Thomas A. Polachek

Public Policy, Mediation
Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois 606612511


Public Policy

Admitted

1968, Illinois; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Tax Court

Law School

University of Illinois, J.D., 1968

Law School Graduation Year

1968

College

Ripon College and Michigan State University, B.A., 1965

Memberships

Chicago and Illinois State (Member, 1988-1999, 2002— and Chair, 1997-1998, Trusts and Estates Section Council; Assembly Representative, 1998—) Bar Associations; The Chicago Estate Planning Council; The Lawyers Club of Chicago

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Review. Publications: Editorial Consultant for West Groups, Illinois Forms Legal and Business, Gifts and Trusts (1998 Ed.). Member, Advisory Editorial Board for Horner's Probate Practice and Estates (4th Ed., 1995); Living (Revocable) Trusts for the Retiring Attorney, The Lawyer's Guide to Retirement (2d and 4th Eds., ABA Press, 1994 and 1998). 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). Speaker: Yes Virginia, There is an Estate Tax--Myths and Mistakes and the Revocable Trust, Illinois State Bar Association's Law Ed. Series, 1999-2000; Estate Planning and Gifts, Sponsored by the llinois State Bar Association and Lyric Opera of Chicago (Jan. 1997 & 1998); Benefits For 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 (Feb. 1995); Panelist, Illinois Law, Estate Planning, Chicago Access Cable (Nov. 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? Ill. State Bar Assoc. Law Ed. 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. Fellow: American College of Trust and Est

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