Team
Paul F. O'Keefe
Shareholder
I assist individual and married clients in the development of estate plans and assist trustees in trust administration and executors and administrators in estate administration. I represent both individuals and corporate fiduciaries.
In helping my clients to accomplish their goals, I work to demystify estate planning and trust and estate administration so that my clients feel comfortable and in control of their affairs.
Bar and Law Association Memberships:
- Chicago Estate Planning Council
- American Bar Association – Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
- Illinois State Bar Association (Section on: Trusts and Estates)
- Chicago Bar Association – Probate Practice Committee, Trust Law Committee
- The Lawyers Club of Chicago.
Recent Significant Continuing Legal Education:
- 50th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2016)
- IICLE Estate Planning Short Course (2016)
- 49th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2015), Orlando, Florida
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law 2015 Annual Spring Symposia, Washington, D.C.
- IICLE Estate Planning Short Course (2015)
- 48th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2014), Orlando, Florida
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law 2013 Annual Spring Symposia, Washington, D.C.
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law 2012 Annual Spring Symposia, New York, New York;
Bar Memberships:
- U.S. Tax Court, 2010
- State of Illinois bar, 1990
- United States District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2000
- United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Court, 2000
Founded:
O’Keefe Law Office, 2000
Education:
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1990
- College of the Holy Cross, B.A., History, 1987
Board Membership:
Lynn Sage Foundation (breast cancer research)
Amanda Sweis
Law Clerk
Works closely with attorney Paul O’Keefe and our clients during the estate planning and trust and estate administration processes.
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago in 2016.
Planning to attend law school in Fall 2017.