Background
Polachek, Thomas A. was born on July 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Polachek, Thomas A. was born on July 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Ripon College and Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of Illinois (Juris Doctor, 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Review, 1967-1968.
Worked at Wilson & McIlvaine (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Corporations, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Employment, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Franchise and Distribution, Probate, Trust, Debtor-Creditor Relations, Environmental, Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts, International, Health Care and Construction. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Illinois. 1969, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1986, United States.
Tax Court. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Review. Panelist, Illinois Law, "Estate Planning," Chicago Access Cable (November 1995).
Speaker: "Estate Planning," Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and Lyric Opera of Chicago, January, 1997.
"Benefits Foreign The Reluctant Donor (Legal and Otherwise) - An Overview of Charitable Giving and Some Traps To Avoid," Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and Lyric Opera of Chicago (February 1995). "Living (Revocable) Trusts for the Retiring Attorney," American Bar Association 1994 Annual Meeting, Senior Lawyers Division.
"Appropriate Use of Living Trusts: When, How and Why?" Illinois. State Bar Association Law Education Series 1992/1993.
"Living Trusts: When to Use, How to Fund and What Problems to Avoid," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education"s 35th Annual Estate Planning Short Course.
"Administration of the Estate in Illinois," sponsored by the National Business Institute. "Intervivos Funding of the Unified Credit and GST Exemption, Irrevocable Insurance Trusts, Estate Freezes After §2036(c) and Investment Adviser Responsibilities and Liabilities," to the Greater Chicago Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners. "Estate Planning and Gifts (A Basic Outline)," American Back Society, Medical Legal Forum.
Author: "Suggested Appropriate Uses for Living (Revocable) Trusts," ISBA Estate Planning Probate & Trust Newsletter (September, 1991), reprinted in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (December 6, 1991) and "Living (Revocable) Trusts for the Retiring Attorney," The Lawyer"s Guide to Retirement (2d Education, American Bar Association Press, 1994).
Member: Chicago and Illinois State (Chair, Trusts and Estates Section Council) Bar Associations. Chicago Council of Lawyers.
Wilson & McIlvaine is a mid-sized full-service law firm with a national and international practice. The Firm is a charter member of Great Lakes Law, an affiliation of mid-sized firms located throughout the Great Lakes area and is a member of Multilaw, an international law network with member offices in over 25 countries.
Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Review. Panelist, Illinois Law, "Estate Planning," Chicago Access Cable (November 1995). Speaker: "Estate Planning," Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and Lyric Opera of Chicago, January, 1997.
"Benefits Foreign The Reluctant Donor (Legal and Otherwise) - An Overview of Charitable Giving and Some Traps To Avoid," Sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and Lyric Opera of Chicago (February 1995).
"Living (Revocable) Trusts for the Retiring Attorney," American Bar Association 1994 Annual Meeting, Senior Lawyers Division. "Appropriate Use of Living Trusts: When, How and Why?" Illinois.
State Bar Association Law Education Series 1992/1993. "Living Trusts: When to Use, How to Fund and What Problems to Avoid," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education"s 35th Annual Estate Planning Short Course.
"Administration of the Estate in Illinois," sponsored by the National Business Institute.
"Intervivos Funding of the Unified Credit and GST Exemption, Irrevocable Insurance Trusts, Estate Freezes After §2036(c) and Investment Adviser Responsibilities and Liabilities," to the Greater Chicago Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners. "Estate Planning and Gifts (A Basic Outline)," American Back Society, Medical Legal Forum.