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Attorney Profiles

John Dirk Gutzke
Wheaton, Illinois

Principal, since 1991
phone	(630) 653-1577
fax	(630) 653-1579
email	Email Me

Areas of Practice:: Estate Planning; Wills and Trusts; Financial Planning; Pre-Marital Agreements; Probate Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Disputes; Real Estate; Contracts; Business & Commercial Law; Business Organizations

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1984; U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987

Education:: University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1984
JD; University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois, 1981
BA; Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland, 1978; Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, Illinois, 1977

Published Works:: "A Procedural Guide to Self-Help Repossession", DuPage County Bar Journal, 1984

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Panelist, Illinois State Bar Association "Estate Planning" Seminar, Cable Access TV, 1995; Speaker, "Planning for Small Estates", Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed Series, 1995; Speaker, "Planning with Family Limited Partnerships", Illinois State Bar Association and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1997; Speaker, "Individual Retirement Accounts and Other Retirement Plans", Illinois State Bar Association and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1998; Speaker, "Estate Planning and Administration", Practice Skills for New Lawyers, Illinois State Bar Association, October 2001, 2003, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association (ABA), 2000 - Present; Member; Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), 1984 - Present; Member; ISBA Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1992 - 2001; Member; ISBA - Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1997 - 1998; Vice Chairman; ISBA - Trusts and Estates Section Council, 1998 - 1999; Chairman; ISBA - Business Advice and Financial Planning Section Council, 2008 - Present; Member; DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA), 1984 - Present; Member; DCBA - Business Law Committee; Member (1987-1994); DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee; Member (1998- Present); DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee; Vice Chairman (1998-99, 2004-05); DCBA - Probate and Estate Planning Committee; Chairman (1999-2000, 2005-06); DuPage County Estate Planning Council, 1988 - Present; Member; Theater of Western Springs Board of Governors, 1993 - 1995; Member; First Congregational Church of Downers Grove, 1998 - 2001; Lay Moderator

Past Employment Positions:: Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., Principal, 1991 - Present; Rolewick & Kenny, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1984 - 1991; Standard Oil Company - Law Department, Summer Clerk, 1982 - 1983

Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., represents individuals, families, business owners, real estate investors, and developers, in a variety of areas including:

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Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

~ Abraham Lincoln, 1850

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1776 South Naperville Road Suite 104 A
Wheaton, IL 60189

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Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C. is a law firm in Wheaton, Illinois, offering estate planning, probate, business formation, real estate, and litigation services to clients in Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Geneva, St. Charles, West Chicago, Warrenville, Naperville, Aurora, Lisle, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Oakbrook Terrace, Oak Brook, and throughout DuPage County, Cook County, Kane County, Will County, and Kendall County.