Lisa Weigel Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Global, Us

National, Us

• Independently managed probate estate administration matters including directly advising estate administration clients, preparing and filing all probate court pleadings, all case management, and appearing in Cook County Probate court on behalf of fiduciary clients• Advised on firm’s litigation and corporate teams on any matters overlapping in probate, estate, and/or trust administration matters, including regulatory compliance, creditor, real estate, and chancery litigation matters involving trusts and/or estates, including lead on mediations involving estate and trusts matters• Advised clients on complex estate planning matters including drafting and implementing estate planning and gift strategies, utilizing tax advantageous best practices and gifting strategies• Assisted corporate tax teams on planning and implementing complex tax reorganizations as part of mergers and acquisitions, particularly with respect to dental service organizations

- Delivered financial and estate planning advice and services to ultra high net worth individuals and families including structuring and implementing comprehensive estate plans, pre-marital planning, asset protection planning, wealth transfer planning, and financial planning. - Drafted and implemented comprehensive estate plans including basic estate planning needs as well as complex estate planning strategies including dynasty trusts, SLATs, GRATs, IDGTs, and ILITs.- Assisted clients in establishing family office structures including entity formation and funding incorporating comprehensive estate plans for family members.- Represented individuals in postmortem trust and estate administration.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Us

- Reviewed executed and proposed drafts of trusts where company was named in a fiduciary capacity in order ensure bank's interests were protected, determine feasibility of accepting appointment, ensure compliance with the law and trust terms if accepted, and maintain client satisfaction based on expectations.- Provided legal counsel to management a broad range of trust and fiduciary matters, including wealth management matters, including assessing potential for risk such as fiduciary litigation and other complex trust/fiduciary legal issues.- Developed, managed, and maintained enterprise-wide compliance program policies and procedures to identify, measure, and escalate compliance risk and ensure continuous compliance with applicable federal and state laws and agency regulations including Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act, USA Patriot Act, OFAC, and internal and external audit regulations and guidelines- Directly managed internal and external audits, examinations, or supervisory events including preparation for audits/examinations, management of document requests and delivery during audits/examinations, and post-exam review and implementation of revised policies as applicable.- Chaired the company's internal regulatory oversight committee with respect to administration for personal trust accounts, individual and family wealth management accounts, and institutional investment accounts, including ensuring accounts comply with legal regulatory and investment guidelines as well as applicable Trust directives;- Communicated with grantors, beneficiaries, and wealth management advisors with respect to fiduciary decisions- Promoted the Trust Company by speaking at legal conferences and representing firm at variety of other sponsored programs and events.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Represented individuals and corporate fiduciaries from start-to-finish in the estate and/or trust administration or litigation context • Drafted comprehensive pleadings and other administration documentation, accountings, reports to court, briefs, legal memoranda, motions, official correspondences, abstract summaries, and appellate and supreme court briefs and motions • Appeared and argued on behalf of client in court, including serving as first and second chairs for trials, performing interviews, direct and cross examinations, and opening/closing statements• Represented clients in managing real property as part of the estate portfolio, including title work and executed closing of sale and purchase of residential and commercial properties • Acted as and in assistance to court-appointed neutral third parties to investigate potential conflicts of interest, conflicting positions, and claimants, including conducting interviews of the various witnesses, parties, and medical professionals, review complex reports, medical records, and financial records, and render complete report to the Court based on findings• Worked in conjunction with corporate fiduciaries to monitor application and/or appeal for Medicaid benefits and other government benefit programs, working with Illinois DHS, Office of Inspector General, and Illinois Department of Public Health• Conducted discovery in anticipation of trial, including subpoenaing records for medical and financial institutions, reviewing records, and conducting depositions• Prepared complex accountings for annual reporting to Court and financial records analysis• Managed client expectations, advised clients as to process and changes in regulatory, statutory, and case law developments, and prepared client for hearings

Arlington Heights, Illinois, Us

• Drafted and reviewed estate planning documents including powers of attorney for property and health care, wills, trusts, and deeds in trust• Handled residential real estate transactions including attorney review, reviewing and negotiating inspection issues, drafting closing documents, reviewing and clearing title issues, and attending and completing closing• Independently handled majority of firm’s probate and Medicaid caseload including analyzing financial records, interpreting and arguing interpretations of the DHS policy manual and state benefit regulations at administrative and appeal levels with DHS and Office of Inspector General’s offices, at administrative and appeal levels. • Prepared complex accountings and financial records analysis, reviewing all financial records for Medicaid clients for previous five years, creating massive spreadsheets of all transactions, identifying any and all certain and potentially unallowable transfers of assets, and reviewing all possible regulatory remedies to address prior unlawful transfers in order to bring file into compliance with state regulations and policy guidelines for eligibility• Drafted and reviewed business incorporation, limited liability, and partnerships agreements, annual filings and reports, articles of incorporation, and corporate minutes.

• Analyzed discovery materials, such as financial and medical records, in preparation for probate and guardianship litigation.• Prepared complex accountings of all transactions in order to meet annual reporting requirements for estate and trust administration cases• Drafted various legal memoranda, petitions, motions, pleadings, reports, orders, and notices

Us

• Reviewed voluminous financial records for the financial recovery unit to identify potential exploitation and fraud, particularly in preparation for trial and investigation in conjunction with the State's Attorney's office• Accompanied attorneys to home visits with wards to evaluate living situation and met with ward for regular check-ins

Assisted pro se petitioners in completing motions, petitions, orders, summons, and notices of motion for filing for adult guardianship. Instructed petitioners on procedure in scheduling guardianship hearings.

Communicated directly with current and prospective clients regarding case status. Managed and organized case files and scheduling. Assisted attorneys in state court hearings and calendar calls. Submitted court filings and collected discovery materials

•Observed, recorded, and analyzed co-defendant’s federal trial to report to partner. Compiled and analyzed medical records for compassionate release hearing. Attended state and federal court and assisted in collecting discovery materials and court filings.

J.D., Law

B.A, Magna Cum Laude, English

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