Previous Law Firm Name

• Bellatti, Fay, Bellatti, Beard and Carpenter, April 1, 1990
• Bellatti, Fay, Bellatti and Bone, January 1, 1981

Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Income Taxation 5%
• Residential Real Estate (incl. Title Insurance) 20%
• Divorce 11%
• Estate Planning 6%
• Consumer Bankruptcy 7%
• Collections 25%
• Guardianships (Guardian ad Litem) 1%
• Guardianships (Represent Petitioner) 6%
• Business Formation and Planning 1%
• Estate Administration 15%
• Adoption 2%

Honors and Awards

• Illinois Centennial Business Designation Award, Illinois State Historical Society, September 27, 1996

Representative Clients

• City of Jacksonville and Other Municipalities
• Illinois College
• MacMurray College
• Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc.
• Village of Arenzville
• Jerdon Broadcasting
• Brennan Heating and Air Conditioning
• U.S. Bank
• First Bank
• State Bank of Ashland
• Western F.S. Inc.
• Schuyler-Brown F.S., Inc.
• Buchneil, Inc.
• Allstate Insurance Co.
• Rutland Fire Clay
• The Horace Mann Cos.

Representative Cases

• In Re Lisa Daun Brockhouse, Debtor, 220 B.R. 623 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the C.D. of Illinois 1998)
• Randy Martz v. MacMurray College, 194 Ill. Dec. 491 (Appellate Court of Illinois, 4th Dist. 1993)
• Gary Wells et al v. Robert Minor, 161 Ill. Dec. 691 (Appellate Court of Illinois, 4th Dist. 1991)
• Ronald Milnes v. Irving Hunt, 244 Ill. Dec. 306 (Appellate Court of Illinois, 4th Dist. 2000)

Ancillary Businesses

• Agent for Attorneys' Title Insurance Company
• Agent for Guaranty Trust Company

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Agriculture Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Education Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Estate Planning, Trusts, Family Law, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, State, Local & Municipal Law, Taxation Law