ATTORNEY PROFILES

Justin J. Karubas
Wheaton, Illinois
phone | (630) 653-1577 |
fax | (630) 653-1579 |
- Areas of Practice:
- Estate and Trust Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Elder Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Trusts
- Wills
- Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2000
- Education:
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
J.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, Urbana-Campaign, Illinois, 1995
B.A.
Major: Economics and Finance
- Published Works:
- A Surviving Spouse Should Be Able to Renounce An Inter Vivos Trust, DCBA Brief - November 1999
Case Comments - The Board of Trustees of Community College District 508 v. Coopers & Lybrand, ISBA Corporation, Securities & Business Law Forum Newsletter - April 2004
Revenue Ruling 2004-64 Provides Guidance on the Grantor's Payment of Income Taxes for Irrevocable Trust, ISBA Trusts and Estates Newsletter - October 2004
Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes, Illinois Estate Planning: The Basics and Beyond, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chapter 7 - 2007
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Real Estate and Probate, ISBA Standing Committee on Legislation, January 21, 2010
Federal Estate Tax and Illinois Decoupling; Defective Grantor Trusts and Succession Planning, ATG Trust Company, June 11, 2009
Speaker, Modern Estate Planning, ISBA Law Ed Series, May 16, 2008
Speaker, Fundamental Estate Planning, ISBA Law Ed Series, November 20, 2006
Speaker, Fundamental Estate Planning, ISBA Law Ed Series, October 27, 2006
Speaker, Current Legislation and Case Law Update, CBA Probate Practice - Hot Topics - Part 2, November 16, 2006
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association (ABA), 1999 - PresentMember
Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), 1998 - PresentMember
ISBA - Elder Law Section Council, 2005 - 2006Member
ISBA - Standing Committee on Legislation, 2008 - PresentMember
ISBA - Trusts and Estates Section Council, 2001 - PresentMember
DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA), 1998 - PresentMember
DCBA - Estate Planning and Probate Committee, 2000 - PresentMember
DuPage County Estate Planning Council, 1998 - PresentMember
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2000 - 2003Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., Principal, 2006 - Present
Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1998 - 2006
Illinois Masonic Medical Center - Chicago, Illinois, Legal Clerk, 1997
McKeown, Fitzgerald, Zollner, Buck, Hutchinson & Ruttle - Joliet, Illinois, Legal Clerk, 1997
Law Offices of Chicago-Kent - Chicago, Illinois, Legal Intern for Health Law Division, 1996
Will County Courthouse - Joliet, Illinois, Legal Clerk for Chief Judge Herman S. Haase, 1996