Joseph C. Johnson has
been active in the estate planning field since 1969. After graduating from
DePauw University in 1966 with a major in English Composition, Mr. Johnson
attended Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, where he
was active in moot court. Mr. Johnson received his J.D. degree cum laude
from Wayne State in 1969, and immediately embarked upon a career in estate
planning.
Mr. Johnson was employed
by the First National Bank of Chicago from 1969 to 1973 as a Trust Officer
in the bank's legal division, he concentrated in preparing wills and trust
agreements for private attorneys, and reviewing and analyzing wills and
trust agreements prepared by private attorneys, and in supervising
litigation matters involving the bank and its capacity as Executor or
Trustee. In 1979, Mr. Johnson became affiliated with a 30 member Chicago
law firm, and concentrated in estate and business planning matters, and in
real estate matters.
Since 1975, Mr. Johnson
has practiced law in Northbrook, Illinois. Mr. Johnson's law firm is
located in a two-story, 100-year-old yellow brick residence that he has
converted into his law office.
Mr. Johnson presently
devotes 100 percent of his time to estate planning matters, and to
post-death estate administrative and probate matters.
In addition to being a
frequent author in estate planning periodicals, Mr. Johnson has played an
active role as a teacher of estate planning to other attorneys on behalf of
the Illinois Institutes for Continuing Legal Education.
Mr. Johnson is a member
of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the
Chicago Estate Planning Counsel, and the SunBridge Network of Advisors. In
addition, Mr. Johnson is a co-founding fellow, and the inaugural chancellor,
of EPICOR (Estate Planning Institutes of Collaborative Resources), a wealth
strategies collaborative.
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Estate Planning:
Counseling followed by execution and funding of effective estate plans.
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Post-Death/Probate:
Counseling followed by implementation of estate plans created on behalf of
decedents.
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