 1999 (Chairman)
- ISBA - Business Advice and Financial Planning Section Council, 2008 - Present (Member)
- DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA), 1984 - Present (Member)
- DCBA - Business Law Committee (Member (1987-1994))
- DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee (Member (1998- Present))
- DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee (Vice Chairman (1998-99, 2004-05))
- DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee (Chairman (1999-2000, 2005-06))
- DuPage County Estate Planning Council, 1988 - Present (Member)
- Theater of Western Springs Board of Governors, 1993 - 1995 (Member)
- First Congregational Church of Downers Grove, 1998 - 2001 (Lay Moderator)
Past Positions
- Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., Principal, 1991 - Present
- Rolewick & Kenny, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1984 - 1991
- Standard Oil Company - Law Department, Summer Clerk, 1982 - 1983
Articles
Published Works
- "A Procedural Guide to Self-Help Repossession", DuPage County Bar Journal, 1984
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Associate
- 35 years of experienceWills, Business Law, Contracts, Trusts, Corporate Law, Property, Personal Injury
- 25 years of experienceBanking, Business Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Employment, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate, Trusts, Wills, Real Estate, Tax
Nearby Lawyers
- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Financial
- Family Law
- 3.5 miles away
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