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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Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., in Wheaton, Illinois, represents individuals, families, business owners, real estate investors, and developers, in a variety of areas including: wills, trusts, probate, business law, real estate, and litigation. Several of our attorneys have been named as Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers by their peers.

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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

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1776 South Naperville Road Suite 104 A
Wheaton, IL 60189
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~ Abraham Lincoln, 1850

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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.