WILLIAM H. POKORNY, JR.

Current Employment Positions:

Managing Partner

Areas of Practice:

50% Estate Planning

40% Trust & Estate Administration

5% Closely Held Business Planning

5% Real Estate

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1972

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1972

U.S. Tax Court, 1979

Education

Loyola University School of Law (Chicago), 1972

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Honors: Recipient, Weymouth Kirkland Scholarship (1969, 1970 & 1971)

Law Review: Member; Executive Editor


Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1969)

A.B., Bachelor of Arts

Major: English


University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland (1967 - 1968)


Published Works

Co-Author, The Role of the Trustee, Trust Administration in Illinois (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 1976 - 2010


Author/Speaker, Engagement and Termination, Estate Planning Short Course (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 2008


Author / Speaker, Estate Planning Ethical and Malpractice Issues, Estate Planning Short Course (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 2002


Author / Speaker, Estate Planning Ethical and Malpractice Issues, Estate Planning For Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), 2002-2010


Author/Speaker, Asset Protection Update: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Illinois CPA Society (May 2009)


Author / Speaker, Professional Responsibility and Malpractice Issues Confronting Estate Planners:

Estate Planning For Illinois Attorneys: The Basics and Beyond (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), annually 2003-2009;

Basic Estate Planning: Introductory Drafting and Tax Issues (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), annually, 2003-2009.


Author / Speaker, Choice of Trustees and Use of Team Advisors, Including Successor Trustees, Trust Administration: Essential Duties for Trustees and Their Advisors (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education), annually 2004-2009


Author/Speaker, Sophisticated Estate Planning for Uncertain Times: Using Established Planning Techniques, IICLE (2006)


Author/Speaker, Estate Planning and Administration Concerns for the Real Estate Attorney, IICLE Real Estate Short Course (2005)


Additional presentations for IICLE and for the La Grange Memorial Foundation, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, University of Minnesota, and others.


Professional Associations and Memberships

Fellow:

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

  • Member of the Practice Committee

  • Technology in the Practice Committee

  • Professional Responsibility Committee

Contributor: ACTEC’s Commentaries on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (4th edition, 2006) and Sample Engagement Letters (2nd edition, 2007).


Elected:

  • Illinois SuperLawyers

  • Illinois Leading Lawyers Network


Member:

  • Chicago Bar Association

  • Illinois State Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

  • Chicago Estate Planning Council

  • DuPage County Estate Planning Council


A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell


Past Employment Positions

Schiff Hardin & Waite (Chicago, Illinois), Partner: 1972 - 1985

De Paul University School of Law (Chicago), Instructor, 1973 - 1975 (U.S. Estate and Gift Tax; Estate Planning Seminar)

Loyola University School of Law (Chicago), Instructor, 1975 (Estate Planning Seminar)