Gutzke, John Dirk

Current Employment Position(s)

Principal, since 1991

Lawyer Overview

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

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Trusts, Real Estate Law, Business Organizations, Family Law, Probate & Estate Administration, Contracts

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1984
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987

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)

Classes and Seminars

• 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

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

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

Address

1776 South Naperville Road
Suite 104 A
Wheaton, IL 60187

Phones

(630) 653-1577

Faxes

(630) 653-1579

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rglawfirm.com