Attorneys
Scott Bieber
Scott focuses his practice in the areas of family wealth preservation, federal transfer taxation, and family business planning. He counsels individuals with their personal estate planning and owners of closely-held businesses with business succession and related issues. Scott represents executors and trustees in the administration of estates and trusts, as well as taxpayers and their executors in gift and estate tax audits. He also advises public and private charitable organizations.
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Charles G. Blair
Chuck’s practice encompasses all aspects of wealth preservation and administration. Chuck has counseled clients ranging from professionals with significant malpractice exposure in need of asset protection planning to individuals simply looking to plan for significant life events.
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James R. Carey
Jim concentrates his practice in contested estate, trust and family business matters and estate and gift tax controversies. Jim has authored two chapters in the Contested Estates Manual which is a resource used by lawyers throughout Illinois. He is a frequent speaker on various fiduciary topics and has also taught a course on estate planning at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
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Rick Y. Gelboim
Rick focuses his practice in the area of estate planning matters. His experience also includes representing estate executors and administrators in probate court.
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Margaret L. Hudgins
Meg’s practice encompasses all aspects of wealth preservation, estate planning and trust administration. She has counseled corporate fiduciaries as well as executives, entrepreneurs, expatriates and other high net worth individuals on a range of matters, including tax and estate planning, charitable giving, business succession planning, and the resolution of interfamily disputes. Prior to joining Levin Schreder & Carey Ltd., Meg practiced law at Horwood, Marcus & Berk, Chtd.
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Robert M. Levin
Bob primarily handles integrated tax and business issues and has practiced in the tax area his entire career. He represents clients in structuring their business transactions as well as planning their personal financial and income tax matters, including a broad range of techniques to minimize or defer the recognition of income. In addition to domestic issues, Bob has extensive experience dealing with international tax matters.
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David E. Lieberman
David represents corporate fiduciaries and individuals in complex trust and estate litigation. He has tried significant trust and estate cases, as well as complex securities, fraud and commercial cases. His wealth of experience in complex business and financial fraud disputes is integral to David’s representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in a broad array of disputes. He also represents individuals and businesses in civil litigation arising from alleged tax shelter promotion or participation.
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Robin Drey Maher
Robin focuses her practice on complex trust and estate controversies, as well as estate planning. She has been involved in major trust litigation, including two of the largest family trust controversy cases brought before a U.S. court in the past several years. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Robin was an associate at Winston & Strawn in the firm’s Trusts and Estates Department.
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Carleen L. Schreder
Carleen focuses her practice on estate tax and income tax planning, working with both U.S. and international clients. She works extensively with families on multiple strategies for wealth transfer and business succession planning. She is a recipient of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Maurice Weigle Award as an Outstanding Young Lawyer in Chicago. She is also active in several social service and support organizations.
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Mary Lee Turk
Mary Lee focuses her practice on the representation of high net worth individuals, particularly with respect to philanthropic endeavors. She works closely with individuals and families to structure charitable giving which achieves both personal goals as well as beneficial tax treatment using a variety of tools available, including donor advised funds, charitable split interest trusts, restricted gifts, conservation easements and private foundations.
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