|   | | Law Firm in Northbrook, Illinois | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Corporations |
| | Address | | 135 Revere Drive | | Northbrook, Illinois 60062 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | Phone: 847-562-1400
Chicago: 312-441-0900 | | Fax: 847-562-1422 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.straussmalk.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Strauss & Malk LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Estate Planning, Wealth Preservation, Probate, Business Succession Planning, Corporate Law, Business Acquisitions and Sales, Real Estate Acquisition and Development, Business and Real Estate Financing, ERISA, Executive Compensation, Professional Service Businesses, Tax Law, Litigation including Commercial, Business Transactions, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates and Torts. | | Year Established: 1994 | | Firm Size: 12 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Arnold B. Malk (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, April 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1969); DePaul University (J.D., 1972). Staff Member, De Paul Law Review. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Purchases and Sales of Businesses; Health Care Practices; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Commercial Borrowing and Lending; Corporate; Partnerships and LLCs; General Business; Employee Contracting; Transactional Practice. Email: Arnold B. Malk | | Benton C. Strauss (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois; 1987, Wisconsin. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1968); Loyola University (J.D., 1972). Author: 1994-2001, Co-Author, 2002—, Estate and Gift Planning for the Business Owner, Research Institute of America, 1994—; Legal Checklists, Life Insurance ArrangementsWest Group, 1986—. Co-Author: 2005 Supplement to Post Mortem Tax Planning by Jerry A. Kasner. Lecturer and Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1985-1986; Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1990-1991; Illinois CPA Society, 1994. Member: Chicago (Editor-in-Chief, Young Lawyer's Journal, 1974-1975; Member, 1975— and Chairman, 1991-1992, Trust Law Committee), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Board of Governors, 2001-2004 and President, Nonresident Lawyers Division, 2002-2003). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1995—). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Wealth Preservation; Business Succession Planning; Business Representation; ERISA; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates; Asset Protection. Email: Benton C. Strauss | | Joyce A. Levy (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1983, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1976); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Office of District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1983. Attorney Advisor, U.S. Tax Court, 1984-1985. Member: Chicago and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Business Succession Planning. Email: Joyce A. Levy | | Kenneth A. Kosky (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, September 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1980); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1985). Licensed Real Estate Broker, Illinois. Former Instructor: Real Estate Courses at Wright College; Century 21 Real Estate. Member: Lake County and Chicago Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Borrowing and Lending; Business Transactions; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Employment Contracts; Business Sales; Business Acquisitions. Email: Kenneth A. Kosky | | Brad S. Grayson (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1981); University of Chicago (M.A., 1984); Loyola University (J.D., 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award (Civil Procedure), 1985. Executive Editor, Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, 1986-87. Author: "Problems in Defining 'Tender Offer': The decision in Hanson Trust PLC v. SCM Corp.," 17 Loyola University Law Journal 693 (1986). Editor: "Development of Legal Theories and Causes of Action," Chapter 2, Business and Commercial Litigation Handbook, Illinois Institute for Continuous Legal Education, 1999. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Brad S. Grayson | | Michael S. Strauss (Partner) born Skokie, Illinois, June 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1992); DePaul University (M.B.A., 1994); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1998). Member, Order of the Coif. Author: Legal Checklists, Checklist 10-5, Life Insurance Arrangements, West Group, 2000—. Co-Author: Estate and Gift Planning for the Business Owner, Research Institute of America, 2002—; 2005 Supplement to Post Mortem Tax Planning by Jerry A. Kasner. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate and Trust Planning; Tax; Business Transactions. Email: Michael S. Strauss | | Michelle H. Gooze-Miller (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 2006, Florida. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., with honors, 1993); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1997). Phi Betta Kappa. Member: Chicago Bar Association; Greater North Shore Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation; Corporate Law. Email: Michelle H. Gooze-Miller | | —————————— | | H. Jay Glaubinger (Associate) born Fredericksburg, Virginia, March 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Missouri; 2000, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1992); Washington University (J.D., 1999). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1992 and Missouri, 1999. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Tax Planning; Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Corporate Law; Business Transactions. Email: H. Jay Glaubinger | | Benjamin N. Feder (Associate) born Skokie, Illinois, September 16, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (A.B., summa cum laude, 1997); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Estate Planning. Email: Benjamin N. Feder | | Peter D. Kaiser (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Vanderbilt University (1993); Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (2002). Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Puneet Cham (Associate) born New Delhi, India, January 12, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1997); University of Illinois (J.D., 2000). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Probate; Business Law; Asset Protection; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates. | | OF COUNSEL | | Steven B. Randall (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, September 14, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois; 1964, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1977, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.S., 1958); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., 1961). Member: Chicago (Corporate Law Committee) and American (Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Business; Internet Law; Electronic Commerce; Media Law; Entertainment; Publishing. Email: Steven B. Randall | | Robert O. Rosenman (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1931; admitted to bar, 1956, Illinois; 1988, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1953; M.B.A., 1956; J.D., 1956). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Eta Sigma. Case Club Quarter Finalist and Judge, 1955. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Member: Chicago (Member, Probate Practice Committee, 1973—; Chairman, Division III, 1979-1980; Member, State and Local Tax Committee, 1988—), Illinois State and American (Member: Committees on Administration and Distribution of Decedents' Estates and Estate and Trust Litigation, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1972—; Forum Committee on Air and Space Law, 1988—) Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Aviation Law; Taxation; Real Estate Tax. Email: Robert O. Rosenman |
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