Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

PRACTICE FOCUS
Denice A. Gierach is a business lawyer with almost 30 years of experience representing business owners in the formation, franchising, and dissolution of businesses; representing employers in matters of employment and age discrimination in the workplace; and aiding individuals in matters of advanced estate planning, charitable giving, Medicare and Medicaid, and Social Security.

As a Certified Public Accountant with a Master's degree in Management, Ms. Gierach also practices in the areas of Income Taxation, Federal Estate Taxation, and varied Real Estate Law, including commercial real estate.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Ms. Gierach began her career in accounting working for several CPA firms, including Haskins & Sells and Friedman Eisenstein Fraemer & Schwartz in Chicago.

Ms. Gierach worked for the firm of Barnard & Barnard in Chicago for almost 10 years at the start of her legal career. For almost twenty years, she practiced as Gierach & Associates and recently founded The Gierach Law Firm to provide better service to her clients.

From the beginning of her legal career, Ms. Gierach provided legal services to individuals and small and mid-sized companies in the areas of business, estate planning, taxation, employment law, commercial real estate, succession planning. She continues to focus on these areas in her current practice.

Ms. Gierach is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, DuPage County Bar Association, and Arizona State Bar Association. She is licensed to practice in both Illinois and Arizona and practices before the Illinois circuit courts, Illinois Appellate Court, Federal Tax Court, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Business Ledger, a newspaper dedicated solely to the greater Chicago area, named Denice Gierach as one of twenty "Influential Women in Business" for 2008.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Ms. Gierach is a monthly contributor to the Dollars and Sense column of the Naperville Sun.

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
As an active member of her community, Ms. Gierach is a past member of the Exchange Club and is a present member of both the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Naperville. Ms. Gierach also acts as the Director for both the Heritage YMCA and Naperville Area Humane Society.

Areas of Practice

• Wills & Trusts
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Franchising
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Taxation Law
• Administrative Law
• Civil Rights - Age Discrimination
• Employment Law - Employee, Employer

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Warranties, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Government Agencies & Programs, Medicare & Medicaid, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Health & Health Care Law, Disability, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance, Taxation Law, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Income Taxation, Payroll Taxes

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1976
• Arizona, 1996
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Tax Court, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member)
• DuPage County Bar Association, 1986 - Present (Member)
• State Bar of Arizona (Member)
• Exchange Club of Naperville, 1991 - 1997
• Rotary Club of Naperville
• Naperville Chamber of Commerce

Honors and Awards

• Named One of Twenty "Influential Women in Business" - the Business Ledger, a Chicago area newspaper, 2008

Pro Bono Activities

• Director, Heritage YMCA, 2006 - Present
• Director, Naperville Area Humane Society, 2006 - Present
• Rotary Club of Naperville, 2003 - Present
• Exchange Club, 1992 - 1997
• Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, Illinois, 1975
  C.P.A.
  Major: Accounting
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  Master's in Management

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta

Published Works

• Naperville Sun, Monthly Contributor to "Dollars and Sense"

Address

1776 Legacy Circle
Suite 104
Naperville, IL 60563

Phones

(630)756-1160

Faxes

(630)955-0599

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gierachlawfirm.com