Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

HUGH F. DRAKE practices in the areas of estate planning, business planning, estate administration, and real estate.  He is a frequent lecturer both nationally and locally, has published several articles on tax and estate planning, and has been quoted in such national publications as the Wall Street Journal.

Primary Industries Served:

Estate Planning, Probate & Trust; Real Estate Law; Business Organizations; Business Planning.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association Real Property, Trusts and Estate Section
 - Chair, Committee for Estate Planning and Administration for Business Owners, Farmers and Ranchers
 - Vice Co-Chair of Membership Committee
 - Chair of the Fellows Program
 
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
 
Sangamon Valley Estate Planning Council Executive Committee

West Practice Categories

Collections, Creditors' Rights, Foreclosures, Garnishment, Contracts, Uniform Commercial Code, Formation & Business Planning, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, Estate & Gift Taxation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1999
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2000
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2000

Pro Bono Activities

• Springfield Ball Charter School Board
• Sangamon County Community Foundation, Young Philanthropists Steering Committee
• Q5 Commercialization Advisory Team
• Sangamon County Continuum of Learning Steering Committee

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1999
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1995
  M.A.
  Major: Anthropology
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1992
  B.A.

Published Works

• Post Death Market Decline and Alternative Valuation., Probate and Property, submitted
• Comments to the 20.2032-1(f) Alternate Valuation Proposed Regulation., ABA-RPTE Business Planning
• The New IRS Appraiser Penalties., Probate and Property, Sept/Oct., 2007
• Lawyers' Group Protests the Appraiser Penalties, Trusts and Estates, March, 2007
• Found Treasure: A Primer on Unclaimed Property in Illinois (co-author), Illinois Bar Journal, August, 2003

Address

205 S. Fifth Street
Suite 700
Springfield, IL 62701

Phones

(217) 544-8491 (ext. 274)

Faxes

(217) 241-1333

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bhslaw.com